SOC Analyst

LT Harper LTD ,
London, Greater London
Salary: £40,000 - £49,999, £50,000 - £59,999, £60,000 - £69,999

Overview

Join one of the UK’s leading companies within the finance sector as a SOC Analyst providing adaptability and forward-thinking to a growing team. Gain the opportunity to influence the Information security landscape as they look to innovate and improve in an agile environment. What you’ll be doing as a SOC Analyst: Proactively monitor their key infrastructure, network, critical applications and endpoints Use your Cybersecurity knowledge to bring in new ways of making security ‘invisible’ within the organisation. Create and update playbooks as you become lead for all thing’s incident response. Perform Forensic\’Deep Dive’ analysis whilst working with teams and provide valuable dashboards and reports. Provide analysis and trending of security log data from security devices including driving and owning a single source dashboard/SIEM. Understand a provide Incident Response (IR) support when analysis confirms an actionable incident. Provide threat and vulnerability analysis as well as security advisory services throughout the organisation. Analyse and respond to previously undisclosed software and hardware vulnerabilities. Investigate, document, and report on information security concerns and emerging trends. What you’ll need to be a SOC Analyst: Experience using SIEM tools/Monitoring tools e.g. Splunk, ArcSight, LogRhythm. Knowledge of various security methodologies and processes e.g. Firewall ad intrusion detection systems. Understanding of information security best practices Excellent interpersonal skills Knowledge of security frameworks e.g. ISO, NIST, PCI DSS A track record for bringing/implementing new ideas into a company. Information Security Certification (Preferred but not required)