Cyber Defence Analyst

Cyber Defence Analyst

Our client is seeking a Cyber Defence Analyst to join their team within a Central Government Body with the Public Sector. More and more people are looking for job satisfaction, the feeling that what they do is worthwhile and makes a positive difference to people's lives.

The Cyber Defence Analyst will join an established security team responsible for designing, delivering, and maintaining operational cybersecurity capabilities. Conducting pro-active, risk-based, protective monitoring on priority C4IS/networks to identify internal and external cyber-threats/attacks.

Skills/Experience:
* Elastic Stack proficiency.
* Previous experience of Enterprise ICS/network architectures and technologies.
* Experience and knowledge of SIEM solutions; having the ability to identify use cases and their creation, their deployment and tuning.
* Previous experience of utilising the MITRE ATT&CK and Cyber Kill Chain frameworks.
* Skilled in using virtualisation software.
* Knowledge of key security frameworks (e.g. ISO, NIST 800-53).
* Ability to document and report security incidents clearly and concisely.
* Experience of writing Defence/Government documentation.
* Creation, development and management of security alert dashboards.

An Active DV Clearance is required for this role.

Desirable Qualifications:
* Broad Spectrum Cyber Course (CompTIA Sec+, SANS SEC401 or SEC501 or equivalent)
* SIEM Design, Architecture and Analyst Course (SANS SEC455 or SEC555 or equivalent)

Disability confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, our client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

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