Security Operations Specialist at La Fosse Associates, Islington, £550-£600 per day

Join a leading global organisation where you'll drive security excellence and shape the future of their security operations infrastructure.

Salary: £550 - 600 per day

Security Operations Specialist

Our global client requires a Contract SecOps SME responsible for managing the MSSP relationship, acting as the primary escalation point, and driving improvement across security tooling, processes, and service delivery, with hands-on experience in Splunk, CrowdStrike, and Defender.

• Day Rate: £550-£600pd
• IR35 Status: Outside
• Travel: 3 days a week in London Office (2 days WFH)
• Duration: Initial 6 months

Key Experience:

• Lead Security Operations while managing the MSSP relationship, acting as the primary escalation point and ensuring services are delivered effectively against agreed expectations
• Drive continuous improvement across Security Operations, refining and optimising processes, tooling, and workflows, and enhancing the value of platforms such as Splunk, CrowdStrike, and Defender
• Deliver core operational security activities, including proactive monitoring, investigation, and response to SIEM alerts and incidents, managing ticket queues, escalating where required, and documenting cases through to closure
• Act as a subject matter expert for key security technologies, owning their configuration and ongoing optimisation, while leading threat hunting, processing IOCs/IOAs, leveraging threat intelligence, and supporting vulnerability management and remediation
• Support governance and collaboration by maintaining clear SecOps documentation and procedures, contributing to MSSP oversight, participating in on-call incident response, conducting eDiscovery investigations when required, and engaging with internal and external stakeholders

Take the next step in your security career with a role that offers genuine impact and professional growth.

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