Senior SOC Analyst

Location: Home based/ Remote – Must be Based in the United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive Salary

Looking to take the next step in your SOC career at a fast-growing industry leader, that’s offering you the opportunity to work on interesting new tech, with plenty of projects to get involved in? If so, this is an opportunity you don’t want to miss!

About the Senior SOC Analyst Role

As a Senior SOC Analyst, you will act as a leader within the SOC team, using your own cybersecurity expertise to mentoring junior analysts. This will involve day-to-day support of SOC Analysts, when necessary, as well as taking part in regular team-wide training seminars.

Your Day-to-day tasks will include:

• Perform Root Cause Analysis on complex Cyber Security incidents.
• Perform malware analysis on obfuscated command-lines and/or scripts.
• Execute hypothesis based proactive threat hunting in client’s environments.
• Conduct sophisticated security monitoring and incident analysis.
• Lead response initiatives for security incidents triggered by security toolsets and SIEM technology.
• Proficiency in SIEM tools, intrusion detection systems, firewalls, antivirus software, and content filtering.
• Assist with onboarding of new customers.

Skills and Experience Required for the Senior SOC Analyst Role:

• Experienced in working with Sentinel on a regular basis.
• Hands on experience with Microsoft Defender.
• Experience with KQL (Kusto Query Language).
• Experience and knowledge working in an Incident Response or Digital Forensic role.
• Experience with utilising malware sandboxes to aid investigation and malware analysis.
• A strong understanding of relevant TTP’s within the industry and public sector.
• Ability to become a “leader” and a “teacher” supporting junior analysts and taking part in our team-wider training seminars.
• Previous experience of working with SIEM and log monitoring tools such as Microsoft Sentinel and Azure.
• Relevant certifications such as CompTIA CySA+, SC-200, and AZ-500.

To be considered for this role, you must be UK based and eligible for SC Clearance.

The Company

A UK leading, IT Solution and Service Provider are looking for a Senior SOC Analyst to join their business on a remote and home-based basis. The business offers Microsoft Cloud solutions to the UK public sector, delivering for customers and clients, and giving you the support, you need to do so.

The business offers training and development support, as they endeavour to support the professional development of their team. And as a Microsoft Partner, the business offers plenty of support for training and with earning additional Microsoft certifications.

They take pride in the great working environment and high levels of staff retention, due to this commitment to their team. This is a fully remote role; however, you must be based in the UK to be considered. This role will also require eligibility to gain SC Clearance due to government-based customers.