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A top-tier consultancy firm is looking for an experienced SOC Analyst to join their growing cyber team on a contract basis. This is a brilliant opportunity for a passionate cyber security professional looking to elevate their career within a high-impact, technologically advanced Security Operations Centre (SOC). As a core member of the defensive security team, you will be on the frontline protecting critical infrastructure, platforms, and user environments.
Job Responsibility
Proactive Monitoring & Triage: Keeping a watchful eye on security telemetry, investigating alerts, and identifying potential system compromises or anomalies
Incident Lifecycle Management: Investigating, containing, and swiftly responding to validated alerts, ensuring rapid resolution and minimal business disruption
Escalation & Collaboration: Smoothly escalating complex, high-priority incidents to senior engineering teams and communicating risk effectively to cross-functional stakeholders
Detection Engineering Support: Proactively suggesting fine-tuning requests, updating signatures, and optimizing SIEM correlation rules to lower false-positive rates and enhance alert fidelity
Threat & Vulnerability Awareness: Keeping your finger on the pulse of the wider threat landscape, tracking emerging CVEs, and adapting defensive postures to combat evolving attacker techniques
Requirements
Active SC Clearance: You must hold a valid, active UK SC Clearance at the point of application
SOC Exposure: Prior experience working within a dedicated enterprise SOC environment
Security Toolkit: Good working knowledge of enterprise SIEM platforms, EDR/XDR tools, and host intrusion prevention systems
Network & OS Essentials: A strong foundational grasp of network principles (TCP/IP, DNS) and enterprise operating systems
The Attacker Mindset: Solid understanding of common cyber risks, phishing techniques, malware behaviors, and attack vectors
Incident Frameworks: Practical familiarity with alert triage, standard playbooks, and crisp escalation procedures