Cyber Threat Specialist Blue Team - London, United Kingdom - Computappoint

Computappoint

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Title:
Cyber Threat Specialist (Blue Team)

Day Rate:
Above market rates

Contract Length: 6 months (initial)

Hybrid Model:
2 days per week in Central London, 3 days remote

About the Client and the Role:

The role will focus on ensuring defensive security (SOC, DFIR, Threat Hunting, Detection Engineering) of the client's systems, and will involve Red/Blue Team testing - with the aim to recognise, analyse and fix gaps within the client's security.

Main Responsibilities:

Participate in defensive security operations (threat hunting, incident handling, investigation and forensics, detection engineering)
Red/Blue Team testing, identify gaps/weaknesses in monitoring capabilities and recommend/implement changes
Support threat hunting based on the defined threat model and specific attack scenarios
Perform analysis of existing data to discover patterns, and build use cases to detect malicious activity
Strong professional background in SOC
Significant understanding and strong relevant experience in IT security (ideally within financial environments)
Excellent knowledge of penetration testing toolsets e.g. Kali, Cobalt Strike, Metasploit, Bloodhound, Mimikatz, Burp Suite, Nessus, etc.
Relevant qualifications or certifications

**Services offered by Computappoint Limited are those of an Employment Business and/or Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.