SC Cleared - Senior SOC Analyst (x3) - Inside IR35 in Watford

3x Senior SOC Analyst Hemel Hempstead Shift work 6am to 6pm / 6pm to 6 am - 2 days on 2 nights on 4 days off £400 - £550 per day 6 months with likelihood of extension.

Role Overview

As a Senior Security Operations Centre (SOC) Analyst you will support the ongoing maturity of SOC and help deliver an efficient and effective service to our wide range of clients. The primary role will be to conduct monitoring and triage of alerts associated with host and network security events for our client's critical infrastructure. You will support the SOC through both delivery of client work and adding skills and ideas to the already diverse team.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor, triage, and investigate security incidents on critical client infrastructure.
• Perform in-depth analysis of network traffic, logs, and system events to identify potential security threats and vulnerabilities.
• Provide Incident Response support when required, providing guidance on containment, eradication and recovery activities.
• Maintain and, where appropriate, improve and develop team knowledge of SOC tools, security operations and triage.
• Prepare reports for managed clients to both technical and non-technical audiences and continuously improve their content and presentation.
• Analyse and improve detection rules and use cases in line with Mitre Att&ck and threat-informed defence.
• Work as part of a team to ensure that corporate data and technology platform components are safeguarded from known threats.
• Maintain and update security incident documentation, including incident reports, analysis findings, and recommended mitigation strategies.
• Input into threat intelligence activities when required.
• Represent the SOC within Stakeholders meetings on occasion.
• Engage with the Cyber Security Community of Expertise.

Essential Skills

• Proven experience in Security Operations Centre.
• Demonstrable experience of using Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk.
• Knowledge and experience with Mitre Att&ck Framework.
• Strong knowledge of client-server applications, multi-tier web applications, relational databases, firewalls, VPNs, and enterprise AntiVirus products.
• Strong understanding of networking principles including TCP/IP, WANs, LANs, and commonly used Internet protocols such as SMTP, HTTP, FTP, POP, LDAP.
• Good project management skills, with the ability to balance multiple initiatives and priorities simultaneously.
• Strong influencing skills and ability to persuade others, with a broad understanding of all aspects of SOC services.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess complex situations, identify risks, and recommend effective solutions.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Work under general direction within clear framework of accountability and can exercise substantial personal responsibility and autonomy.
• Cyber/information security qualification (e.g. CRT, CSTM, OSCP).

Desirable Skills

• Experience of static malware analysis and reverse engineering.
• Programming and scripting such as Python, Perl, Bash, PowerShell, C++.
• CREST Practitioner Intrusion Analyst/Blue Teams Level 1 or other SOC related certifications.
• Experience with SIEM technologies, namely Sentinel and Splunk, with some experience with Qradar appreciated.

Reasonable Adjustments

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients. If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.