Job Description

Lead SOC Analyst, Cyber Security Ops, SC or DV Security Cleared is required by our government client based near Milton Keynes, Bucks, East Midlands. Commutable from Northampton, Peteborough, Bedford, North London.

Hybird working. 3 days a week on site

Daily Rate £560 OUTSIDE of IR35-plus on-call

Working in a DV (Developed Vetting) security cleared environment, you will hold DV or SC Security Clearance or be eligible to undertake.

Essential Skills/Experience

Experience of working with SIEM and IPS within a SOC environment.

Knowledge of Cyber Security Operations

Understanding of Cyber Threats

Advanced IT skills.

Relevant Cyber Security Analyst experience and certification.

Ability to produce clear security investigation documentation.

Good Analytical skills with the ability to manipulate, interrogate and analyses large data sets

Strong team working and interpersonal skills

To work alongside an existing team of Cyber Engineers and Cyber Analysts within an established Security Operations Centre, Duties briefly consist of:

Monitor, triage and investigate Security Alerts on the protective monitoring platforms to identify Security Incidents

Understand and interpret a variety of system logs and reports for potential intrusions, security threats or breaches of policy; write Security Incident reports and report to senior stakeholders and customers.

Lead team on approaches used to investigate incidents and decide required response; implement and/or oversee implementation of resolutions.

Analyse Security Event Data / Security Alerts to support Customers in their response to Security Incidents

In rotation with other Lead Analysts, represent the CSOC at meetings, provide advice to other areas of the business on new services and assess impact of proposed work.

Maintain current knowledge of IT based threats and vulnerabilities in order to identify and report real time attacks and vulnerabilities on the FCDO Services network.

Provide On – Call services during out of hours periods for identified potential security alerts

Mentor, train and manage task delivery of Practitioner Analyst ensuring terms of the Service Level Agreement (SLA) are met