Security Incident Specialist in Edinburgh

The Security Incident Specialist is responsible for ensuring robust incident management by investigating and addressing security incidents reported by or assigned to the SOC. This role involves leading incident response efforts, escalating issues to designated owners when necessary, and coordinating the implementation of Azure Security Solutions, including Azure DLP, Defender, and Defender for Cloud. Additionally, the specialist will support the development and refinement of policies and procedures to enhance Security Incident Management and Cybersecurity practices.

Reporting to the Cybersecurity Manager, the Security Incident Specialist is responsible for maintaining, measuring, and improving the overall Incident Management process within the assigned scope, budget, and timeline. Key responsibilities include:

• Demonstrating familiarity with Microsoft Security Solutions (Defender, Sentinel, Azure, Entra, etc.).
• Implementing Azure Security Solutions to strengthen the organization's security posture and optimize incident handling processes.
• Maintaining and developing the company’s security monitoring systems and ensuring efficient SIEM ingestion (Sentinel).
• Ensuring the proper collection of logs, alerts, and incidents for effective monitoring and response.
• Reviewing and developing analytics and playbooks for incident classification, assignment, and response automation.
• Reporting the status and outcomes of incidents and investigations to company stakeholders.
• Writing clear and comprehensive incident reports, combining logs and evidence, tailored for both C-level executives and technical teams.
• Coordinating the Incident Management process with Vulnerability Management to ensure cohesive security operations.
• Supporting initiatives to enhance secure architectures, reducing the potential threat landscape.
• Aligning the Incident Management process with organizational policies, procedures, and security guidelines.

Key Requirements

• Master/Bachelor Degree in cybersecurity or computer science and 3+ years as SOC analyst, or undergraduate and 5+ years as SOC analyst.
• Excellent practice on:

• SIEM/SOAR (Sentinel) maintenance and development
• Log collection, analysis and correlation
• Incidents investigations and response
• Malware analysis
• Phishing analysis
• File system checks and memory dump
• IOC editing and searching

• Evidence acquisition and retention
• SecOps scripting (bash, vbscript, Powershell, python)
• Threat intelligence and OSINT.
• Support the cybersecurity policies and procedures definition (especially Security Incident Management)

Desirable Requirements

• Certifications: Blue Team Level 1 (BTL1), Blue Team Level 2 (BTL2), eCTHP, eCIR, GCIH, SC-200, AZ-500, AZ-900, Certified CyberDefender (CCD) or similar.
• Experience in cybersecurity governance, including the development and alignment of policies, frameworks and compliance strategies.

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