MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Certification in Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) or Computing Technology Industry Association Security+ (CompTIA Sec+).
• 2 years of experience in similar SOC related roles, explicitly in responding to and actioning on security incidents.
• Experience in technical troubleshooting and writing code in one or more programming languages.
• Eligibility to obtain UK Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance; British Citizenship is required for this role.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Certifications in Security+ or similar Cyber Security/Incident Response.
• Experience responding to security incidents on Kubernetes.
• Experience analyzing, triaging, and remediating common information security incidents.
• Understanding of common attacker tactics, tools, and techniques.
• Excellent problem-solving and investigative skills.
• Current and active UK Developed Vetting (DV) Security Clearance.

• Respond to security incidents escalated from the front line 24/7 team.
• Build and develop security efficiencies on the platform to improve the overall security operations center (SOC).
• Conduct threat hunting activities on the platform and participate in purple team events.
• Review and develop security operations center dashboards for anomalous activity.
• Be a subject matter expert (SME) across typical security disciplines, vulnerability, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) etc.
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