Junior SOC Analyst

Who we are:

Allen Managed Services provides managed IT for offices of 10 to 200 users: help desk, patching, backups, Microsoft 365 and firewall management.

What this job is:

Allen Managed Services has an opening for a Junior SOC Analyst. Security analyst role covering detection, incident response and some compliance work. Good fit for someone two or three years into security. Our headquarters is in Nottingham, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. Employment is through our payroll partner in Bangladesh. Salary is paid monthly in taka. Working hours overlap with UK business hours. You will need a stable internet connection and a backup power source (UPS or inverter).

What you'll work on:

• Document incidents with timeline, impact and root cause
• Run vulnerability scans with Tenable Nessus, Qualys or Rapid7 and track remediation with system owners
• Monitor and triage alerts in Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar or Elastic SIEM
• Write and update SOC runbooks and playbooks
• Help with user access reviews and offboarding audits

About you:

• 1+ years in an SOC, security analyst or IT security role
• Ability to work shifts, including some nights, weekends or holidays as scheduled
• Clear written communication for incident tickets and reports
• Understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP and common ports and protocols
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (or ability to obtain within six months)
• Basic scripting in PowerShell or Python

Benefits:

• Paid parental leave
• Stock options
• Wellness allowance
• Co-working space stipend
• Health insurance through our employer-of-record partner
• Annual learning budget
• 20 days paid time off

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Allen Managed Services.