Lead CySOC Analyst

Job Title: Lead CySOC Analyst
Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £51, Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF67584
Lead the Defence of Tomorrow: Shape Babcock's Cyber Security Future
At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Lead Cyber Security Operations Centre Analyst at our Babcock Technology Centre site, near Bristol, South West England.

The Role
As a Lead Cyber Security Operations Centre Analyst, you'll lead a talented team at the heart of Babcock's digital defence, driving the protection of critical infrastructure and supporting national security. You'll coordinate and prioritise threat and vulnerability management, guide remediation efforts, and represent cyber security at the highest levels. This is your opportunity to make a real impact, shaping cyber security strategy, supporting the UK's defence mission and accelerating your leadership career in a dynamic, high-growth sector.

Day-to-day, you'll lead the Cyber Security Operations Centre team to manage and remediate threats and vulnerabilities, coordinate reporting and stakeholder engagement, ensure continuous coverage and maintain all operational documentation and processes.

• Leading and supervising the CySOC team, assessing and prioritising vulnerabilities and threats, and coordinating remediation efforts across the organisation.
• Tracking and reporting progress of remediation efforts, ensuring threats and vulnerabilities are addressed within established timelines.
• Providing management reporting and representing the Head of Cyber Security in security working groups and wider security discussions.
• Guiding and directing CySOC analysts, ensuring both office hours and out-of-hours coverage.
• Maintaining documentation, procedures, and processes covering all CySOC functions.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office/onsite and 2 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Lead Cyber Security Operations Centre Analyst:

• Experience using Windows and/or Linux operating systems, with strong IT system administration skills.
• Experience within a CySOC team, building and maintaining cyber security processes, systems, and tools.
• Knowledge of patch management for hardware, software and services, including Windows and Linux systems/applications.
• Some knowledge of MoD specific security systems and processes is desirable but not essential.

Qualifications for the Lead Cyber Security Operations Centre Analyst:

• Relevant IT or cyber security qualifications are advantageous but not essential, demonstrable experience and leadership in cyber defence are highly valued.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) / Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK )

What We Offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 31/10/2025