Cyber Security Analyst
Posted 1 week ago by Digisourced.
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Cyber Security Analyst role involves working within the Client SOC team in London, focusing on incident response operations and requiring extensive experience in various security areas. Candidates must be proficient in both Linux and Windows operating systems and possess a deep understanding of networking and attack methods. The position is hybrid and is open to British citizens only, with a duration of 6-12 months and potential extensions. The role is classified as inside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct incident response operations according to documented procedures and industry best practices.
- Participate in multiple intelligence communities and disseminate pertinent information throughout the SOC team.
- Utilize extensive experience in security areas such as SIEM, IDS, APT, and WAF.
- Administer and analyze network security tools and systems.
- Aggregate and parse log data for investigation purposes.
- Utilize log search tools and conduct packet capture and analysis.
- Employ security assessment tools for incident detection and response.
Key Skills:
- Extensive experience in Linux and Windows operating systems.
- Deep knowledge of networking and attack methods.
- Knowledge of network security zones and firewall configurations.
- Experience with systems administration and middleware.
- Proficiency in log formats and aggregation for investigation.
- In-depth experience with log search tools like Splunk.
- Experience with security assessment tools (NMAP, Nessus, Metasploit, Netcat).
- Experience with EDR tools for incident detection and response.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Hello Network! I hope you're well, We are currently searching for a Cyber Security Analyst to work for one of HCL's Clients based in London, United Kingdom:
Location: London (Hybrid Working)
Start Date: ASAP (Urgent Requirement)
Duration: 6-12 months + chance of extensions
Pay: Negotiable
Type: Inside IR35 British Citizens Only.
Job Role: The SOC Threat Response Analyst role is part of the Client SOC team. Candidates in this role will be responsible for conducting incident response operations according to documented procedures and industry best practices. Must have extensive experience in multiple security areas such as SIEM, IDS, APT, and WAF. Candidates will be required to participate in multiple intelligence communities and be able to disseminate pertinent information throughout the SOC team. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in Linux and Windows operating systems as well as having a deep knowledge of networking and attack methods.
Technical Competencies:
- Knowledge of network security zones, Firewall configurations, IDS policies
- Knowledge of systems communications from Layer 1 to 7
- Experience with Systems Administration, Middleware, and Application Administration
- Experience with Network and Network Security tools administration
- Knowledge of log formats and ability to aggregate and parse log data for syslog, http logs, DB logs for investigation purposes
- In-depth experience with log search tools such as Splunk, usage of regular expressions and natural language queries
- In-depth knowledge of packet capture and analysis
- Experience with Security Assessment tools (NMAP, Nessus, Metasploit, Netcat etc.)
- Experience with EDR tool to carry out incident detection and response.
If interested, please reach out, and we can send over the full details.