Cyber Security Analyst

SENIOR CYBER SECURITY ANALYST (THREAT INTELLIGENCE ANALYST) URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR INITIAL 3 MONTH PUBLIC SECTOR CONTRACT

SC CLEARED

REMOTE WORKING ARRANGEMENT FOR INITIAL CONTRACT

EXCELLENT DAY RATE

As a senior security analyst with responsibility for incident response, you will:

? coordinate the day-to-day triage, investigation and response to incidents by first- and second-line security analysts, including acting as a point of escalation, providing direction and support, reviewing outputs, and managing duty and on-call rotas
? where necessary, lead (or otherwise contribute to) the investigation of alerts and coordinate the response to cyber incidents
? review previous cyber incidents to identify lessons and actions
? identify and deliver opportunities for continual improvement of the Client’s cyber incident response capability
? work closely alongside other Cyber Defence functions, supporting the continual improvement of wider capabilities
? develop and update internal plans, playbooks and knowledge base articles
? provide coaching and mentoring to security analysts
Cyber incidents can and do arise on a 24/7 basis. The team operates an out-of-hours on call rota, which you will be expected to join.
Who you are

We’re interested in people who have:
? significant experience investigating and responding to cyber incidents
? significant experience using security tools (e.g., EDR, SIEM) to support the investigation and response to cyber incidents
? experience managing and coordinating the response to cyber incidents
? experience coaching and mentoring junior staff
? an in-depth understanding of the tools, techniques and procedures used by threat actors
? excellent analytical and problem solving skills
? excellent verbal and written communication skills

It’s desirable, but not essential, that you have:
? experience with Splunk
? experience working in an Agile environment
? experience with cloud environments such as AWS

Michael Bailey International is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.