Junior SOC Analyst
Posted 4 hours 19 minutes ago by SiXworks
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Junior SOC Analyst to join our existing experienced team.
Key Responsibilities and Tasks- Monitoring of Systems for Security Alerts, Intrusions or activity considered to be unauthorised, unexpected or illegal
- Responding to incidents, utilising a catalogue of playbooks
- Escalation of complex incidents to Tier 2 Incident Response Teams
- Review and develop existing security controls in line with a constantly growing technical environment
- Triage and Review Vulnerability Scanning Reports, feeding results back into technical teams
- Review Secure Configurations, feeding back into technical teams for remediations of issues
- Generate recurring service and security reports for key stakeholders
- Feedback service improvement ideas to the SOC Manager
- Keep up-to-date with the latest security threats and trends
- Research and develop understanding of security as a discipline
- Shifts throughout 24/7 SOC Service Delivery
- No Corporate Experience Mandatory, but desired
- Relevant qualification(s) in Cyber Security, or other related technical roles
- Degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Networks etc.
- Professional Qualifications from organisations such as CompTIA, ISACA etc.
- Technical qualifications in security and technology such as cloud computing, SIEM, Vulnerability Scanning/Management etc.
- Understanding of some (or all) of the following:
- Key Concepts of Cloud Computing
- Security Incident Management
- Risk Management
- Information Security (CIA)
- Phishing, Ransomware and other key threats
- IDAM (Identity and Access Mgmt)
- JML (Joiners, Movers and Leavers Processes)
- Security Awareness
- Information Classification
SiXworks is a leading provider of secure digital solutions, specialising in digital experimentation and focused on fail-safe-fast cutting edge technology solutions deployed in highly secure environments. We are unified in our mission to accelerate innovation and adoption of secure, digital technology to improve the operational agility of Defence and National Security. This is an exciting time for us, we have ambitious plans for continued growth and development, and we are seeking to add brilliant, experienced, motivated, and passionate people to our team to work with us on this journey.
Why join SiXworks?Our team is a fusion of brilliance, featuring senior operational, technical, and business leaders from various industries and the armed forces. We're also powered by a league of extraordinary IT engineers, architects, developers, and project managers. Together, we're an unstoppable force of digital innovation!
SiXworks' expertise includes Secure by Design, cloud computing, advanced network and infrastructure design, rapid application development, cross security domain systems, multi tenanted High Performance Compute, multi source data platforms, cyber vulnerability mitigation, and intelligence systems. We provide supplier agnostic, technical, and business consultancy to customers while championing open source and best of breed technologies.
A word on UK Security ClearanceDue to the secure nature of the position and working environment, you must have, or be eligible to obtain Security Clearance.
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