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Security Operations Center Analyst

Reading
Posted 7 days ago
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SOC Analyst (Contractor, SC Cleared) – Havant or Reading

Duration

  • 6 months

Description

The SOC Analyst role will provide hands-on 2nd line SOC operational support, including:

  • Investigation and management of escalated incidents from the 1st line SOC
  • Validation and assurance of Sentinel alerts and detections for quality and effectiveness

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Key Responsibilities

  • Support onboarding of log sources and priority use cases into Microsoft Sentinel, aligning with CAF, T3, and ECS Keystone requirements
  • Develop and utilise KQL queries to enable effective triage, investigation, and validation of security events
  • Provide operational support and guidance to the L1 SOC, enhancing consistency in alert handling and escalation
  • Contribute to clearing operational backlog, including:
    • Rule validation
    • Clean-up activities
    • Onboarding delivery
  • Perform basic tuning of analytic rules to improve signal quality and reduce alert noise (non-engineering activity)

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Skills

Security Operations
Incident Management
Microsoft Sentinel
KQL Queries
Alert Handling
Operational Support
Analytic Rules Tuning
Log Source Onboarding

Location

Reading, England, United Kingdom

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