SOC Analyst - Manchester - £47k
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IT Security Analyst - £47k – Manchester
My client are a major online fashion retailer who have experienced huge growth year on year since their inception. They are looking for an IT Security Analyst to join the business, as a result of their growth they have invested in developing and enhancing its IT security function, this has given rise for the creation of the role for a security analyst to work within the IT department and dealing with every aspect of security monitoring and testing across all the business areas.
Essential Skills and Competencies:
- Minimum of 2+ years working in a SOC function
- Strong knowledge of common operation systems (Windows, Linux, etc.) and endpoint security principles.
- Previous experience in Cyber Security, Incident Response, or a related field.
- Prior experience detecting and analysing security events and/or responding to security incidents.
- Demonstrated ability to analysing and correlating information from a variety of enterprise technologies
- Hands-on experience with common security technologies (IDS, Firewall, SIEM, etc.).
- Strong knowledge of common security analysis tools & techniques.
- Understanding of common security threats, attack vectors, vulnerabilities and exploits.
- Strong knowledge of common networking services and protocols (TCP/IP, SSH, FTP, DNS, DHCP, SMTP, SSL, etc.).
- Malware Analysis (Analysis of documents/ malicious binaries/ understanding and interpreting results of Sandbox output)
- Contain service attacks i.e. lateral movement privilege escalation and APT
- Network Based Attacks/ Incidents (DDoS/ IDS Alerts)
- Containment (Understanding of containment of security incidents both at the network and host layer.
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Good analytical and problem solving skills
- Knowledge using Vulnerability Assessment tools like Nessus, Qualys etc.
- Good understanding of IT security principles
- Creation of use cases and Mitre ATT&CK framework
This is a very exciting opportunity to work for a very progressive company alongside a close knit family of colleagues in a fantastic environment.
If you feel you are right for this opportunity please contact me on jack.jobling@harveynash.com or apply directly.
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