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Senior SOC Analyst

Stevenage
4 weeks ago
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Senior SOC Analyst

6 month contract

Based in Stevenage

Offering £85ph Inside IR35

Are you an experienced SOC Analyst?

Do you have hands-on experience with IDS/IPS technologies?

Do you want to work with an industry-leading company?

If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you!

As the Full Senior SOC Analyst, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry.

You will be involved in:

Effective Tier 1 to 2 alert triage of security events
Monitoring of Cyber Security tools
Monitoring the SOC email notification mailboxes
Assists with the maintenance of Security technologies
Assisting the SOC Solutions Lead with project activity
Assist proactive threat hunting in collaboration with the CTI function
Assist IR in HR and InfoSec related investigations
Ensure the timely triage and remediation of any incident or request tickets raised to the SOC
Participate in the activity of adding/removing URLs from the AcceptList and BlockList
Conduct activities in line with SOC Maturity and continuous improvement

Your skillset may include:

Background in Cyber Security
Security awareness
Experience in Network Security, Infrastructure, and Operating Systems & Applications
Knowledge of IT Security standard methodologies
Demonstrable understanding of the OSI Reference Model and the network communication protocols, including but not limited to DNS, HTTP/S, SSL, SMTP, FTP/S, LDAP/S.
Demonstrable experience with Security Information Event Monitoring Tools and/or Network Packet Capture tools
Hands-on experience with IDS/IPS technologies and threat-hunting activities
Experience within Defensive Cyber-attack methodologies and frameworks.
Understanding of Malware capabilities, attack vectors, propagation, and impact.
Root cause analysis and leading T2 incident investigations
Process / Playbook / Runbook development
Working knowledge of detection engineering, false positive improvements
Capability to tune SIEM rules or create custom detections
Scripted automation experience e.g. Python, SOAR, PowerShell

If this all sounds like something you will be interested in then simply apply and we can discuss the opportunity further!

Senior SOC Analyst

6 month contract

Based in Stevenage

Offering £85ph Inside IR35

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change

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