Cyber Security SOC Analyst

Cyber Security SOC Analyst

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£80 Per hour
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Hybrid
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England
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Summary: The Cyber Security SOC Analyst role in Stevenage involves acting as the deputy to the SOC Manager, focusing on leadership, governance, and operational effectiveness within a growing Security Operations Center. The position requires candidates to have current SC Security Clearance and entails coordinating day-to-day SOC operations, governance activities, and stakeholder engagement. The role also includes responsibilities for recruitment, onboarding, and ensuring compliance with cyber security standards. This is a 12-month contract with a hybrid working arrangement of three days onsite and two days remote.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate the implementation and maturity of Cyber security capability within DEx UK.
  • Deputise for the SOC Manager as required.
  • Deliver the SOC Security Working Groups across DEx and effectively track remediation and actions.
  • Responsible for the effective delivery and resilience of the 24x7 SOC shift rota.
  • Support the SOC Manager in the recruitment and onboarding process for all SOC resourcing.
  • Work in close collaboration with the Cyber Security Capability Manager.
  • Responsible for responses and support to external requests and auditing of DEx within a cyber security context.
  • Coordinate vetting and access requests within the SOC.
  • Attend the DEx CAB and ensure cyber security and compliance due diligence.
  • Implement the Group cyber security (SOC) strategy within DEx UK.
  • Interface of DEx cyber security for various stakeholders.
  • Ensure DEx projects are informed of ITHC and pen test requirements.
  • Coordinate CHECK test or ITHC scoping activity impacting the SOC.
  • Create, review, and update UK SOC documentation.
  • Advise and support the SOC and Vulnerability Management teams on flow management policy and incident response plans.
  • Collaborate with CSC DEx in other Natco's.

Key Skills:

  • SOC Leadership experience.
  • Cyber Security governance and assurance knowledge.
  • Information Security Management expertise.
  • Military Leadership experience.
  • Knowledge of SOC functions and operating models.
  • Understanding of Vulnerability management principles.
  • Risk management and risk treatment process knowledge.
  • Audit preparation and evidence gathering skills.
  • Familiarity with ISO27001/CE+ standards.
  • Awareness of Incident response processes.
  • Security Policy development and implementation experience.
  • Stakeholder management skills.
  • Security awareness of modern cyber threats.
  • Knowledge of JSPs and defence security policies.

Salary (Rate): £80 per hour

City: Stevenage

Country: England

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Cyber Security SOC Analyst
Stevenage (3 days a week onsite/2 days remote)
12 months initially
£80 per hour inside IR35/Umbrella

Due to the urgent nature of the role candidates must have current/transferrable SC Security Clearance.

Overview of department:
The SOC is undergoing a period of growth and maturity, with a focus on strengthening governance, improving operational resilience, enhancing monitoring capability in accordance with defence specific compliance requirements such as the DCC.

The successful applicant with act as the deputy to the SOC Manager and serve as a key operational and governance lead within the team. Whilst SOC Operations contains technical analysts, engineers and security specialists, this role is primarily focussed on leadership, governance, stakeholder engagement and operational effectiveness.

Responsibilities:
demands of countering the Cyber Threat. Support for the operational functions of the UK SOC. To work with other UK SOC members, including the UK InfoSec Team and the IM Domains.

The successful candidate will help coordinate the day-to-day operation of the SOC whilst ensuring governance activities, audits, working groups, recruitment, onboarding, documentation and security improvement activities continue to progress effectively.

The Cyber Security SOC Coordinator key responsibilities are:
Coordinate the implementation and maturity of Cyber security capability within DEx UK (Digital Excellence is the IT department)
Deputise for the SOC Manager as required
Deliver the SOC Security Working Groups across DEx and effectively track remediation and actions
Responsible for the effective delivery and resilience of the 24x7 SOC shift rota
Support the SOC Manager in the recruitment and on boarding process for all SOC resourcing
Work in close collaboration with the Cyber Security Capability Manager
Responsible for the responses and support to external requests and auditing of DEx within a cyber security context, such as ISO27001 audits, DCC and CE+ requests, GDPR requests, contractual questionnaires from customer or suppliers
Coordinate vetting and access requests within the SOC in collaboration with the Cyber Security Capability Manager
Responsible for attending the DEx CAB and ensuring that cyber security and compliance due diligence has taken place as well as reporting into SOC any impacting changes
Take responsibility for the implementation of the Group cyber security (SOC) strategy within DEx UK, ensuring gaps and development areas are given assigned action owners
To be the official interface of DEx cyber security for UK InfoSec, PCSO, GIMS, Personnel Security and National Cyber Procurement Coordinator
Responsible for ensuring that DEx projects are informed of ITHC and pen test requirements prior to acceptance into service in line with policies
Responsible for the coordination of any CHECK test or ITHC scoping activity which may impact the SOC
Responsible for the creation, review and update of UK SOC documentation and support the delivery of Group policy and frameworks
To advise and support the SOC and Vulnerability Management teams on flow management policy, incident response plans and playbooks
Work in collaboration with CSC DEx in other Natco's (International Group Companies - France, Italy, Germany, Spain etc)

Skillset/experience required:
Suitable backgrounds may include SOC Leadership, Cyber Security governance and assurance, Information Security Management, Defence or National Security Operations. Military Leadership appointments with responsibility for people, operations and governance.
Knowledge of SOC functions and operating models.
Knowledge of Vulnerability management principles
Risk management and risk treatment process
Audit preparation and evidence gathering
ISO27001/CE+
Awareness of Incident response processes.
Security Policy development and implementation
Audit preparation and evidence gathering
Stakeholder management
Security awareness of modern cyber threats and defensive practices
JSPs and defence security policies/Defence assurance Frameworks (DCC)

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