Cyber Defence Principal Analyst (6 month FTC) – Peterborough
Job Title: Cyber Defence Principal Analyst (6 month FTC)
Location: Remote (UK)
Are you ready to dive into a crucial role in ensuring the highest standards of Cyber Defence & Security?
Our Business Technology Services (BTS) are seeking a Cyber Defence Principal Analyst to join their exciting, growing team. Working closely with our Cyber Defence Team Leaders, to uphold the security of BTS and the businesses we support.
This position requires the ability to operate on a shift basis, working 12-hour shifts, equating to an average 42 hours per week.
Please note: This is a 6 month fixed term contract with the potential for extension, dependent on business needs.
What you’ll be doing:
* Providing a point of escalation for security investigations.
* Deputising for the Cyber Defence Team Leader when required.
* Development of processes to enhance our defensive capabilities and to remain current within a changing threat landscape and technologies.
* Create, publish and maintain support documentation and knowledge articles to ensure the team operates effectively.
* Ensure that the team is operating to the highest standards, and within Service Level Agreements (SLAs), to protect ABF information and information systems.
* Promoting improvement in the quality of investigations and technical proficiency within the Cyber Defence team through quality assurance reviews.
* Respond to end-user security incidents, as referred by the service desk, and to other sources of information which may provide indicators of compromise.
* Monitoring and analysis of security relevant logs, alerts and events; handling incidents submitted to the Security Operations Centre (SOC).
* Execution of standard operating procedures (SOPs) in response to any security relevant logs, alerts, and events.
* Working with the Cyber Response Team, as part of a wider Incident Response team, to assist and determine root cause analysis for events which constitute formal security incidents.
What you’ll bring:
* Display a business enabling mindset, whilst collaborating with relevant teams to secure data and systems.
* Excellent communication skills with a variety of stakeholders.
* Coaching and leadership of team members.
* Demonstrable ability to prioritise and pragmatically investigate events and incidents, providing relevant reporting and communication to stakeholders.
* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with an attention to detail.
* An investigative mindset with the ability to think laterally.
* Experience with technical and reporting writing.
* Possess an understanding of security standards, controls and risk management.
* Possess the ability to adjust and adapt to changing priorities in a diverse environment.
* Be able to prioritise tasks, whilst being focused in addressing issues and requests.
* Possess technical acumen and the ability to understand and interpret technical specifications.
* Understanding of a range of core security related technologies deployed in a complex enterprise environment including: EDR/XDR, SIEM/SOAR, IDS/IPS & Firewalls, Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware, Vulnerability Analysis, Identity & Access Management toolsets, Threat Intelligence Platforms.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Principal/Lead Analyst, or a Senior Analyst looking to take that next step up in their career.
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