Job Description

World Class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire is currently looking to recruit a SOC Coordinator subcontractor on an initial 6 month contract.  

Suitable backgrounds may include: SOC Leadership, SOC Manager, Cyber Security governance and

assurance, Information Security Management, Defence or National Security Operations. Military Leadership appointments with responsibility for people, operations and governance.

Rate: £80.00 per hour

Location: Stevenage

Hybrid / Remote working: 3-4 days a week on site min, 1-2 remote. 

Contract: 37 Hours per week

Overtime: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ‘time and a quarter’

Duration: 12 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter)

IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)      

SOC Coordinator Job Description:

The SOC is undergoing a period of growth and maturity, with a focus on strengthening governance, improving operational resilience, enhancing monitoring capability in accordance with defence specific compliance requirements such as the DCC. The successful applicant with act as the deputy to the SOC Manager and serve as a key operational and governance lead within the team. Whilst SOC Operations contains technical analysts, engineers and security specialists, this role is primarily focussed on leadership, governance, stakeholder engagement and operational effectiveness.

Responsibilities:

demands of countering the Cyber Threat. Support for the operational functions of the UK SOC. To work with other UK SOC members, including the UK InfoSec Team and the IM Domains. The successful candidate will help coordinate the day-to-day operation of the SOC whilst ensuring governance activities, audits, working groups, recruitment, onboarding, documentation and security improvement activities continue to progress effectively.

The Cyber Security SOC Coordinator key responsibilities are:

Coordinate the implementation and maturity of Cyber security capability within DEx UK (Digital Excellence is the IT department)

Deputise for the SOC Manager as required

Deliver the SOC Security Working Groups across DEx and effectively track remediation and actions

Responsible for the effective delivery and resilience of the 24x7 SOC shift rota

Support the SOC Manager in the recruitment and on boarding process for all SOC

resourcing

Work in close collaboration with the Cyber Security Capability Manager

Responsible for the responses and support to external requests and auditing of DEx

within a cyber security context, such as ISO27001 audits, DCC and CE+ requests, GDPR requests, contractual questionnaires from customer or suppliers

Coordinate vetting and access requests within the SOC in collaboration with the Cyber Security Capability Manager

Responsible for attending the DEx CAB and ensuring that cyber security and compliance

due diligence has taken place as well as reporting into SOC any impacting changes

Take responsibility for the implementation of the Group cyber security (SOC)

strategy within DEx UK, ensuring gaps and development areas are given assigned action owners

To be the official interface of DEx cyber security for UK InfoSec, PCSO, GIMS, Personnel

Security and National Cyber Procurement Coordinator

Responsible for ensuring that DEx projects are informed of ITHC and pentest

requirements prior to acceptance into service in line with policies

Responsible for the coordination of any CHECK test or ITHC scoping activity which may impact the SOC

Responsible for the creation, review and update of UK SOC documentation and support

the delivery of Group policy and frameworks

To advise and support the SOC and Vulnerability Management teams on flow

management policy, incident response plans and playbooks

Work in collaboration with CSC DEx in other Natcos (International Group

Companies – France, Italy, Germany, Spain etc) 

Skillset/experience required:

Ideally ISO 27001/CE+ Lead/Auditor

DCC Assessor would be ideal if possible

Suitable backgrounds may include SOC Leadership, Cyber Security governance andassurance, Information Security Management, Defence or National Security Operations. Military Leadership appointments with responsibility for people, operations and governance.

Knowledge of SOC functions and operating models.

Knowledge of Vulnerability management principles

Risk management and risk treatment process

Audit preparation and evidence gathering

Awareness of Incident response processes.

Security Policy development and implementation

Audit preparation and evidence gathering

Stakeholder management

Security awareness of modern cyber threats and defensive practices

JSPs and defence security policies / Defence assurance Frameworks (DCC)