Senior SOC Analyst

Senior SOC Analyst - Farnborough, UK

• Up to £70,000 package depending on experience
• Full time onsite role, shift work (4 on, 4 off)
• SC clearance required, with eligibility for DV and Sole British Citizenship

About the Client

Our client is a well-established cyber security organisation delivering specialist security services across highly secure environments. Their Security Operations Centre plays a vital role in protecting critical infrastructure from evolving cyber threats. Due to continued growth, they are looking to expand their SOC team with an experienced Senior SOC Analyst.

The Benefits

• Shift allowance included within the package
• Opportunity to work on high profile national security programmes
• Ongoing training and professional development
• Support towards further cyber security certifications
• Work alongside experienced cyber security professionals

The Senior SOC Analyst Role

As a Senior SOC Analyst, you will play a key role in monitoring, investigating and responding to cyber security incidents across critical client environments. You will analyse alerts, investigate complex threats, improve detection capabilities and contribute to the ongoing maturity of the SOC.

You will also:

• Monitor and investigate security events across enterprise environments
• Perform incident response activities and support remediation efforts
• Analyse network traffic, endpoint activity and system logs
• Improve detection rules using MITRE ATT and CK techniques
• Produce technical and customer facing reports
• Support threat intelligence activities and mentor junior analysts where required

Senior SOC Analyst Essential Skills

• Previous experience within a Security Operations Centre
• Strong experience with Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk
• Good understanding of the MITRE ATT and CK framework
• Knowledge of networking, TCP/IP, LAN, WAN and common internet protocols
• Experience investigating security incidents and responding to cyber threats
• Excellent analytical and communication skills
• Security certifications such as Security Plus, BTL1 or equivalent are desirable
• Python, PowerShell or other scripting experience would be advantageous

By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process and submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only.

Key Skills

SOC Analyst, Senior SOC Analyst, Security Operations Centre, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, SIEM, Incident Response, Threat Detection, Cyber Security, MITRE ATT and CK, Blue Team, NSD

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