SOC Analyst - Chessington, United Kingdom - MCCLUSKEY RESOURCING LIMITED

Description

Working for a Managed Service Provider to work REMOTELY for the client. The role will be responsible for supporting the IT Security manager.

The environment is Microsoft based and so skills in Microsoft Sentinel, the Microsoft Defender services, Azure, Office 365, hybrid Active Directory and Windows endpoint devices are required.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to progress in their career as you will be working for a company that heavily invests in their employees.

Duties:

• Monitor
• SIEM with Microsoft Sentinel.
• Recognize, identify, and prioritize incidents in accordance with customer business requirements, organizational policies, and operational impact.
• Provide timely response to all incidents, outages, and performance alerts.
• Secure
• Maintain secure systems and network infrastructure.
• Provide recommendations that can help improve security posture.
• Detect threats and report vulnerabilities.
• Perform standard vulnerability scans and basic penetration testing
• Perform operational tasks (installation of patches, connectivity testing, etc.)
• Incident response
• Receive incidents escalated from first line colleagues.
• Respond to incidents, resolving them where possible.
• Escalate incidents internally to expert resources where appropriate.
• Report
• Collecting, analysing, and reporting security data.
• Document
• Work with internal and external technical and service teams to create and/or update knowledge base articles.
• Document

all actions in accordance with standard company policies and procedures


Required:

• 2 years+ experience in a SOC/NOC Role.
• Microsoft Sentinel including Kusto/KQL experience (or equivalent SIEM with motivation to transfer skills).
• Knowledge of Microsoft onprem and cloud environments with Office 365 security.
• Strong understanding of network devices such as IDS, IPS, Firewalls, file integrity monitoring.
• Motivated, analytical.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Organisational skills, multitasking work assignment.

Highly desired:

• Relevant security certifications such as Microsoft Security Associate level (AZ500, MS500 or SC200), CCNA, CySA+.