Security Analyst


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Listed on

24th May 2015

Location

Wrexham

Salary/Rate

£40679 - £51773

Type

Permanent

Start Date

ASAP

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The Role

You are fanatical about security. No really…you will do whatever it takes to keep the bad guys out. You have a strong understanding of network and host based attacker methodologies. Analyzing forensic data, picking apart malware, and responding to security incidents excites you! You thrive and enjoy working in a fast paced environment, surrounded by brilliant and like-minded people. You walk into the office everyday with a passion to learn more. You derive great satisfaction from delighting customers, have strong attention to detail, exude excellence and have more drive than an exotic Italian sports car.

As a FaaS Security Analyst you will be focused on host and network analysis, diving deep into host systems and packets hunting for attackers or remnants of their activity . Alongside your wicked smart team members, you'll be entrusted to deliver high impact and value services to some of the most recognized brands in the world, protecting them from threats that actually matter to their business…24x7.

On a daily basis, you'll find the most malicious attacker activity the Internet has to offer

Let you scour systems and analyze tons of network traffic looking for attacker presence

Be Challenged to evolve how we detect and respond to attackers by authoring new and innovative Indicators of Compromise

Expose you to some of the most exciting and cutting edge techniques to find evil

Training and continuous coaching and mentoring to grow your technical and professional skills like no one else

Work with a team of brilliant people that you can learn from and build lasting relationships with

Develop an understanding of your aspirations and provide opportunities that we believe will get you there

Inspiration to stretch your performance by allowing you to tackle seemingly impossible problems

Encouragement challenge the status quo, think creatively, and innovate -make us better

What You Can Bring With You (and what we need from you)

Experience working on a mission critical security operations team, preferably 24x7.

The ability to analyze event and systems logs, perform forensic analysis, analyze malware, and other incident response related data, as needed.

Deep understanding of incident response best practices and processes

Familiarity with intrusion detection systems (e.g., snort) and tools (e.g., tcpdump, Wireshark).

Knowledge of attack vectors, threat tactics and attacker techniques.

Familiarity with network architecture and security infrastructure placement.

Understanding of Windows operating systems and command line tools.

A solid foundation in networking fundamentals, with a deep understanding of TCP/IP and other core protocols.

Knowledge of network based services and client/server applications.

Your bachelors degree - or a very convincing argument.

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