Cyber Security Analyst

Responsibilities

• Monitor, triage, and investigate security alerts across protective monitoring platforms
• Review security event data, identify incidents, and escalate appropriately
• Support incident response activities including containment, eradication, and recovery
• Execute runbooks and contribute to their improvement
• Feed detection tuning recommendations back to the senior
• Coordinate with infrastructure and application teams during incidents under the senior's direction
• Contribute to dashboard monitoring and retrospective analysis
• Help shape the SOC's runbooks, processes, and operational standards as they are developed
• 2-4 years in a SOC, monitoring, or security analyst role
• Hands-on SIEM experience and demonstrable alert triage capability
• Working knowledge of AWS security services
• Comfortable with ambiguity (the SOC is being built around them)
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with technical teams
• Degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent professional experience
• At least one entry/mid-level certification (Security+, CySA+, BTL1, or SC-200)
• SC-cleared or genuinely cleared-eligible

Requirements

• Detection authoring experience (writing rules, not just consuming them)
• Scripting ability (Terraform, Python or PowerShell)
• Prior cleared environment experience
• Familiarity with AWS-native security tooling (GuardDuty, Security Hub, CloudTrail, Detective)
• Additional certifications (GCIA, AWS Certified Security Specialty, vendor-specific SIEM certs)
• Netcompany Academy
• As you progress through the content, you'll naturally take on more responsibility and network with your peers.
• Benefits include
• 25 days' holiday
• Private Medical Health care via Vitality
• Pension contribution, Life Assurance
• Professional certifications supported as part of learning and development.
• A range of retail discounts to enhance your lifestyle, encompassing restaurants, supermarkets, travel, leisure activities and health and well-being services.
• Access to our Employee Resource Groups, our groups represent diverse backgrounds and provide a platform for colleagues to connect, learn, and support one another.
• Company information
• Join Netcompany, where we proudly hold the 5th position on the esteemed UK Top 50 Best Places to Work in the Glassdoor Employees' Choice Awards for 2024.
• At Netcompany, we pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit and our capacity for doing things differently. Our culture is built on fostering low bureaucracy, emphasizing high agility and promoting flexibility, enabling everyone to contribute their best.
• Our journey began in the UK with the acquisition of Hunter Macdonald in 2017. As one of Northern Europe's most accomplished IT companies, we have expanded our headcount globally to 7400+ employees and have offices in UK, Denmark, Norway, Poland, Holland and Vietnam.
• If you need any reasonable adjustments or extra support during the recruitment process, please contact us at reasonableadjustments@netcompany.com .
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Additional Information

Serves as the operational backbone of the SOC, responsible for day-to-day monitoring, triage, investigation, and initial incident response activities. Supports senior team members by handling frontline operations and providing valuable operational insights.

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