Cyber Security Engineer - PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST HOLD DV CLEARANCE TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE
Day Rate is Negotiable Dependant Upon Experience - Inside IR35
Around 6 months
Hybrid 2-3 days per week on-site in any of the following locations: Portsmouth, Wiltshire and North Yorkshire

Responsibilities:

Develop and integrate security event monitoring and incident management services.
Respond to security incidents as they occur as part of an incident response team.
Implement metrics and dashboards to give visibility of the Enterprise infrastructure.
Use of the SOAR platform to assist with playbook automation and case management capabilities to streamline team processes and tools.
Produce documentation to ensure the repeatability and standardisation of security operating procedures.
Develop additional investigative methods using the SOC's software toolsets to enhance recognition opportunities for specific analysis.
Maintain a baseline of system security according to latest threat intelligence and evolving trends.
Participate in root cause analysis of incidents in conjunction with engineers across the enterprise.
Provide Subject Matter Expertise (SME) on a broad range of information security standards and best practices.
Offer strategic and tactical security guidance including valuation requirement of technical controls.
Be part of the CRM process
Liaise with the SOC engineers to maintain up-to-date dashboards of security alerts, to allow the organisation to better respond to an incident.
Document, validate and create operational processes and procedures to help develop the SOC.
Assist in identifying, prioritising, and coordinating the protection of critical cyber defence infrastructure and key resources.
Build, install, configure, and test dedicated cyber defence hardware.
Support Junior Analysts to manage SOC systems.
Previous experience of Enterprise ICS/network architectures and technologies
Experience and knowledge of SIEM solutions; having the ability to identify use cases and their creation, their deployment and tuning.
Experience as a mentor/coach to Junior Analysts

Skills:

Previous experience of utilising the MITRE ATT&CK and Cyber Kill Chain frameworks
Skilled in maintaining Microsoft directory services.
Skilled in using virtualisation software.
Knowledge of key security frameworks (eg ISO, NIST 800-53, 800-171, 800-172, C2M2)
Excellent communication skills
Experience of writing Defence/Government documentation

Desirable Qualifications:

Broad Spectrum Cyber Course (SANS SEC401 or SEC501 or equivalent)
SIEM Design, Architecture and Analyst Course (SANS SEC455 or SEC555 or equivalent)
Advanced Analyst Course (SANS SEC503 or equivalent)

Main Tech Skills required are ELK (Elastic, Logstash, Kibana) and Tanium
Posted Date: 20 May 2024 Reference: JSBH-9938 Employment Business: Brookwood Contact: Halina Finch