Detection Consultant in Manchester

Our Global Detection Engineering Team provides detection capabilities for various security products used in our 24/7 managed monitoring service with customers all over the world. This role will be to join our detection engineering team, where you will focus on providing a tailored experience of custom detections to all our customers. All customers have the benefit of access to NCC’s wide library of detections but there are many cases for exceptions and requirements for custom detections. This role sits at the pivotal point between our customers and the detection engineers. Together with customers, you will focus on assessing the gap and need for custom detections to provide the appropriate level of detection each customer desires.

Key Responsibilities

• Schedule and host threat workshops utilizing industry-approved methodologies such as DREAD or STRIDE.
• Correlate log events in SIEM solutions with activities which have taken place in the business application or technology.
• Query data ingested into customer SIEM environments to assess the practical feasibility of newly proposed detections.
• Prepare pseudo-logic and work packages for detection engineers who write detections-as-code within the NCC detection repository.
• Derive new generic detection opportunities from Threat Intelligence reports to further expand NCC’s detection library.
• Identify potential abuse patterns in customer applications.
• Query large datasets of data in SIEMs (Sentinel & Splunk).
• Explain potential attack paths to customers.
• Write pseudo-logic for the development of new detections.
• Track the status of detections under development and share status updates with the customer.
• Obtain feedback from customers on exceptions and allowed behaviour during the testing phase of the development of new analytics.
• Ensure work is up-to-date and tracked in internal ticketing system(s).

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Experience in detection engineering on a range of technologies (SIEM and EDR) OR Experience in SOC or Managed Detection Services OR Experience in Analytically-minded IT Systems administration/Network Administration and looking for a change in career/focus on Security.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work with client engagement teams and NCC colleagues to continuously improve the service we deliver.
• Good understanding of IT Systems and platforms from a security context.

Desired Requirements

• A security mindset and demonstrable experience or knowledge of contemporary attack tactics and techniques.
• Forensics or Incident Response competency would be considered valuable.
• Strong knowledge of the latest threats in security.
• The skills to translate technical attacks to effects in the business and vice versa.
• Experience in simulating attacks is considered an advantageous skill to enhance other skills.
• Experience with SIEM tools, preferably Splunk and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Knowledge of one or more of the following: Azure or other cloud technologies, Windows Active Directory, Windows Operating System fundamentals, Networking fundamentals, System management technologies, Identity and access management procedures and technologies.

Job Benefits

• A good salary that matches the things you have already done and will do.
• Flexible working hours and flexibility in working from home or at the office, allowing you to optimally combine your private life with your work.
• A favourable pension scheme, 26 vacation days (+4 mandatory days off), and 8% holiday pay with a full-time contract.
• Plenty of development opportunities: you can gain and share knowledge through training, TechTalks, events, and our own Fox Academy.
• A laptop and business phone. If you use your own phone, you will receive a reimbursement of up to €25 per month.
• A remote work allowance (for hybrid working).
• A performance bonus and profit sharing because we value your effort.
• When we work in the office, we gather every day for a delicious lunch.