Senior SOC Analyst

Midland Computer Services is a managed services provider with 510 employees, supporting more than 1,500 client organisations across the UK. Headquartered in London, the company has grown since 2007 by acquiring regional IT providers.

Overview:

We need someone who writes up incidents clearly enough that the next shift can pick them up without asking. Midland Computer Services is hiring for the Senior SOC Analyst role to monitor, investigate and respond to security alerts across our environment. Our team is spread across 20 countries. Headquarters is in London. You will join as an independent contractor on a long-term agreement. Payment is monthly in USD. You will need to be available during UK office hours, at least until 3:00 PM GMT.

In this role you will:

• Hand off open cases at shift change with clear notes
• Tune noisy detection rules with the security engineering team
• Write and update SOC runbooks and playbooks
• Run vulnerability scans with Tenable Nessus, Qualys or Rapid7 and track remediation with system owners
• Check threat intelligence feeds and IOCs against our environment

Minimum qualifications:

• 5+ years in an SOC, security analyst or IT security role
• Ability to work shifts, including some nights, weekends or holidays as scheduled
• 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
• Clear written communication for incident tickets and reports
• Experience reading Windows Event Logs, Sysmon and Linux logs

Preferred:

• Prior help desk or network administration experience
• SOAR platforms such as Splunk SOAR, Cortex XSOAR or Tines
• Malware analysis in a sandbox

Schedule: Second shift, 2:00 PM to 10:30 PM, Monday to Friday

Why work with us:

• Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise
• Company laptop

Please mention your notice period and expected salary.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

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