SOC Analyst

* candidates must have an active SC Clearance.

Start: ASAP
Duration: initial 6-months
Location: remote but commutable to Leeds or Bristol whilst on call if required.

Pay: inside IR35, £500-535 per day

Shifts: 9-5 everyday, must be prepared to be on call 1 full week out of every 5 weeks (bonus included)

We are looking for a SOC analyst who you will be responsible for monitoring, detecting, and responding to security incidents. You will work closely with product teams, stakeholders, and other security teams to enhance incident management processes, improve SIEM tooling, and optimize our overall security posture.

Essential Skills:
- SIEM Expertise: Strong hands-on experience with SIEM tools, including security event management, incident detection, and correlation. Familiarity with SOC tools and alerts.
- Security Incident Management: Experience with the life cycle of security incidents, including detection, response, escalation, and remediation.
- Defensive Security Activities: Expertise in analysing and managing alerts related to potential security incidents, identifying the line of attack and exploitation vulnerabilities across systems, software, and platforms.
- Threat Intelligence & Incident Response: Familiarity with analysing and responding to security incidents, providing support for security and threat resolution efforts.
- Product Improvement & Collaboration: Experience working with product teams to suggest improvements in tools, particularly around SIEM, and engaging in feedback for better security incident detection and management.
- Team Leadership & Coordination: Ability to lead, coordinate, and provide guidance to SOC teams, vendors, and internal stakeholders during security incidents.
- On-Call & Out-of-Hours Support: Willingness to participate in the on-call rota, providing off-hours support when necessary.

* candidates must have an ACTIVE SC CLEARANCE to be considered for this role.