SOC Cyber Analyst

SOC Cyber Analyst
Hereford Based
£75.48 hour Umbrella Inside IR35
12 Month Contract initially.

This is a great opportunity to work within one of the UK's leading Defence organisations based Hereford.

Typical duties include (but are not limited to):

• Alert Triage: Review and assess alerts escalated by the outsourced SOC; validate their accuracy and determine potential impact.
  
• Initial Investigation: Perform first-line investigation using available tools (SIEM, Device Logs, firewall logs and SIEM alerts).
  
• User Interaction: Engage with affected end users or asset owners to collect additional information, verify events, or guide immediate containment steps (e.g. asset isolation, password reset).
  
• Escalation: Escalate confirmed or high severity incidents to the Level 2 SOC (outsourced) or internal incident response teams, ensuring complete and accurate handoff documentation.
  
• Incident Documentation: Create and maintain detailed case notes, timelines, and evidence within the case management system to support investigations and compliance requirements.
  
• Collaboration: Serve as the coordination point between the security team and the external SOC partner, maintaining strong communication and situational awareness.
  
• Playbook Execution: follow established triage and escalation playbooks; suggest improvements based on recurring issues or inefficiencies.
  
• Threat Awareness: Maintain awareness of current cyber threats, attacker techniques (MITRE ATT&CK), and industry trends relevant to the organisations threat landscape.
  
  Knowledge:
  Essential:
  
• 2-4 years of experience in a SOC, IT Operations, or security support role.
  
• Understanding of key security concepts including malware, phishing, lateral movement and privilege escalation.
  
• Working knowledge of network fundamentals, windows/Linux system logs and authentication systems.
  
• Working knowledge of SIEM platforms (e.g. Microsoft sentinel, Splunk, Elastic, QRadar).
  
  Desirable:
  
• Awareness of security frameworks and methodologies (NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, ISO27001).
  
  Skills:-
  Essential:
  
• Familiarity with ticketing and case management systems (e.g. Jira, The Hive 5, ServiceNow etc).
  
• Strong analytical mindset and the ability to interpret logs and alerts.
  
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills â€" able to communicate technical findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  Desirable:
  
• Experience working alongside or within a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) or outsourced SOC.
  
• Basic scripting or automation knowledge (PowerShell, Python, or Bash) is a plus.
  
  Desirable:
  
• CompTIA Security+, CySA+ or other entry level certification
  
  For more information please contact Lauren Morley at JAM Recruitment or click apply