Shape secure solutions. Influence critical programmes. Build security in from the start. We're looking for a Senior Security Architect to join our growing Cyber Security practice within our Aerospace, Defence & Security (ADS) business. This is an opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio of client engagements, helping organisations design and deliver secure, resilient solutions in increasingly complex environments. Working alongside experienced Managing Security Architects and cyber specialists, you'll play a key role in embedding Secure by Design principles into client solutions, ensuring security is engineered from the outset rather than added as an afterthought. Home based with travel to client sites. You must be eligible for SC and DV Clearance, What you'll be doing: Supporting security architecture activities across a range of client engagements. Working with stakeholders to understand security requirements. Reviewing existing and proposed architectures to identify risks and recommend appropriate controls. Producing security architecture documentation, including high-level designs and security design artefacts. Conducting security gap analysis and supporting security assurance activities. Contributing to security aspects of bids and proposals. Collaborating with our Cyber Security Centre of Excellence to drive best practice and innovation. What you'll bring: Experience working within a Security Architecture function, ideally across customer-facing engagements. Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex security concepts to technical and non-technical audiences Experience designing and documenting security controls using a risk-based approach. Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills. Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities. Experience working alongside senior architects within structured delivery environments. A recognised cyber security qualification such as CISSP, CCSK or CCSP. It would be great if you had: Knowledge of security architecture frameworks and methodologies, including: NIST. NCSC guidance. SABSA. Understanding of Secure by Design principles. Experience across one or more security domains, such as: Identity & Access Management (IAM). Infrastructure. Security. Data Security. Cloud Security. Ready to make an impact? If you're passionate about designing secure solutions, influencing complex programmes, and helping organisations stay ahead of evolving cyber threats, we'd love to hear from you. Join a team where your expertise will shape security strategies, drive innovation, and protect critical services across the Aerospace, Defence & Security sector. Apply now and help us build security into the foundations of tomorrow's technology. Employment Type: Permanent Location: Home based with travel to client sites. Security Clearance Level: Eligible for SC and DV Clearance. Internal Recruiter: Jane Salary: To £75K Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, life assurance, pension, Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.
23/07/2026
Full time
Shape secure solutions. Influence critical programmes. Build security in from the start. We're looking for a Senior Security Architect to join our growing Cyber Security practice within our Aerospace, Defence & Security (ADS) business. This is an opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio of client engagements, helping organisations design and deliver secure, resilient solutions in increasingly complex environments. Working alongside experienced Managing Security Architects and cyber specialists, you'll play a key role in embedding Secure by Design principles into client solutions, ensuring security is engineered from the outset rather than added as an afterthought. Home based with travel to client sites. You must be eligible for SC and DV Clearance, What you'll be doing: Supporting security architecture activities across a range of client engagements. Working with stakeholders to understand security requirements. Reviewing existing and proposed architectures to identify risks and recommend appropriate controls. Producing security architecture documentation, including high-level designs and security design artefacts. Conducting security gap analysis and supporting security assurance activities. Contributing to security aspects of bids and proposals. Collaborating with our Cyber Security Centre of Excellence to drive best practice and innovation. What you'll bring: Experience working within a Security Architecture function, ideally across customer-facing engagements. Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex security concepts to technical and non-technical audiences Experience designing and documenting security controls using a risk-based approach. Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills. Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities. Experience working alongside senior architects within structured delivery environments. A recognised cyber security qualification such as CISSP, CCSK or CCSP. It would be great if you had: Knowledge of security architecture frameworks and methodologies, including: NIST. NCSC guidance. SABSA. Understanding of Secure by Design principles. Experience across one or more security domains, such as: Identity & Access Management (IAM). Infrastructure. Security. Data Security. Cloud Security. Ready to make an impact? If you're passionate about designing secure solutions, influencing complex programmes, and helping organisations stay ahead of evolving cyber threats, we'd love to hear from you. Join a team where your expertise will shape security strategies, drive innovation, and protect critical services across the Aerospace, Defence & Security sector. Apply now and help us build security into the foundations of tomorrow's technology. Employment Type: Permanent Location: Home based with travel to client sites. Security Clearance Level: Eligible for SC and DV Clearance. Internal Recruiter: Jane Salary: To £75K Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, life assurance, pension, Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.
We are looking for an experienced Splunk Engineer to lead the design, deployment and optimisation of enterprise-scale security monitoring platforms. This is a hands-on technical role, suited to someone with strong Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Enterprise Security experience, who can take ownership of platform engineering, data ingestion, detection content and performance tuning across complex client environments. This is a key technical leadership role, responsible for ensuring the right tooling, controls and processes are in place to help protect and monitor our clients' environments. The opportunity is ideally suited to someone with deep hands-on experience deploying, managing and optimising Splunk Enterprise and Splunk ES in large, complex environments. In return, the role offers the chance to broaden your capability and gain deeper experience in Elastic Security, with support and training available to help build your expertise further. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to assess risk, design effective security controls and define testing requirements. You will champion security by design, promote engineering excellence and act as a trusted advisor to clients, helping them understand their security challenges and implement practical, effective solutions to strengthen their security posture. This is an excellent opportunity to deepen your hands-on cybersecurity expertise while making a meaningful impact across both client and organisational security. You do need to hold active DV Clearance. Office based in Hemel HBempstead. What you will be doing: Lead the deployment, management and optimisation of Splunk Enterprise and Splunk ES platforms in large, complex environments. Design, implement and maintain data pipelines, including log ingestion, enrichment and schema standardisation. Develop and tune security detection content, translating threat intelligence and TTPs aligned to MITRE ATT&CK into actionable, high-value alerts. Manage the full detection content lifecycle: design, test, deploy, monitor, tune and retire, using version control and rollback processes. Automate workflows and platform configurations using CI/CD, SOAR, scripting and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and Ansible. Ensure platform performance, stability and resilience through capacity planning, high availability, disaster recovery and proactive monitoring. Provide technical leadership and guidance to internal teams and clients on security monitoring strategy and best practice. What you will bring: Proven experience deploying and managing Splunk at enterprise scale. Strong hands-on knowledge of SIEM engineering, including indexing, parsing, onboarding and performance tuning. Experience designing and optimising detection content, including MITRE ATT&CK-aligned use cases and alert tuning to reduce noise. Good understanding of data pipeline engineering, log enrichment, data quality and large-scale ingestion architectures. Strong knowledge of SPL; experience with KQL and EQL would be beneficial, but is not essential. Experience with automation and Infrastructure-as-Code within security monitoring or SIEM environments. Solid understanding of SIEM platform operations, including clustering, scaling, high availability, disaster recovery and performance optimisation. Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to improving security operations. An interest in developing expertise in Elastic Security, with support and training available as part of the role. If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you! Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent Location: Hemel Hempstead Security Clearance Level: DV Cleared Internal Recruiter: Jane Salary: Competitive, depending on experience Benefits: £5400 Car Allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private health care, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund ?Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.
22/07/2026
Full time
We are looking for an experienced Splunk Engineer to lead the design, deployment and optimisation of enterprise-scale security monitoring platforms. This is a hands-on technical role, suited to someone with strong Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Enterprise Security experience, who can take ownership of platform engineering, data ingestion, detection content and performance tuning across complex client environments. This is a key technical leadership role, responsible for ensuring the right tooling, controls and processes are in place to help protect and monitor our clients' environments. The opportunity is ideally suited to someone with deep hands-on experience deploying, managing and optimising Splunk Enterprise and Splunk ES in large, complex environments. In return, the role offers the chance to broaden your capability and gain deeper experience in Elastic Security, with support and training available to help build your expertise further. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to assess risk, design effective security controls and define testing requirements. You will champion security by design, promote engineering excellence and act as a trusted advisor to clients, helping them understand their security challenges and implement practical, effective solutions to strengthen their security posture. This is an excellent opportunity to deepen your hands-on cybersecurity expertise while making a meaningful impact across both client and organisational security. You do need to hold active DV Clearance. Office based in Hemel HBempstead. What you will be doing: Lead the deployment, management and optimisation of Splunk Enterprise and Splunk ES platforms in large, complex environments. Design, implement and maintain data pipelines, including log ingestion, enrichment and schema standardisation. Develop and tune security detection content, translating threat intelligence and TTPs aligned to MITRE ATT&CK into actionable, high-value alerts. Manage the full detection content lifecycle: design, test, deploy, monitor, tune and retire, using version control and rollback processes. Automate workflows and platform configurations using CI/CD, SOAR, scripting and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and Ansible. Ensure platform performance, stability and resilience through capacity planning, high availability, disaster recovery and proactive monitoring. Provide technical leadership and guidance to internal teams and clients on security monitoring strategy and best practice. What you will bring: Proven experience deploying and managing Splunk at enterprise scale. Strong hands-on knowledge of SIEM engineering, including indexing, parsing, onboarding and performance tuning. Experience designing and optimising detection content, including MITRE ATT&CK-aligned use cases and alert tuning to reduce noise. Good understanding of data pipeline engineering, log enrichment, data quality and large-scale ingestion architectures. Strong knowledge of SPL; experience with KQL and EQL would be beneficial, but is not essential. Experience with automation and Infrastructure-as-Code within security monitoring or SIEM environments. Solid understanding of SIEM platform operations, including clustering, scaling, high availability, disaster recovery and performance optimisation. Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to improving security operations. An interest in developing expertise in Elastic Security, with support and training available as part of the role. If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you! Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent Location: Hemel Hempstead Security Clearance Level: DV Cleared Internal Recruiter: Jane Salary: Competitive, depending on experience Benefits: £5400 Car Allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private health care, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund ?Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.
Defend Critical Infrastructure. Hunt Threats. Make a Real Impact. Cyber threats never stand still-and neither do we. We're looking for a Senior Security Operations Centre (SOC) Analyst to join our growing Cyber Security team and play a key role in protecting some of the UK's most critical organisations. This is your opportunity to work at the frontline of cyber defence, investigating real-world threats, shaping detection capabilities, and helping drive the evolution of a mature and high-performing SOC. You'll be joining a collaborative team of cyber specialists who are passionate about defending organisations from evolving threats. You'll have the opportunity to influence SOC strategy, enhance detection capabilities, develop your expertise, and work with cutting-edge security technologies in a fast-paced operational environment. Ready to make an impact? Join us and help protect systems that matter. Apply today and take your cyber security career to the next level. If you're passionate about threat detection, incident response, and staying one step ahead of attackers, we'd love to hear from you. Office based: Farnborough. Clearance: You do need to be eligible for SC and DV Clearance. Shift based: 2 x 6am to 6pm; 2 x 6pm to 61m. 4 days off. What You'll Be Doing: Monitor, triage and investigate security incidents across critical client environments. Analyse network traffic, logs and security events to identify threats and vulnerabilities. Lead and support incident response activities, providing expert guidance on containment, eradication and recovery. Enhance detection rules and use cases using MITRE ATT&CK and threat-informed defence techniques. Support threat intelligence activities and contribute to the continuous improvement of SOC operations. What You'll Bring: ? Proven experience working within a Security Operations Centre. Hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk. Strong understanding of MITRE ATT&CK. It would be great if you had: Networking protocols and infrastructure (TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, HTTP, SMTP, FTP, LDAP). Firewalls, VPNs, enterprise antivirus and security technologies. Security incident investigation and response. Excellent analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills. Cyber security qualifications such as Security+, BTL1 or equivalent. Malware analysis or reverse engineering experience. Python, PowerShell, Bash, Perl or C++ scripting skills. CySA+, Blue Team Level 2 or other SOC-focused certifications. Experience with QRadar alongside Sentinel and Splunk. If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you! Employment Type: Permanent Location: Farnborough on site. Shift based. Security Clearance Level: Eligible for SC and DV Clearance. Internal Recruiter: Jane Salary: To£58K Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension. Shift allowance. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.
21/07/2026
Full time
Defend Critical Infrastructure. Hunt Threats. Make a Real Impact. Cyber threats never stand still-and neither do we. We're looking for a Senior Security Operations Centre (SOC) Analyst to join our growing Cyber Security team and play a key role in protecting some of the UK's most critical organisations. This is your opportunity to work at the frontline of cyber defence, investigating real-world threats, shaping detection capabilities, and helping drive the evolution of a mature and high-performing SOC. You'll be joining a collaborative team of cyber specialists who are passionate about defending organisations from evolving threats. You'll have the opportunity to influence SOC strategy, enhance detection capabilities, develop your expertise, and work with cutting-edge security technologies in a fast-paced operational environment. Ready to make an impact? Join us and help protect systems that matter. Apply today and take your cyber security career to the next level. If you're passionate about threat detection, incident response, and staying one step ahead of attackers, we'd love to hear from you. Office based: Farnborough. Clearance: You do need to be eligible for SC and DV Clearance. Shift based: 2 x 6am to 6pm; 2 x 6pm to 61m. 4 days off. What You'll Be Doing: Monitor, triage and investigate security incidents across critical client environments. Analyse network traffic, logs and security events to identify threats and vulnerabilities. Lead and support incident response activities, providing expert guidance on containment, eradication and recovery. Enhance detection rules and use cases using MITRE ATT&CK and threat-informed defence techniques. Support threat intelligence activities and contribute to the continuous improvement of SOC operations. What You'll Bring: ? Proven experience working within a Security Operations Centre. Hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk. Strong understanding of MITRE ATT&CK. It would be great if you had: Networking protocols and infrastructure (TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, HTTP, SMTP, FTP, LDAP). Firewalls, VPNs, enterprise antivirus and security technologies. Security incident investigation and response. Excellent analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills. Cyber security qualifications such as Security+, BTL1 or equivalent. Malware analysis or reverse engineering experience. Python, PowerShell, Bash, Perl or C++ scripting skills. CySA+, Blue Team Level 2 or other SOC-focused certifications. Experience with QRadar alongside Sentinel and Splunk. If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you! Employment Type: Permanent Location: Farnborough on site. Shift based. Security Clearance Level: Eligible for SC and DV Clearance. Internal Recruiter: Jane Salary: To£58K Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension. Shift allowance. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.
Lead the Engineering Behind Critical Public Sector Pension Systems. Are you an experienced Software Engineer with strong Oracle Applications expertise and a passion for building resilient, business-critical systems? We're looking for a Lead Software Engineer to play a key role in the delivery and ongoing support of the Pensions Compensation Programme (DBS). You'll lead the development, support, and enhancement of the Equiniti application suite, ensuring stability, performance, and continuous improvement across a complex, high-availability environment. This is an opportunity to combine hands-on technical leadership with modern DevOps practices while making a real impact on systems that support vital pension and compensation services. You'll be joining a team responsible for delivering and supporting mission-critical applications within a secure and technically challenging environment. You'll have the opportunity to shape engineering best practice, drive automation, and influence the future direction of key services while working with modern tooling and technologies. Hybrid: Gosport. Must be Eligible for DV Security Clearance. Key responsibilities: ? Leading the development, support and maintenance of Oracle-based business applications. Driving production support, incident resolution and root cause analysis. Managing application releases, deployments and change activities. Designing and maintaining Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines (YAML and Classic). Automating build, test and deployment processes. Supporting application patching, upgrades and environment management. Working with complex datasets to deliver reporting, analysis and data fixes. Enhancing monitoring, logging and automation capabilities. Ensuring system stability, availability and performance across multiple environments. Providing technical leadership and mentoring within the engineering team Essential Skills & Experience: Strong Oracle Applications experience. Extensive knowledge of RDBMS and SQL for data analysis and reporting. Proven experience supporting and maintaining production applications. Hands-on Azure DevOps CI/CD experience (YAML and Classic pipelines). Experience with release management, deployments and application patching. Strong scripting and automation skills (PowerShell and T-SQL). Knowledge of DevOps practices, SDLC and version control. Experience working in high-availability, business-critical environments. Strong troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving skills. It would be great if you had: Knowledge of WPS Pensions and Compensation systems. Experience with ServiceNow, Dimensions and DIP File Share. Familiarity with Compendia, Touch and Compose. Understanding of Privileged Access Management (PAM) and security controls. Existing DV or SC clearance. Employment Type: Permanent. Location: Hybrid: Gosport Security Clearance Level: Eligible for SC and DV Clearance. Internal Recruiter: Jane. Salary: Up to £65000.00. Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, and pension. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.
14/07/2026
Full time
Lead the Engineering Behind Critical Public Sector Pension Systems. Are you an experienced Software Engineer with strong Oracle Applications expertise and a passion for building resilient, business-critical systems? We're looking for a Lead Software Engineer to play a key role in the delivery and ongoing support of the Pensions Compensation Programme (DBS). You'll lead the development, support, and enhancement of the Equiniti application suite, ensuring stability, performance, and continuous improvement across a complex, high-availability environment. This is an opportunity to combine hands-on technical leadership with modern DevOps practices while making a real impact on systems that support vital pension and compensation services. You'll be joining a team responsible for delivering and supporting mission-critical applications within a secure and technically challenging environment. You'll have the opportunity to shape engineering best practice, drive automation, and influence the future direction of key services while working with modern tooling and technologies. Hybrid: Gosport. Must be Eligible for DV Security Clearance. Key responsibilities: ? Leading the development, support and maintenance of Oracle-based business applications. Driving production support, incident resolution and root cause analysis. Managing application releases, deployments and change activities. Designing and maintaining Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines (YAML and Classic). Automating build, test and deployment processes. Supporting application patching, upgrades and environment management. Working with complex datasets to deliver reporting, analysis and data fixes. Enhancing monitoring, logging and automation capabilities. Ensuring system stability, availability and performance across multiple environments. Providing technical leadership and mentoring within the engineering team Essential Skills & Experience: Strong Oracle Applications experience. Extensive knowledge of RDBMS and SQL for data analysis and reporting. Proven experience supporting and maintaining production applications. Hands-on Azure DevOps CI/CD experience (YAML and Classic pipelines). Experience with release management, deployments and application patching. Strong scripting and automation skills (PowerShell and T-SQL). Knowledge of DevOps practices, SDLC and version control. Experience working in high-availability, business-critical environments. Strong troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving skills. It would be great if you had: Knowledge of WPS Pensions and Compensation systems. Experience with ServiceNow, Dimensions and DIP File Share. Familiarity with Compendia, Touch and Compose. Understanding of Privileged Access Management (PAM) and security controls. Existing DV or SC clearance. Employment Type: Permanent. Location: Hybrid: Gosport Security Clearance Level: Eligible for SC and DV Clearance. Internal Recruiter: Jane. Salary: Up to £65000.00. Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, and pension. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.
Ever looked at a SOC and thought, "I'd design that differently"? Here's your chance. This is your opportunity to take true ownership of our end-to-end SOC architecture - defining how our platforms, detections and controls evolve to meet client, regulatory and business needs. You'll play a key role in influencing how our services grow, introducing new technologies and embedding a strong security-by-design culture across everything we do. This is a hybrid role, with 2 days per week based in either Hemel Hempstead or Farnborough. Please note: you must be eligible for SC and DV clearance. What you'll be doing: Owning the SOC architecture, ensuring designs, integrations and operating models meet regulatory and assurance requirements. Producing both high- and low-level security control designs, including defining testing requirements. Setting and governing standards for detection content, including rules, use cases and correlation logic. Acting as the technical authority for client security designs and technology roadmaps. Leading SOC maturity initiatives in support of CREST accreditation. Identifying and introducing technologies that enhance analyst effectiveness, including automation and AI What you'll bring: Proven experience designing or owning security architectures within SOC, MSSP or complex security environments. Strong understanding of detection engineering and SOC operations. Ability to oversee security platforms and integrations holistically. Knowledge of governance, compliance and accreditation frameworks such as CREST. Experience assuring technical architectures using secure-by-design principles. It would be great if you had: ? Existing SC or DV clearance. If you're excited by this role but aren't sure your experience ticks every box, we'd still love to hear from you. Employment Type: Permanent. Location: Hybrid fixed - 2 days per week in Hemel Hempstead or Farnborough. Security Clearance Level: SC cleared and eligible for DV clearance. Internal Recruiter: Jane. Salary: Up to £90,000. Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, and pension. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.
14/07/2026
Full time
Ever looked at a SOC and thought, "I'd design that differently"? Here's your chance. This is your opportunity to take true ownership of our end-to-end SOC architecture - defining how our platforms, detections and controls evolve to meet client, regulatory and business needs. You'll play a key role in influencing how our services grow, introducing new technologies and embedding a strong security-by-design culture across everything we do. This is a hybrid role, with 2 days per week based in either Hemel Hempstead or Farnborough. Please note: you must be eligible for SC and DV clearance. What you'll be doing: Owning the SOC architecture, ensuring designs, integrations and operating models meet regulatory and assurance requirements. Producing both high- and low-level security control designs, including defining testing requirements. Setting and governing standards for detection content, including rules, use cases and correlation logic. Acting as the technical authority for client security designs and technology roadmaps. Leading SOC maturity initiatives in support of CREST accreditation. Identifying and introducing technologies that enhance analyst effectiveness, including automation and AI What you'll bring: Proven experience designing or owning security architectures within SOC, MSSP or complex security environments. Strong understanding of detection engineering and SOC operations. Ability to oversee security platforms and integrations holistically. Knowledge of governance, compliance and accreditation frameworks such as CREST. Experience assuring technical architectures using secure-by-design principles. It would be great if you had: ? Existing SC or DV clearance. If you're excited by this role but aren't sure your experience ticks every box, we'd still love to hear from you. Employment Type: Permanent. Location: Hybrid fixed - 2 days per week in Hemel Hempstead or Farnborough. Security Clearance Level: SC cleared and eligible for DV clearance. Internal Recruiter: Jane. Salary: Up to £90,000. Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, and pension. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.
