Senior SOC Analyst
Hanslope
YOU MUST HAVE ACTIVE DV CLEARANCE Senior SOC Analyst £75 per hour 12 Hour shifts (7am-7pm & 7pm-7am) 7 Days & 7 Nights over a 4-week pattern 6 month contract initially Buckinghamshire Summary - The 4x Senior SOC Analysts will be responsible for the operational leadership of the Security Monitoring function, ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality security monitoring, investigation and escalation activities. Responsibilities - Monitor the organisation’s technology estate to identify cyber security events, suspicious activity and indicators of compromise using approved monitoring platforms and analytical tools. - Independently investigate security alerts and complex cyber security events, determining their significance, potential impact and appropriate course of actions. - Correlate information from multiple data sources to establish attack timelines, identify affected systems and support the assessment of cyber security incidents. - Analyse indicators of compromise, attacker techniques and available threat intelligence to determine the nature and severity of security events. - Escalate indicators confirmed or suspected cyber security incidents to the Lead SOC Analyst or Incident Responder team in accordance with established operational procedures. - Support Incident Responders by providing accurate analytical findings, supporting evidence, timelines and technical information throughout incident investigations. - Contribute to the continual improvement of monitoring capability by identifying opportunities to improve alert quality, investigation processes, monitoring coverage and detection effectiveness. - Validate new monitoring content, detection rules and operational procedures before deployment into the live SOC environment. - Assist in the onboarding of new systems, cloud services and application into SOC monitoring by validating operational visibility and monitoring effectiveness. - Maintain accurate investigations records, ensuring all analytical activities are fully documented in accordance with organisational procedures. - Share knowledge, provide technical guidance and support the development of Practitioner SOC Analysts through coaching and day-to-day mentoring. - Contribute to operational reviews, lessons identified and post-incident activities, recommending improvements to monitoring capability and operational processes. - Maintain awareness of emerging cyber threats, attacker techniques and monitoring technologies to support continual professional development and improved operational effectiveness Required Skills / Experience - The Senior SOC Analyst should demonstrable knowledge and skills in the areas: Cyber security operations, Forensics, Incident management, incident investigation and response, Information risk assessment and risk management, Intrusion detection analysis, Protective security, Secure operations management, Threat intelligence and threat assessment - Experience working within a SOC or comparable cyber security operations environment. - Experience investigating cyber security alerts and security events using enterprise monitoring techniques. - Good knowledge of SIEM platforms, security monitoring tools and log analysis techniques. - Understanding of cyber attack methodologies, indicators or compromise, threat intelligence and common attacker techniques. - Experience analysing information from multiple technical sources to investigate cyber security events. - Experience supporting cyber incident response activities. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to made sound technical judgements. - Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce accurate technical reports and investigation findings. - Ability to work effectively within a shift-based 24/7 environment. - Professional certifications such as Microsoft SC-200, CompTIA CySA+, GIAC, GCIA or equivalent Desirable: - Experience using Microsoft Sentinel, LogRhythm, or equivalent enterprise SIEM platforms. - Experience developing monitoring improvements, detection tuning, or operational process development. - Experience supporting Incident Responder activities during major cyber security incidents. - Experience contributing to the development of monitoring use cases and detection improvements. - Applied knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK or equivalent adversary behaviour frameworks. |  |  |  |
Recruiter: Network IT
Salary: £80 Per Hour
Reference: 272106827