Senior Cyber Security Analyst - Location Berkshire with hybrid working opportunities

Senior Cyber Security Analyst - Location Berkshire with hybrid working opportunities

Company Summary
Working for one of the fastest Growing IT Services Companies. The company focuses on enabling digital transformation for its clients by leveraging advanced technologies and innovative solutions. This includes modernising IT infrastructure and optimising business processes. The role offers an exciting opportunity to work for a progressive and forward-thinking organisation within a complex and dynamic client environment, delivering the latest technologies to a diverse user base.

Role Summary
A Senior Cyber Security Analyst supports our commitment to protect our customers from cyber attacks and helps continually develop our services and our team. Reporting to Head of Security Services and working with in the Technology & Managed Service team. This candidate will have the ambition to develop team of SOC Analysts over time.

Opportunity to help build out a SOC environment, including processes, procedures and people.

Key Responsibilities
• Analyse detections and alerts from SOC tools including SIEM
• Create, develop, and work with automations and playbooks using SOAR tools
• Implement and support mitigations and remediations during threat of and post attack
• Ensure efficient and effective SOC operations
• Assist in building the companies cyber products and services for customers
• Act as a cyber advisory for customers

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
Essential
• Advanced Cyber Security concepts
• Advanced knowledge of Cyber Security tools and technologies
• Good understanding of Malware concepts and types
• Good understanding of Cyber risk management
• Ability to communicate complex analysis & cyber concepts to customers
• SIEM & SIEM Content. Specifically: Microsoft Sentinel and Google SecOps
• SOAR & Playbooks

Desirable
• Scripting, for example Python, or Powershell
• Malware analysis
• “Kill Chain” analysis
• Penetration Testing knowledge
• Detailed log analysis
• Packet analysis
• Cloud infrastructure
• Interest in geo-political relationships with Cyber Security
• Operational Technology

KEY ATTRIBUTES
Essential
• A passion for Cyber Security
• Analytical
• Calm under pressure
• Communication at all levels of seniority
• Technically driven

Desirable
• Confidence to present and speak in public
• Confidence to engage with the Cyber community via forums and industry events
• Interest in offensive Cyber security behaviours and motivations
• Interest in human behaviour and Social Engineering

EXPERIENCE & ATTAINMENTS
Essential
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience working as a SOC analyst or in cyber advisory roles
• SOC Management experience or evidence to suggest capable of performing to this level

Desirable
• Industry recognised Cyber accreditation, such as CompTIA
• Cyber, IT or coding related degree

Location: Berkshire this role may have hybrid opportunities long term

Salary: Competitive