Contractor job Junior SOC Analyst

Junior SOC Analyst
Location: Stevenage (Full time onsite)
247 Desk 4 on 4 off days & nights
Must be British National - No Dual Nationality
Ideally SC Cleared - Must be eligible at least

The Candidate

• Experience with LogRhythm/ Splunk, Darktrace (Threat Visualizer) and FireEye (EX, NX, HX, CMS) is required.
• Demonstrable understanding of the OSI Reference Model and the network communication protocols, including but not limited to DNS, HTTP/S, SSL, SMTP, FTP/S, LDAP/S.
• Knowledge or experience with any of the following is a plus: Observe IT, Symantec MessageLabs, IronPort, Splunk Phantom and Recorded Future.
• Experience or demonstrable knowledge in Incident response, log analysis and PCAP analysis
• Good level of understanding in the approach threat actors take to attacking a network; phishing, port scanning, web application attacks, DDoS, lateral movement.
• Knowledge in Windows and/or Linux operating systems, how to investigate them for signs of compromise.
• Ability to demonstrate the right approach to investigating alerts and/or indicators and document your findings in a manner that both peer and executive level colleagues can understand.
• Ability to track complex remedial activities from multiple sources and provide updates to the customer in a user centric way.
• Ability to clearly articulate cyber security risks against business outcomes and provide advice on the remedial actions that should be undertaken.
• Used to managing and collaborating with multiple team members and reporting progress to stakeholders.
• Experience in managing security incidents on behalf of stakeholders.
• Experience within Defensive Cyber
• attack methodologies and frameworks.
• Foundational level of scripting knowledge is desirable.
• 2+ years experience working within Security Operations Centres (SOCs) or as a security analyst to resolve security incidents across a range of tools as listed above.
• Excellent verbal and written communications