SOC Analyst

Responsibilities

• Monitor, analyse security alerts and events, conduct initial investigations, and determine the appropriate response.
• Raise complex incidents to Senior Analysts.
• Manage SOC Incident queues.
• Support the maintenance of monitored asset baselines of the customer environments.
• Prepare reports for managed clients to both technical and non-technical audiences,
• Collaborate on improving detection rules and use cases aligned with Mitre Att&ck and threat-informed defense.
• Participate in a team effort to guarantee that corporate data and technology platform components are shielded from known threats.
• Collaborate with team members to maintain and update security incident documentation, including incident reports, analysis findings, and recommended mitigation strategies.
• Aid the development and use of threat intelligence throughout the service.
• Ability to work shifts from our office in Farnborough.

Requirements

• Experience demonstrated in Security Operations Centre.
• Experience using Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk.
• Knowledge and experience with Mitre Att&ck Framework.
• Basic knowledge of client-server applications, multi-tier web applications, relational databases, firewalls, VPNs, and enterprise AntiVirus products.
• Understanding of networking principles including TCP/IP, WANs, LANs and commonly used Internet protocols such as SMTP, HTTP, FTP, POP, LDAP.
• Entry level cyber security certification (e.g. CompTIA Security+, CEH, CPSA).
• CREST Practitioner Intrusion Analyst/Blue Teams Level 1 or other SOC related certifications.
• Completed an academic module in cyber security or a related subject
• It would be great if you had:
• Programming and scripting such as Python, Perl, Bash, PowerShell, C++.
• Experience with SIEM technologies, namely Sentinel and Splunk, with some experience with QRadar.
• If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you!
• Employment Type: Permanent
• Location: Office based in Farnborough
• Security Clearance Level: Eligible for DV Clearance
• Internal Recruiter: Jane
• Salary: To £58K Depending on experience, plus on shift allowance.
• Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension.
• Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?
• Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment.

Additional Information

We're expanding our Security Operations Centre in Farnborough and looking for sharp, collaborative L2 SOC Analysts to protect enterprise-scale environments across the Defence sector. You'll investigate real threats, tune detections, and make measurable impact-using Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, and MISP. Your work fuels national security. Your growth fuels our mission. Role based on site in our Farnborough office and is shift work. 2 x 6am to 6pm, 2 x 6pm to 6am, 4 days off. You do need to be eligible for DV Clearance for this role, and cannot start until your clearance is through.

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