L1 Security Analyst

An award-winning MSSP are adding to their growing SOC and are looking for a passionate cyber security individual to be part of their team leveraging the Microsoft security stack.

As a service driven organisation our client prides themselves on attracting and retaining the best people in our industry which in turn is fundamental to the strong culture and identity they foster.

Location: Fully Remote

Work Type: Shift Patterns, NIGHTS AND DAYS 4 days on 4 days off, 4 nights on 4 days off.

Salary: Up to £35,000 (+10% shift allowance)

Key experience

• 0-2 years in a SOC/security team
• Knowledge of SOC processes (how an incident is handled etc)
• Experience in understanding the Mitre Att&ck framework or any other security defence framework.
• Understanding of Microsoft Azure or any other Cloud based technology.

Main Responsibilities

• Responsible for monitoring our Microsoft technology stack, EDR, CASB, SIEM, SOAR tools.
• Proactive threat hunting is actively encouraged, especially when no alerts have been generated.
• Create and improve playbooks or runbooks.
• Creating and documenting process and procedures
• Respond to security alerts which are obtained from any of our security technology stacks.
• Be proactive and make use of available toolsets to look for compromises within our customers environments.
• To work with our other internal teams within the company and be a SME on security
• Create technical documentation in the form of use cases of playbooks
• Asses new threats and propose detection logic for new rule sets.
• Utilise tools available, as a Microsoft Gold partner you will have the opportunity to work exclusively on a Microsoft stack environment.
• Keep your knowledge up to date around the current world threat landscape.
• Responsible for design of security alerts and incidents
• Follow all company procedures and maintain awareness around the security and regulatory landscape.

This is an exciting time to join a fast growing SOC team, and a real opportunity to be a part of something special! Go ahead and apply now!