Senior SOC Analyst

Senior SOC Analyst (DV Clearance Required)

Location: Hemel Hempstead (Onsite)
Shift: 12 Hour Shifts (2x Days, 2x Nights, 4 Days Off)
Salary: £700/day - £900/day DOE (Inside IR35)

Initial 6 Month Contract

Role Details:

We are working with a global consultancy and recognised expert in defence and security. They are looking for a Senior SOC Analyst to support on a key project in Hemel Hempstead.

Responsibilities:

1. Monitor, triage, and investigate security incidents on critical client infrastructure.
2. Perform in-depth analysis of network traffic, logs, and system events to identify potential security threats and vulnerabilities.
3. Provide Incident Response support when required, offering guidance on containment, eradication, and recovery activities.
4. Maintain and, where appropriate, improve and develop team knowledge of SOC tools, security operations, and triage.
5. Prepare reports for managed clients for both technical and non-technical audiences and continuously improve their content and presentation.

Requirements:

1. Proven experience in Security Operations Centre.
2. Demonstrable experience of using Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk.
3. Knowledge and experience with Mitre Att&ck Framework.
4. Strong knowledge of client-server applications, multi-tier web applications, relational databases, firewalls, VPNs, and enterprise AntiVirus products.
5. Strong understanding of networking principles including TCP/IP, WANs, LANs, and commonly used Internet protocols such as SMTP, HTTP, FTP, POP, LDAP.

Eligibility:

To be considered for the role, you must have active MOD DV Clearance and be a Sole UK National.