Senior SOC Analyst - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Sanderson

Sanderson
Sanderson
Verified Company
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Senior SOC Analyst

Edinburgh - Mainly Remote

£455p/d - Outside IR35

6 Months


Fantastic new outside IR35 contract opportunity for an experienced Senior SOC Analyst with a strong background within Security Operations and SOC environments for this public sector client based in Edinburgh.

My client requires an experienced Senior Security Analyst to support the development of their security monitoring and response function.

They have recently implemented several new security monitoring and response technologies and require an experienced individualwho can operate these technologies, supporting junior analysts in their use of these tools, and assist the IT Security Technical Product Manager in the creation and definition of all aspects of the surrounding service wrapper for security monitoring and response(processes, KPIs, Reporting, Assurance) to drive maturity into each of these services.


Key Responsibilities:


  • Work alongside the existing BAU team to deliver the development of a Security Operations Centre (SOC) capability, utilising existing security technologies such as XDR, NAC, SOAR, CSPM and ITSM tools
  • Assist with defining SLAs / OLAs / KPIs for the different elements of IT Security services
  • Create and contribute to existing processes / playbooks relating to SOC operations
  • Develop a SOC reporting capability, whereby metrics relating to security alerts / incidents / services are consumable for wider business stakeholders
  • Respond to SOC alerts and triage / investigate to resolution Requirement for IT Security Senior SOC Analyst Services
  • Identify and implement process / playbook improvements and alert tuning opportunities
  • Provide 3rdline support and mentoring for more junior analysts
  • Provide support to security engineers with wider IT Security initiatives as required

Skills Required:


  • A proven technical background of working within a similar Senior SOC Analyst / Senior Security Operations Analyst position.
  • Demonstratable experience of both using and managingtoolsets such as:
  • Extended Detection and Response (preferably Cortex XDR) toolsets
  • Utilising Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (preferably Cortex XSOAR) tools to improve / automate / streamline routine security processes
  • Awareness of Network Access Control solutions (preferably ForeScout)
  • Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) solutions (preferably PRISMA Cloud)
  • Demonstratable experience in the following areas:
  • Creation and operation of Cyber Security Incident Response processes
  • Definition and monitoring of KPIs to support service monitoring and business reporting
  • Secure networking principles
  • Firewall management
  • Vulnerability Management (preferably including use of Tenable/Nessus)
  • Experience of working within an Agile delivery environment
For any further queries regarding the role, please contact Danny Palmer on or at
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