Security Engineer – SOC – Insurance - £55-65k
Candidates will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week.
As a Security Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the security and integrity of our organisation’s information systems and data. You will be responsible for working independently and with our 24x7 SOC service to monitor, detect, investigate and respond to security incidents and threats. The role will involve analysis of security events and threats, implementing security measures, and providing actions or recommendations to mitigate potential risks and enhance our security posture.
Main Skills/Technical expertise
* Accreditation in CISSP or COMPTIA S+ would be highly desirable
* Good knowledge of Azure and its Security aspects including
* Use of Microsoft Defender for Cloud and other Azure Security Portals
* Conversant with Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Identity protection
* Good understanding of Microsoft Conditional Access and MFA
* Good understanding of Endpoint protection
* Must have Microsoft Defender 365
* Knowledge of Sophos or other EDR tools
* Good knowledge of Security aspects of Exchange Online / Office365
* Good knowledge of Security aspects Email gateway Mimecast/Proofpoint etc
* Good knowledge of Security aspects of Active Directory
* Good knowledge of SOC/SIEM platforms, Sentinel, Hunters etc
* Good understanding of Security Monitoring & Logging concepts and anomaly/correlation detection methods
* Good knowledge of Security Incident Process to include
* Alert Triage
* Investigation and impact assessment
* Response and Remediation
* Lessons learned and Root-Cause-Analysis
* Knowledge of ITSM ticketing tools, ideal ServiceNow
An Insurance/Lloyd’s Market background would be beneficial for this role.