Senior SOC Analyst in Hanslope

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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.
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