Cybersecurity Analyst

Job description

Key responsibilities & Accountabilities:

* Designing, implementing, and maintaining tooling and processes to enhance CLIENTs IT Security posture.

* Advising developers on best practice and security architecture during development

* Conducting security reviews of software prior to release to ensure they meet CLIENTs security requirements.

* Acting as an escalation point for investigation and resolution of events where more junior members of the team require support.

* Creation of SOPs, policies, and procedures relating to our Information Security practices.

* Assist in reviewing and mitigation of vulnerability assessments, penetrations tests and security audits and working with IT to mitigate any identified risks.

* Assessment of vulnerabilities to identify the potential impact to CLIENT.

* Keep up to date with the latest Cyber Security Trends and Updates

Skills & Ability

* An analytical thinker with excellent problem-solving skills

* High attention to detail

* Security Detection and Monitoring

* Incident Response

* SIEM tools (Azure Sentinel)

* Vulnerability Management

* Secure Software Development

Knowledge & Experience

* 1+ Years previous experience working within the Cyber Security industry.

* Working knowledge of Windows & Active Directory (Inc Azure Active Directory)

* Hands on working with Office 365 and Azure

* Networking, including TCP/IP and other common protocols.

* Use of SASE including Cato preferred but not essential.

* Experience in cyber forensics preferred but not essential.

* Working knowledge of security standards and frameworks

* Any Microsoft certification would be a bonus, but not essential.

Qualification

Skills and Abilities

• Strong knowledge of security frameworks and MITRE ATT&CK
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• Experience with SIEM, EDR, XDR, scanners, firewalls, IDS/IPS
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• Skilled in log analysis, forensics, and event correlation
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• Ability to analyze malicious activity across endpoints, networks, and cloud environments
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• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and multitasking skills
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• Ability to adapt under pressure

Knowledge and Experience

• 3+ years of SOC or cybersecurity experience
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• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience
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• Certifications preferred:
• CompTIA CASP+
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• CompTIA Pentest+
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• eCTHP
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• BTL2
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• GCIH