Cyber Security Analyst

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6 MONTHS

OUTSIDE IR35

East Kilbride

Key responsibilities of this role will include:

* Being part of the SOC team, reporting to the SOC Team Lead.

*Perform initial triage/identification of 'Events of Interest' using the SOC toolset

*Complete analysis/correlation of 'Events of Interest' to identify incidents

*Ensuring that all events, events of interest, exceptions & incidents are responded to in accordance with established SOC work instructions, including remedial action/recommendations.

*Create and follow Playbooks

*Complete post incident reporting.

*Provide log analysis to support SOC services (including threat hunting)

*Responsible for SOC work instructions, ensuring they are reviewed & amended.

*Maintain currency in security concepts, tools and best practices

*Produce reports (as per templates) & vulnerability/trending analysis as requested by UK SOC Mgr or key stakeholders.

*Complete tooling configuration changes including but not limited to filters/tuning/dashboards as authorised.

*Monitoring via various tools, activity on the networks and investigating potential nefarious activity

*Cyber incident management, possibly out of hours if required

*Audit/accreditation support activity

*Analysing various information feeds, systems information and threat intelligence to ensure we can respond to threats, wherever they come from

Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks.

LA International Computer Consultants Ltd is an HMG Approved Consultancy and operates as an IT & Engineering Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency, depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, we welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

Award Winning LA International Computer Consultants Ltd (Recruiter Awards for Excellence - Best IT, Best Public Sector & Gold Awards) and the most prestigious award that any business can receive The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2015.