SOC Analyst

Location: Remote – Gloucestershire 1 day per week

Salary: Up to £45,000

The company

An exciting opportunity has arisen working for an award-winning Cisco and Microsoft Partner. Looking for a SOC analyst to join their fast-growing, industry-leading managed service and managed service security provider, delivering in to mid and large enterprise clients. They have a key focus on developing their staff by providing training, certifications, and exposure to cutting-edge technologies, working across security operations and cyberspace.

This is a remote working position, with only 1 day per week required in the office, so you will need to live within a commutable distance to the businesses Gloucester office.

About the SOC Analyst role

As a SOC Analyst, you will support the SOC Manager as an escalation point and technical SME for stakeholders within multiple key clients. This is a hands-on role, that gives you the opportunity to work in a customer-facing capacity as a first point of contact between the customer and security operations centre. You will have the opportunity to develop consultancy skills, whilst offering insight into the best technical solutions to secure and report on their client technology stack.

Tasks include:

• Security monitoring and first response
• Incident handling and management
• Vulnerability testing, threat hunting
• Firewall configuration management and troubleshooting

Skills & experience

• Minimum 2 years’ experience within a similar role or a Cyber Security Graduate with experience working with a ticketing system.
• Experience working within a SOC environment would be advantageous.
• Demonstrable experience in forming collaborative working relationships with customers and other internal stakeholders.
• Confidence in effectively communicating technical incidents or security threats to non-technical stakeholders.
• Previous experience of working with SIEM and log monitoring tools.
• Proven technical understanding of IT and operating systems including Cisco and Fortinet
• SC-200, CCNA Cyber ops or equivalent certification would be beneficial but not essential.
• Must be able to commute to Gloucestershire 1 day per week.
• Must live in the UK and have right to work status.