Cyber Security Operations – Senior Analyst

Cyber Security Operations – Senior Analyst - 14806

Salary: £Please provide competitive rate

Location: Corsham, Wiltshire or Cosham, Portsmouth - 5 days onsite.

Contracting Authority:
Government Client

Contract Length: 03/07/2026 – 31/03/2028 (368 days)

Clearance: DV

Essential:

• Experience in forensics, malware analysis, threat intelligence.
• Experience using Python, Perl, Power Shell, BASH or an equivalent language.
• Experience with network forensics and associated toolsets and analysis techniques.
• ISO 27001:2022 security and risk controls.
• MITRE ATT&CK adversarial framework.
• ITILv3/v4 Foundation.

Key Capabilities/Knowledge:

• Strong hands‑on experience in the implementation, maintenance and configuration of a variety of SIEM and SOAR platforms, including:
  • Trend
  • Tripwire
  • Tanium
  • Clearswift
  • Elastic
  • Solar Winds
• Ability to understand, modify and create threat detection rules within SIEM.
• Ability to correlate data from multiple data sources to create a more accurate picture of cyberthreats and vulnerabilities, managing and engineering dashboards.
• Knowledge and experience with the Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Ability to reverse engineer malware and then creating IOCs and rules for the SIEM.
• Understanding of log collection and aggregation techniques, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana (ELK), syslog-NG, Windows Event Forwarding etc.
• Able to tune correlation rules and outcomes via SIEM and SOAR platforms.
• Strong background in analysis of attacker Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) and Indicators of Compromise (IoCs).
• Understanding of intrusion detection systems, web application firewalls, and IP reputation systems.
• Technical understanding of current cybersecurity threats and trends.

Desirable:

• CompTIA A+.
• CompTIA Security+.
• CompTIA CySA+.
• CompTIA Pen Test+.
• MCSE.
• SANS 504 - Incident Handling.
• SANS 511 (Continuous Monitoring).

Our dedicated team would be pleased to discuss in more detail how we may be able to help.