Level 3 SOC Analyst

Level 3 SOC Analyst Hybrid - with 2 days in our Belfast office
- Hill View House As an experienced Senior Cyber Security Operations Analyst, you will be responsible for handing security incidents received/escalated from the CSOC Analyst (Tier 1 or Tier
2) and perform a business impact analysis on the security incident. You will leverage a deep understanding of information security technologies, you will aid in triaging threat intelligence from multiple sources and add contextual information to the security incident, perform additional analysis and based on the business impact will recommend the response actions and escalation path. You will be guided by Threat Intelligence which is actionable information (e.g. IOCs/TTPs), conduct threat hunting activities;

leveraging and analyzing sources of information as available through the SIEM, in addition identify and investigate potential suspicious activity as well as helping organizations identify, isolate and contain security issues. You will support the initial implementation and management of security related technologies, including (but not limited to) IBM QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel, MDE, MDI and Defender for Cloud. Successful candidate must hold - SC-200 Certification Successful candidate must be eligible for SC clearance At Capita, we live by our values:
Customer First, Always; ? Fearless Innovation; ? Achieve Together;
Everyone is Valued. These guide how we work, collaborate, and deliver exceptional results. What You'll Be Doing:

- Oversee completion of day-to-day checklist(s), including log review, management report scheduling & running, alert analysis, and escalation follow up
- Remain current on cyber security trends and intelligence (open source and commercial) in order to guide the security analysis & identification capabilities of the CSOC team
- Provide oversight, guidance and mentoring to L2 & L3 analysts, and fulfil SOC Manager responsibilities in the absence of the SOC Manager
- Oversee a number of analysts as part of a virtual team of L1 and L2 analysts, including objectives setting, performance management / reviews, training & development, and BAU activities including shift cover etc.

- Perform advanced event and incident analysis, including baseline establishment and trend analysis.

- Support on-call arrangements as part of a Rota, to support L1 Analysts working out of hours
- Support Major Incident Response activity, from a Protective Monitoring perspective, including supporting teams in identification, containment, and remediation of security related threat.

- Provide timely advice and guidance on the response action plans for events and incidents based on incident type and severity.

- Identify, create and implement improvements to procedures and processes, with the SOC Manager's approval.

- Identify opportunities for SOC and client SIEM platform configuration improvements, use case development, monitoring rule creation, tuning & optimization.

- Stakeholder and Client Reporting, and engagement
- Assist in architectural design to facilitate the onboarding of new information systems, including the assessment, parsing, onboarding of log sources, and use case and rule development.

What we're looking for:

- Level 3 SOC Analyst / Senior Cyber Security and security operations experience

- Experience of onboarding, tuning, reporting and configuring SIEM solutions

- Experience of threat intelligence
- Leadership and mentoring experience and skills
- Understanding of low-level concepts including operating systems and networking
- Commercial experience in Penetration Testing and / or Security Monitoring
- Understanding of networking and infrastructure design
- Knowledge/experience of one or more System administration (Linux, Windows, Mac) - Self-motivated individual with flexible approach to working.

- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to explain technical problems to non-technical business stakeholders at all levels.

- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Active or ability to obtain SC clearance

Preferred Qualifications &

Experience:

IT Certifications, including Network, Security Protective Monitoring / SOC Certifications, including CySA Cyber Security Certifications, including CISMP, CISSP

Experience with various Microsoft Technologies, including Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Identity and Cloud

Experience with SIEM platforms, including IBM QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel and Log Rhythm In-depth experience with Microsoft Sentinel, including use case and rule development, workbook / playbook creation, KQL & Logic Apps / SOAR Experience in managing Microsoft Sentinel as an MSSP, including Lighthouse, and management and multi-customer environments using Dev Ops How this aligns to our Values Customer First, Always We prioritise our customers by delivering effective cyber security monitoring, incident response, and expert guidance that protects their services and supports their success.

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