SOC Analyst - Hemel Hempstead - Defence

Location: Hemel Hempstead office based
Shifts: 2 Days, 2 nights, 4 days off (12 hour shifts)
Security Clearance Level: Eligible for SC and DV Clearance
Salary: 60,000 - 65,000 per annum

Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

What you'll be doing:

Monitor, triage, and investigate security incidents on critical client infrastructure
In-depth analysis of network traffic, logs, and system events to identify potential security threats and vulnerabilities
Provide Incident Response support
Maintain, improve and develop team knowledge of SOC tools, security operations and triage.
Prepare reports for managed clients to both technical and non-technical audiences and continuously improve their content and presentation.
Maintain and update security incident documentation, including incident reports, analysis findings, and recommended mitigation strategies.

What you'll bring:

Demonstrable experience in Security Operations Centre
Demonstrable experience of Managing Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk implementations
Knowledge and experience with Mitre Att&ck Frameworku
Solid grasp of client-server applications, multi-tier web applications, relational databases, firewalls, VPNs, and enterprise AntiVirus products.
Deep technical knowledge in the analysis of log data and intrusion detection systems
Solid understanding of networking principles including TCP/IP, WANs, LANs, and commonly used Internet protocols such as SMTP, HTTP, FTP, POP, LDAP

It would be great if you had:

Understanding of static malware analysis and reverse engineering
CREST Practitioner Intrusion Analyst
Experience with SIEM technologies, namely Sentinel and Splunk, with some experience with QRadar appreciated.

SOC Analyst - Hemel Hempstead - Defence