Title: SOC Analyst
Location: Gloucester (Remote)
Duration: 6 months (View to extend)
Day Rate: £350 - £500 per day
A large onsultant client of ours are looking to expand their Security Operates Centre so subsequently are on the lookout for a SOC Analyst to join their team. You will need to coordinate the preliminary response activities for Cyber Security Incidents across the Global company environment. The successful candidate will focus on the identification and analysis of potential cyber security incidents and e responsible for performing triage functions.
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Analysis and investigation of alerts arising from Security Event and Information Management tools
• Analysis, investigation and refinement of alerts and reports arising from Network Behaviour Analytics tools
• Vulnerability Scanning and reporting. Prioritising and tracking remediation of vulnerabilities
• Utilising Intrusion Prevention solutions to monitor and alert on potential breaches
• Using packet-capture tools, analyse packet flows and utilise network-based User Behaviour Analytics to
understand breaches and track propagation of malware
• Using Threat Intelligence Services to identify potential new threats and develop new mitigations
• Working with customer security teams to detect, contain and eradicate threats
• Understanding of security assessment and penetration testing tools advantageous but not essential
• Undertaking other duties from time to time as required
Capabilities:
- SIEM
- IDS/IPS monitoring
- Experience with Azure Log Analytics and Azure Sentinel
- Hands on experience Splunk/QRadar/Arc Sight SIEM environments
- Must have expert networking protocol knowledge
- Prior experience detecting, analysing and/or responding to security incidents
- Hands-on experience with common security technologies (IDS, Firewall, SIEM, etc)
- Knowledge of Vulnerability Assessment and Network Penetration Testing Process and tools such as found stone/Qualys Guard/ Nessus
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