SOC Analyst

SOC Analyst - SC Cleared - 12 Month Contract - Hereford About Your Role: As the SOC Analyst your role will include;

• Alert Triage: Review and assess alerts escalated by the outsourced SOC; validate their accuracy and determine potential impact.
• Initial Investigation: Perform first-line investigation using available tools (SIEM, Device Logs, firewall logs and SIEM alerts).
• User Interaction: Engage with affected end users or asset owners to collect additional information, verify events, or guide immediate containment steps (e.g. asset isolation, password reset).
• Escalation: Escalate confirmed or high severity incidents to the Level 2 SOC (outsourced) or internal incident response teams, ensuring complete and accurate handoff documentation.
• Incident Documentation: Create and maintain detailed case notes, timelines, and evidence within the case management system to support investigations and compliance requirements.
• Collaboration: Serve as the coordination point between the security team and the external SOC partner, maintaining strong communication and situational awareness.
• Playbook Execution: follow established triage and escalation playbooks; suggest improvements based on recurring issues or inefficiencies.
• Threat Awareness: Maintain awareness of current cyber threats, attacker techniques (MITRE ATT&CK), and industry trends relevant to the organisations threat landscape., Job Description I'm working with a bisuness that is looking to hire an IT Security Analyst to join its London based security function. The role sits within a small but high impact security team responsible for maintaining and improving the organisation's security posture..., As a SOC Analyst you will: Monitor and analyse suspicious or criminal activity, through CCTV. Support the co-ordination of store security teams, in the arrest and detection of offenders. Monitor intruder detection systems and alarm activations and respond..., SOC Analyst - SC Cleared - 12 Month Contract - HerefordAbout Your Role:As the SOC Analyst your role will include;* Alert Triage: Review and assess alerts escalated by the outsourced SOC; validate their accuracy and determine potential impact.* Initial Investigation: Perform...

As an experienced SOC Analyst, your skills and experience may include;

• Previous experience in a SOC, IT Operations, or security support role.
• Understanding of key security concepts including malware, phishing, lateral movement and privilege escalation.
• Working knowledge of network fundamentals, windows/Linux system logs and authentication systems.
• Working knowledge of SIEM platforms (e.g. Microsoft sentinel, Splunk, Elastic, QRadar).
• Awareness of security frameworks and methodologies (NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, ISO27001).

Job Description SOC Shift Lead - Watford, UK - Up to £75k depending on experience - On site 4 days on, 4 days off - Active SC clearance required ABOUT THE CLIENT Our client operates at the forefront of Cyber Security within highly secure and regulated environments...