SOC/ Security Analyst - HO SC Cleared

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SOC/Security Analyst - HO SC Cleared

A number of SOC analysts of various levels of experience are required for a government dept. Candidates will either have extensive experience of working within a SOC environment or be looking to move into this line of work. Some training can be provided if candidates have a strong technical background and a degree of knowledge on cyber security.

Responsibilities:

-Supports Cyber Security initiatives through both predictive and reactive analysis, articulating emerging trends

-Uses data collected from cyber defence tools firewalls, IDS, network traffic, Security Orchestration and Automated Response (SOAR) etc. to analyse events that occur within the environments or based on the artefacts.

-Respond to and correlate alerts from various detective and preventative Cyber Security tools such as Security Information Event Monitoring (SIEM), End Point Protection (EPP), End Point Detection and Response (EDR), Web Application Firewall (WAF) and Firewalls.

-Proactively detect suspicious activity, vulnerabilities and security misconfigurations before they can be exploited by bad actors to impact Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability which could lead to a Cyber Security Incident.

-Inspection and correlation of logs from multiple sources to identify repeating patterns and Indicators of Compromise (IOC).

-Continuously scan the Threat Horizon to report and classify Threats according to impact which could potentially damage a client's network or solution.

This role is based on site in Farnborough and will require working as part of a rota - 12 hours shifts both day and night.

To be considered for the position please send over the latest copy of your CV.

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.