Senior SOC Analyst

Job DescriptionSenior SOC Analyst6 month contractBased in StevenageOffering 85ph Inside IR35Are you an experienced SOC Analyst?Do you have hands-on experience with IDS/IPS technologies?Do you want to work with an industry-leading company?If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you!As the Senior SOC Analyst, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry.You will be involved in:Effective Tier 1 to 2 alert triage of security eventsMonitoring of Cyber Security toolsMonitoring the SOC email notification mailboxesAssists with the maintenance of Security technologiesAssisting the SOC Solutions Lead with project activityAssist proactive threat hunting in collaboration with the CTI functionAssist IR in HR and InfoSec related investigationsEnsure the timely triage and remediation of any incident or request tickets raised to the SOCParticipate in the activity of adding/removing URLs from the AcceptList and BlockListConduct activities in line with SOC Maturity and continuous improvementYour skillset may include:Background in Cyber SecuritySecurity awarenessExperience in Network Security, Infrastructure, and Operating Systems & ApplicationsKnowledge of IT Security standard methodologiesDemonstrable understanding of the OSI Reference Model and the network communication protocols, including but not limited to DNS, HTTP/S, SSL, SMTP, FTP/S, LDAP/S.Demonstrable experience with Security Information Event Monitoring Tools and/or Network Packet Capture toolsHands-on experience with IDS/IPS technologies and threat-hunting activitiesExperience within Defensive Cyber-attack methodologies and frameworks.Understanding of Malware capabilities, attack vectors, propagation, and impact. Root cause analysis and leading T2 incident investigationsProcess / Playbook / Runbook developmentWorking knowledge of detection engineering, false positive improvementsCapability to tune SIEM rules or create custom detectionsScripted automation experience e.g. Python, SOAR, PowerShellIf this all sounds like something you will be interested in then simply apply and we can discuss the opportunity further!

Created: 2025-07-06