SOC Analyst

SOC Analyst

Posted 4 days ago by ARM

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£45 Per hour
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Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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Summary: The SOC Analyst role is a 6-month contract position based in Stevenage, focusing on monitoring and triaging security events for a leading Defence and Aerospace company. The position requires hands-on experience with IDS/IPS technologies and offers opportunities for skill development within the cybersecurity field. The analyst will collaborate with various teams to enhance security measures and respond to incidents effectively. This role is classified as inside IR35, indicating specific tax implications for contractors.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Effective Tier 1 to 2 alert triage of security events
  • Monitoring of Cyber Security tools
  • Monitoring the SOC email notification mailboxes
  • Assists with the maintenance of Security technologies
  • Assisting the SOC Solutions Lead with project activity
  • Assist proactive threat hunting in collaboration with the CTI function
  • Assist IR in HR and InfoSec related investigations
  • Ensure the timely triage and remediation of any incident or request tickets raised to the SOC
  • Participate in the activity of adding/removing URLs from the AcceptList and BlockList
  • Conduct activities in line with SOC Maturity and continuous improvement

Key Skills:

  • Background in Cyber Security
  • Security awareness
  • Experience in Network Security, Infrastructure, and Operating Systems & Applications
  • Knowledge of IT Security standard methodologies
  • Demonstrable understanding of the OSI Reference Model and network communication protocols
  • Demonstrable experience with Security Information Event Monitoring Tools and/or Network Packet Capture tools
  • Hands-on experience with IDS/IPS technologies and threat-hunting activities
  • Experience within Defensive Cyber-attack methodologies and frameworks
  • Understanding of Malware capabilities, attack vectors, propagation, and impact

Salary (Rate): £45/hour

City: Stevenage

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

SOC Analyst
6 month contract
Based in Stevenage
Offering £45ph Inside IR35
Are you an experienced SOC Analyst?
Do you have hands-on experience with IDS/IPS technologies?
Do you want to work with an industry-leading company?
If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you!
As the SOC Analyst, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry.
You will be involved in:

  • Effective Tier 1 to 2 alert triage of security events
  • Monitoring of Cyber Security tools
  • Monitoring the SOC email notification mailboxes
  • Assists with the maintenance of Security technologies
  • Assisting the SOC Solutions Lead with project activity
  • Assist proactive threat hunting in collaboration with the CTI function
  • Assist IR in HR and InfoSec related investigations
  • Ensure the timely triage and remediation of any incident or request tickets raised to the SOC
  • Participate in the activity of adding/removing URLs from the AcceptList and BlockList
  • Conduct activities in line with SOC Maturity and continuous improvement

Your skillset may include:

  • Background in Cyber Security
  • Security awareness
  • Experience in Network Security, Infrastructure, and Operating Systems & Applications
  • Knowledge of IT Security standard methodologies
  • Demonstrable understanding of the OSI Reference Model and the network communication protocols, including but not limited to DNS, HTTP/S, SSL, SMTP, FTP/S, LDAP/S.
  • Demonstrable experience with Security Information Event Monitoring Tools and/or Network Packet Capture tools
  • Hands-on experience with IDS/IPS technologies and threat-hunting activities
  • Experience within Defensive Cyber-attack methodologies and frameworks.
  • Understanding of Malware capabilities, attack vectors, propagation, and impact.

If this all sounds like something you will be interested in then simply apply and we can discuss the opportunity further!
SOC Analyst
6 month contract
Based in Stevenage
Offering £45ph Inside IR35
Disclaimer: This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.

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