SOC Analyst

Role - SOC Analyst

Location - Leeds - on-site working

Salary - Up to £60,000 + Bonus

A global leader in the Aerospace & Defence sector is seeking the expertise of a technically astute SOC Analyst to help support the day to day operations; and incremental improvement, of a dedicated Security Operations Centre (SOC) for a major UK CNI organisation based in Leeds.

The successful candidate for SOC Analyst role will be required undergo governmental clearance

SOC Analyst Responsibilities:

• Shift handover briefs preparation and delivered
• Monitor, triage, analyse and investigate alerts, log data and network traffic using the Protective Monitoring platform and Internet resources to identify cyber-attacks / security incidents.
• Write up high quality security incident tickets using a combination of existing knowledge resources and independent research.
• Understand Threat Intelligence and its use in an operational environment
• Produce new workflows for automation into SOAR tools for common attack types.
• Continually improve the service and review use cases and propose changes and enhancements in line with the changing threat.

SOC Analyst Technical Experience:

• Basic Python and/or scripting skills, Windows, OS X, and Linux
• Experience using Splunk and Sentinal
• Working with a range of security tooling/technology
• Strong understanding of security architecture, in particular networking
• Detailed understanding of threat intelligence and threat actors, TTPs and operationalising threat intelligence.
• Experience in investigating complex network intrusions (by state-sponsored groups or targeted ransomware attacks).
• Understand TCP/IP component layers to identify normal and abnormal traffic
• Understanding of AWS &/or Azure cloud services
• Experience of Splunk (with ES) &/or Sentinel, content development experience desirable

If you are interested in discussing this long term contract opportunity, please email a copy of your CV and contact number to arrange a call.

Role - SOC Analyst

Location - Leeds - on-site working

Salary - Up to £60,000 + Bonus