SOC Analyst

Security Operations Center Analyst | 12 month contract | £350 p/day

**This person would need to work early 1st shift hours in the UK. Either 5am-1pm or 6am-2pm Sunday – Thursday but the shift may change as needed. This will change based on the time difference between the US and UK. This will be remote until COVID restrictions are lifted.**

Job Description:

My client is a global mass media and entertainment company and are looking for a SOC Analyst to work within the Cyber Security Response Operations who will be responsible for day-to-day operations and maintenance of various security services provided to the business.

The SOC Analyst needs to be well organized, reliable, a strong communicator, detail-oriented, demonstrate good judgment, be confident working in a team or independently, and comfortable in the handling of confidential information and cool under pressure.

The role involves regular interaction with various groups and leadership within the organization in order to accomplish job responsibilities. The successful candidate will be responsible for participating in the following activities:

Responsibilities:

* Day-to-day operational tasks related to the ongoing support of Cyber Operations.

* Responsible for documenting the incident life cycle, conducting hand-offs’s, escalation, and providing support during cyber incidents

* Responsible for the tracking and assignment of tickets/events to Cyber Security Team.

* Responsible for analyzing potential threats from multiple sources.

* Responsible for creating filters, reports, dashboards, and alerts in support of Cyber Operations.

* Responsible for initiating blocks for all indicators of compromise gathered in analysis.

* Analyst must keep detailed reports on all analysis activity.

* Responsible for contributing to the creation and updating of new and existing playbooks and runbooks.

The SOC Analyst, must be proficient in a wide range of security technologies, be knowledgeable as to industry “best practices” in day-to-day operation of a large, multinational IT organization and be able to capably communicate even subtle details of the above to the broader Incident Response & Security Team

Qualifications / Requirements:

– Broad knowledge of information systems and networking technologies, demonstrating understanding related to the functionality of, secure configuration of, and security logs produced by those information systems

– Knowledge, skills, and abilities to conduct cyber-related or cyber-facilitated activities strong interpersonal, analytical, organizational, written and verbal communication skills.

– Experience in analyzing events, and incidents related to computer security.

– Security Operations Center experience

– Ability to provide threat dispositions and properly escalate concerns

– Experience investigating network and host intrusions, malware, and phishing campaigns.

– Ability to work shifts that may change over time.

Desired:

– Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent experience

– Customer service experience, working with users over the phone, via email, and in person.

– Self-motivated with the ability to work independently.

– Splunk or other SIEM experience

– Creating alerts, reports, dashboards, etc.

– GCIH, CISSP, GSEC, CEH, or other similar certification

– Experience creating alerts, reports, dashboards, etc.

Security Operations Center Analyst | 12 month contract | £350 p/day

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