SC Cleared SOC Analyst - Threat Detection
Job Type: Contract/Temporary
Location: Stevenage - Onsite 5 days a week
Job Ref: BBBH157644_1739441115
Date Added: February 13th, 2025
Consultant: Hollie Smith
Contract Duration: 12 month contract
IR35 Status: Inside of IR35
Shift Pattern: 6am-2pm & 2pm-10pm
My client is looking for a SC Cleared SOC Analyst to join their cyber security operations centre (SOC) within Information Management (IM) for a SOC Threat Detection Analyst. Supporting the Senior SOC analysts in assisting IM meet the challenges and demands of countering the Cyber Threat. The successful applicant will drive a proactive ethos in an ever-changing cyber security environment and provide robust threat detection and analysis within the 24x7 SOC.
Ideally you will have DV Clearance; however, SC Clearance is feasible.
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
* Conduct proactive threat hunting in collaboration with the CTI function
* Conduct 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
* Attend routine security meetings
Skillset/Experience Required
* Live SC Clearance
* Experienced SOC Analyst
* Extensive threat Detection Experience
* Background in Cyber Security, Security awareness, and experience in all areas of IT, primarily Network Security, Infrastructure, and Operating Systems & Applications.
* 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.
* 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 you are available and interested, please apply today!
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