Director – Intelligence-Led Security Operations Centre (SOC)
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30+ days ago
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Job Summary
Position Description:
At CGI we help organisations make confident informed decisions about cyber resilience. As our SOC Solutions & Cyber Advisory Lead you will sit at the heart of our intelligence-led SOC services shaping solutions that balance technical excellence with real-world business outcomes. Working directly with clients and internal experts youll influence how services are designed sold and delivered ensuring they are robust scalable and aligned to client risk and maturity. Youll be trusted to lead with insight encouraged to think creatively about service evolution and supported by a collaborative culture that enables you to make a meaningful lasting impact.
CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK Best Employer by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary excellent pension private healthcare plus a share scheme (3.5% 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector including our Armed Forces and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and youll be part of an open friendly community of experts. Well train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.
If you thrive in high-tempo environments understand the commercial and operational realities of multi-customer SOC delivery and want to shape the next evolution of intelligence-led security operations this role offers the autonomy scale and strategic influence to do exactly that.
Due to the secure nature of the programme you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position.
Your future duties and responsibilities:
As Director of Intelligence-Led SOC you will:
Define and execute the strategic vision for an intelligence-led SOC capability across multiple customer environments
Lead and develop SOC and technical leads creating a high-performance accountable culture
Drive operational maturity embedding intelligence-driven detection response and proactive threat management
Own end-to-end SOC service delivery across multiple platforms and customer estates
Ensure optimisation and effective utilisation of SIEM and SOAR platforms (e.g. ArcSight FortiNet Splunk Microsoft Sentinel)
Oversee the full incident lifecycle: detection triage response escalation crisis management and post-incident review
Embed consistent scalable operational standards aligned to ITIL NIST MITRE ATT&CK ISO 27001 and CREST frameworks
Act as executive point of contact for clients and senior stakeholders articulating cyber risk performance metrics and strategic outcomes
Maintain operational readiness for audits certifications and industry accreditations
Hold budgetary and resource planning accountability for the SOC function
Drive innovation automation and continuous improvement to enhance detection efficacy and reduce dwell time
Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
> Proven experience leading large-scale SOC operations within MSSP MSP or multi-tenant environments
> Demonstrable experience transforming SOC capabilities into intelligence-led maturity-driven functions
> Strong executive-level people leadership: developing seniors succession planning and organisational design
> Deep expertise in incident management crisis leadership and service delivery in high-pressure environments
> Strong technical fluency in SIEM/SOAR ecosystems
> Working knowledge of NIST MITRE ATT&CK ISO 27001 CREST and ITIL-aligned service management
> Commercial acumen including budgeting forecasting and resource optimisation
> The ability to translate technical security risk into clear outcome-focused business language
> Experience engaging C-level stakeholders across client organisations
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Skills:
- Compliance
- Security Architecture
- Security Assessment
- Security Audit
What you can expect from us:
Together as owners lets turn meaningful insights into action.
Life at CGI is rooted in ownership teamwork respect and belonging. Here youll reach your full potential because
You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. Thats why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our companys strategy and direction.
Your work creates value. Youll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas embrace new opportunities and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.
Youll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. Youll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.
Come join our teamone of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Employee Relations
- Employee Evaluation
- Management Experience
- Profit & Loss
- Conflict Management
- Operations Management
- Project Management
- Budgeting
- Leadership Experience
- Supervising Experience
- Leadership management
- Financial Planning
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