Arthur are partnered with a leading underwriter who are looking for a L3 Soc Analyst to join the business on an initial 6 month contract basis.Are you passionate about safeguarding critical digital infrastructures against sophisticated cyber threats? I am looking for a SOC Analyst to join the team. As a key member, you will play a crucial role in enhancing their cybersecurity capabilities and ensuring the protection of vital assets.Key Responsibilities:
Collaborate with the Security Operations Centre L3 Lead to develop the service(s) security detection use cases.
Analyse network events alongside operational research to determine adversary motives, capabilities, and intent, and assess the impact of threats on their customers’ network architecture and system operations.
Stay informed and provide subject matter expertise on recent hacks and exploits, especially those targeting web applications, cloud components, databases, and common desktop tools.
Ensure solid process excellence and the development of written processes where they may be missing.
Effectively communicate complex technical and operational information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Identify, evaluate, and communicate new and ongoing cybersecurity threats to customers and relevant stakeholders through regular and ad hoc reporting, as required by the Head of Cyber Resilience.
Utilise various security threat monitoring tools to detect data breaches and network compromises, using both external threat feeds and internal data to identify compromised systems within customer networks.
Identify areas for automation within existing platforms to enhance efficiency.
Requirements:
Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms, such as Chronicle, Alien Vault, Splunk, or ArcSight, as well as EDR platforms.
Exposure to highly regulated Financial Services environments.
Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, Microsoft Azure, and typical on-premises and hybrid IT environments and their security settings. Previous experience in an IT role with knowledge of PowerShell, Windows Logging, Azure Logging, and attack path hunting is essential.
Relevant security industry certifications such as CISSP/CISM are preferred.
Exposure to security administration and security architecture is a plus.
Strong understanding of sophisticated threat actor techniques and methodologies, coupled with experience in incident response and forensic investigations at a technical level.
For further information, please apply for immediate review!!
Expected salary
£500 – 600 per day
Location
London
Job date
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 06:16:47 GMT
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