Cyber Security Analyst

Hello Network!

I hope you're well,

We are currently searching for a Cyber Security Analyst to work for one of HCL's Clients based in London, United Kingdom:

Location: London (Hybrid Working)

Start Date: ASAP (Urgent Requirement)

Duration: 6-12 months + chance of extensions

Pay: Negotiable

Type: Inside IR35

British Citizens Only.

Job Role:

• The SOC Threat Response Analyst role is part of the Client SOC team.
• Candidates in this role will be responsible for conducting incident response operations according to documented procedures and industry best practices.
• Must have extensive experience in multiple security areas such as SIEM, IDS, APT, and WAF. Candidates will be required to participate in multiple intelligence communities and be able to disseminate pertinent information throughout the SOC team.
• Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in Linux and Windows operating systems as well as having a deep knowledge of networking and attack methods.

Technical Competencies:

• Knowledge of network security zones, Firewall configurations, IDS policies
• Knowledge of systems communications from Layer 1 to 7
• Experience with Systems Administration, Middleware, and Application Administration
• Experience with Network and Network Security tools administration
• Knowledge of log formats and ability to aggregate and parse log data for syslog, http logs, DB logs for investigation purposes
• In-depth experience with log search tools such as Splunk, usage of regular expressions and natural language queries
• In-depth knowledge of packet capture and analysis
• Experience with Security Assessment tools (NMAP, Nessus, Metasploit, Netcat etc.)
• Experience with EDR tool to carry out incident detection and response.

If interested, please reach out, and we can send over the full details.