Lead SOC Analyst

Lead SOC Analyst / DV Cleared / 6 Months / Contract / Outside IR35 / £535

My client is looking for an additional Lead Soc Analyst to join an existing team of Cyber SOC Engineers and Cyber SOC Analysts within an established Security Operations Centre.
 
Responsibilities:
 

• Monitor, triage and investigate Security Alerts on the protective monitoring platforms to identify Security Incidents
• Understand and interpret a variety of system logs and reports for potential intrusions, security threats or breaches of policy
• Write Security Incident reports and report to senior stakeholders and customers.
• Lead team on approaches used to investigate incidents and decide required response; implement and/or oversee implementation of resolutions.
• Analyse Security Event Data / Security Alerts to support Customers in their response to Security Incidents
• In rotation with other Lead Analysts, represent the CSOC at meetings, provide advice to other areas of the business on new services and assess impact of proposed work.
• Maintain current knowledge of IT based threats and vulnerabilities in order to identify and report real time attacks and vulnerabilities on the network.
• Provide On – Call services during out of hours periods for identified potential security alerts
• Mentor, train and manage task delivery of Practitioner Analyst ensuring terms of the Service Level Agreement (SLA) are met.

 Skills:
 

• Good Analytical skills with the ability to manipulate, interrogate and analyses large data sets.
• Experience of working with SIEM and IPS within a SOC environment.
• Knowledge of Cyber Security Operations
• Understanding of Cyber Threats
• Advanced IT skills.
• Relevant Cyber Security Analyst experience and certification.
• Ability to produce clear security investigation documentation.
• Strong team working and interpersonal skills.

 
Ideally the successful candidate will be DV cleared however we can consider SC cleared candidates too.