Senior SOC Analyst

Role title- Senior SOC Analyst 

Location- London or Sheffield (Hybrid)

What will you do? 

As a Senior SOC Analyst at Royal Mail Group, you will act as the primary analyst taking responsibility for the security monitoring of key technologies across the RMG estate.

You’ll be familiar with a range of SIEM technologies and be comfortable with both graphical interface and scripting language. Providing effective analysis and triage and handling of security information and events, you will also act as a point of escalation for less experienced Security Analysts, providing guidance and mentoring.

You will take the lead in updating/developing, implementing, and operating requisite processes and procedures. Developing and configuring use cases and alerting rules within SIEM technologies. You will also develop and present appropriate KPI, KRI and other requisite reporting to the SOC Team Lead and Head of Security Operations and act as an SME for projects and initiatives relevant to the role.

You will liaise closely with RMG technology teams to ensure the correct response and remediation of security information and events. Also liaising closely with RMG third party suppliers to ensure the correct response and remediation of security information and events.

What skills and experience should you have? 

Experience in a SOC, ideally gained in a large, complex corporate environment In depth knowledge of SIEM technologies, their configuration and operation and demonstrable SIEM scripting language experience Strong understanding of the principles and practical's of effectively triaging security events Experience of threat-based security operations, using industry standard frameworks Experience of incident runbook and playbook development Experience of working with security in the Cloud, ideally Microsoft Azure.

Nice to have experience… 

Threat intelligence gathering and application Threat hunting execution Metrics creation and presentation. Experience of detection and response within operational technology environments

What we offer you… 

Competitive Salary  18% Bonus  Competitive Pension Scheme  Car allowance (or cash alternative)  Hybrid Working (2-3 days in office)  Private Healthcare  25 days holiday (plus the option to buy more)  Plus, many more benefits! 

Interview process and next steps… 

We aim to move as quickly as possible! If your application is successful, you will be contacted by one of our recruitment team who will discuss the two-stage interview process with you.

Trust is the foundation of everything we do at Royal Mail. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and build trust from the start of your journey with up. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we’ll provide you your interview questions in advance. This ensures you can present your best examples. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.

Royal Mail takes pride in our diverse employee network groups, which actively promote belonging and foster a positive work environment. Our unwavering commitment to inclusion means that we’re passionate about our people representing the communities we serve. 

If you require any adjustments during the application and hiring process, please share the details in your application. 

Additionally, we’re proud to be Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors, and military spouses/partners.

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