SOC Engineer

SOC Engineer

NonStop are currently recruiting for a SOC Engineer to work within the Public Sector in a Central Government Department. Roles in the Public Sector can offer great job satisfaction and there are many opportunities to develop and progress. You could be a part of the extraordinary work which contributes to the mission and values.

As a SOC Engineer your main responsibilities will be:

*Support the transition of a SOC to support new systems and services by providing expert security guidance and application of best practices.

*Provide strategic advice to SOC management regarding incident response, monitoring, logging and analysis of all relevant systems and processes.

*Shape the development, communication and continuous improvement of the Cyber monitoring detection, triage, and incident response plan.

*Identification of opportunities for Cyber investment within the SOC to meet the SOC's remit and requirement.

*Defining and continuous development of a use case-driven logging, monitoring and response capability to ensure responsiveness and resilience to Cyber security threats.

*Defining the Cyber security operations strategy in coordination with senior business and stakeholders.

You'll have relevant experience in:

*Threat monitoring and intelligence gathering and assessment; processes to scan for vulnerabilities and implementing fixes and mitigations; Incident response management.

*Experience in the management of Security Event Monitoring and operational response by means of monitoring and correlation tooling, antivirus, network, and host IDS/IPS monitoring and logging.

*Experience as a Tier 3 SOC Engineer undertaking the activities of Threat Hunting and Detections Engineering

*An active DV Clearance is required for this position.

If this role sounds like something you would be interested in, please send your CV in Word format via this site. Our client is ready to schedule interviews in the coming days so apply now to avoid missing out!

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.

Armed Forces Covenant

Guaranteed interview for veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

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