SOC Analyst

SOC Analyst

• £57,000 + on call allowance
• Manchester - remote working with office working once per month

You will also be expected to respond and escalate against any cyber attacks or threats.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Complete daily technical tasks such as trend analysis, monitoring and analysing security incidents with toolsets such as Rapid7, Sophos, MDE and Proofpoint
• Triage security events and incidents, detect anomalies, and report remediation actions
• Prioritise, report and escalate security events and incidents to ensure there is minimal impact to business operations.
• Work with and improve detection rules across the monitoring systems and participate in the rehearsal of incident responses, to ensure they maintain pace with the ever-changing threat landscape
• Conduct regular reviews and fine-tuning of SOC processes, procedures, and technologies to improve efficiency and effectiveness
• Work with technical colleagues, suppliers, and external companies to ensure incidents can be responded to and dealt with as quickly as possible
• Offer strategic support through the creation of BC and DR plans, service improvement, standards compliance, monitoring and alert analysis
• Enrol onto the on call rota - out of office hours and weekend work may be required

The following skills and experience will be essential and beneficial for this role:

• Previous experience working as a Senior SOC Analyst
• Strong knowledge of SOC best practices, threat detection, incident response, and relevant regulations (e.g., GDPR, NIST, ISO 27001, etc.)
• Extensive technical knowledge and experience of working with SIEM technologies
• Experience of detection and response technologies (e.g. IDS/IPS, EDR)
• Hands on experience in cyber incident and problem management
• Proven experience of providing excellent customer service ensuring the needs of internal and external customers are met

Some of the benefits that come with this role:

• 30 days annual leave with the option to buy more
• 15% employer pension contribution
• Private medical insurance
• Income protection cover, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, eyesight tests
• Personal learning and development workshops with online learning available