Cyber Security Analyst - London, United Kingdom - Michael Bailey Associates

Michael Bailey Associates

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

SENIOR CYBER SECURITY ANALYST (THREAT INTELLIGENCE ANALYST) URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR INITIAL 3 MONTH PUBLIC SECTOR CONTRACT

SC CLEARED

REMOTE WORKING ARRANGEMENT FOR INITIAL CONTRACT

EXCELLENT DAY RATE
As a senior security analyst with responsibility for incident response, you will:

coordinate the day-to-day triage, investigation and response to incidents by first

- and second-line security analysts, including acting as a point of escalation, providing direction and support, reviewing outputs, and managing duty and on-call rotas

where necessary, lead (or otherwise contribute to) the investigation of alerts and coordinate the response to cyber incidents
review previous cyber incidents to identify lessons and actions
identify and deliver opportunities for continual improvement of the Client's cyber incident response capability
work closely alongside other Cyber Defence functions, supporting the continual improvement of wider capabilities
develop and update internal plans, playbooks and knowledge base articles
provide coaching and mentoring to security analysts

Cyber incidents can and do arise on a 24/7 basis. The team operates an out-of-hours on call rota, which you will be expected to join.
Who you are

We're interested in people who have:

significant experience investigating and responding to cyber incidents
significant experience using security tools (e.g., EDR, SIEM) to support the investigation and response to cyber incidents
experience managing and coordinating the response to cyber incidents
experience coaching and mentoring junior staff
an in-depth understanding of the tools, techniques and procedures used by threat actors
excellent analytical and problem solving skills
excellent verbal and written communication skills

It's desirable, but not essential, that you have: