Purpose:
Location: Hybrid working (1-2 days Becrypt Head Office in Central London/Home Working)
Responsible to: Head of IT and Service Delivery
The Opportunity
As part of the Becrypt Managed Services strategy we are looking to recruit a Senior SOC Analyst to build a new SOC function from the ground up.
The role will initially be very hands on, responsible for monitoring and triaging of events and incidents for our client base, using such tools as Microsoft Sentinel and Manage Engine Log 360.
The role will also involve standing up new SIEM tools to support multiple environments, an in-depth understanding of configuring and tuning tools, as well as monitoring, is a must.
This is a chance for an individual to be involved at the start of the development of the SOC function. This role will play a leading part in the day-to-day activities of the SOC and influence the SOC on an operational, technical and strategic level.
This role requires someone driven, willing to get hands on, has a keen eye for documentation and is passionate about delivering an excellent security service. A great team player is a must.
Job Purpose:
The main purpose of this role is to bring stability and a standard approach to security monitoring across a number of SIEM tools for multiple environments, thus ensuring a strong security posture is maintained
Primarily the role will be concerned with taking on all security monitoring for a handful of small client environments and the corporate environment. The role will also be accountable for ensuring a SIEM platform is embedded as a BAU service for a new Private Cloud solution.
As a Senior SOC Analyst you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the security and resilience of our organisation, and client’s information systems.
The Senior SOC analyst will be the first recruit into the SOC Team and will be expected to work with management to ensure the service is built and grows to suit the requirements of the business.
Principle duties:
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Security Monitoring: & Investigation:
Incident Response:
Threat Intelligence:
Security Tool Management:
Collaboration:
Documentation:
Other responsibilities:
Essential Skills:
Essential Skills and Experience:
Analytical mindset with the ability to troubleshoot and solve complex security issues.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for collaborating with diverse teams.
Leadership qualities to guide other team member and drive security initiatives.
Up-to-date knowledge of cybersecurity trends and threats.
Full understanding of SIEM systems –Microsoft Sentinel, Manage Engine Log 360, IBM QRadar, Splunk, Sentinel etc
Demonstrable understanding of IT Security Management, Policies, Procedures, Standards and Guidelines
Ability to work autonomously
Clear understanding of runbooks and playbooks with the ability create these from scratch
Understanding of ISO 27001, ISO 9001 & Cyber Essentials would be extremely advantageous
Security Operations and Incident Handling
Previous experience working within a SOC team
Additional Information:
Role will be subject to an employee screening process and will require SC clearance.
If this sounds like you, and you’re looking for your next exciting challenge, we’d love to hear from you. Please get in touch.
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