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Level 3 SOC Analyst
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Hiring: Level 3 SOC Analyst
📍 Belfast, Northern Ireland (Hybrid - 2 days onsite)
🔐 SC-200 Certification Required
🇬🇧 Must be eligible for UK SC Clearance
We're looking for an experienced Level 3 SOC Analyst / Senior Cyber Security Operations Analyst to join a growing Cyber Security Operations team supporting critical client environments.
This is an excellent opportunity for a security professional with strong experience in incident response, threat hunting, threat intelligence, and SIEM technologies to play a key role in protecting complex enterprise environments.
Key Responsibilities
- ✅ Investigate and manage security incidents escalated from Tier 1 & Tier 2 analysts
- ✅ Conduct business impact assessments and recommend appropriate response actions
- ✅ Perform advanced threat analysis, threat hunting, and incident investigations
- ✅ Analyse and enrich threat intelligence from multiple sources
- ✅ Support major incident response activities including containment and remediation
- ✅ Develop and improve SIEM use cases, detection rules, monitoring content, and SOC processes
- ✅ Mentor junior analysts and provide technical guidance across the SOC function
- ✅ Assist with onboarding new log sources and developing detection capabilities
- ✅ Produce stakeholder reports and provide security recommendations
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Technical Environment
You'll work with technologies including:
- Microsoft Sentinel
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE)
- Microsoft Defender for Identity (MDI)
- Defender for Cloud
- IBM QRadar
- LogRhythm
- KQL
- Logic Apps
- SOAR Technologies
Essential Requirements
- ✔ Level 3 SOC Analyst or Senior Security Operations experience
- ✔ SC-200 Certification (Mandatory)
- ✔ Experience with Microsoft Sentinel
- ✔ Threat Hunting and Threat Intelligence experience
- ✔ Incident Response and Security Monitoring experience
- ✔ SIEM onboarding, tuning, configuration, and reporting
- ✔ Strong understanding of networking and operating systems
- ✔ Experience with Windows and/or Linux administration
- ✔ Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- ✔ Eligible for UK SC Clearance
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Desirable Skills
- ⭐ QRadar experience
- ⭐ Defender Suite expertise
- ⭐ Security+, Network+, CySA+, CISSP or CISMP
- ⭐ MSSP experience
- ⭐ KQL, Workbook, Playbook and Detection Rule development
- ⭐ Sentinel Lighthouse and multi-tenant environments
- ⭐ DevOps and SOC automation experience
📩 If you're interested, or know someone who may be a good fit, please send me a direct message or apply today.
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