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Expert Security Analyst

Posted 24 Mar 2024
Work experience
0 to 2 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required language
English (Fluent)

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Softcat is one of the UK’s leading technology solutions businesses. Thanks to the success and growth of our services, we offer an increasingly broad range of tech careers. There could be a bright future for you if you’re interested in software, networking, analytics or cyber security.

Success. The Softcat way.

Softcat is a £1billion+ technology solutions business and trusted partner to names like Apple, Microsoft and Adobe. Offering a growing portfolio of services including software licensing, cyber security and IT infrastructure, we give our technical teams the tools and support to make exciting things happen. This is where to achieve more for your career.

Your role

Working as part of our Security Intelligence team, you’ll be the most experienced technical individual responsible for supporting the resolution of complex incidents, customer management, threat hunting and developing our security intelligence services (as part of an Agile team, through pre-defined use cases). You’ll be the highest technical escalation point for the security intelligence team, supporting the existing analysts, along with undertaking technical service development and supporting the Security Intelligence Practice Lead.

You’ll compare network events with intelligence research to determine adversary motive, capability and intent and the impact of the threat on our customers’ network architecture and system operations. In addition, you’ll identify, evaluate and communicate new and ongoing cyber security threats to customers and relevant stakeholders within Softcat through regular and ad hoc reporting. You’ll work with the Security Intelligence Practice Lead to maintain, develop, and continually evaluate cyber intelligence sources (technical & non-technical) to increase effectiveness and timeliness of reporting threat information.

What we need from you

  • Prior experience working within a Managed Service Provider or Managed Security Service Provider organisation (preferred)
  • Relevant Security industry certifications, CISSP/CISM, etc… (preferred)
  • Security Administration / Architecture experience preferred, inc cloud (preferred)
  • Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms, such as Alien Vault, Security Analytics, Splunk, or ArcSight
  • You will have a strong understanding of sophisticated threat actor methodologies, along with experience in incident response and forensic investigations
  • Must have the ability and prior experience with analysing information technology events. This includes the identification of malicious code and malicious activities present within a customer computer system and/or network environment
  • Strong communication skills both written and oral with ability to translate and deliver technical information to a non-technical audience
  • Possess a working knowledge of common network communications and routing protocols along with common internet applications and standards
  • Capable of supporting, training, mentoring junior team members along with providing out-of-hours and escalation cover
  • Pragmatic approach in identifying and evaluating new tools sets that will help us drive SOAR

Rewards

We offer a good salary and benefits package including a pension scheme, life assurance, healthcare cash plan and access to Perklife, our dedicated portal for all things perks and benefits at Softcat. It’s designed to give you the flexibility and choice to suit your lifestyle and needs - there really is something for everyone. So whether it’s activity passes or technology discount vouchers you’re after, or you would prefer to buy extra holiday for yourself, or add your partner or family to some of the benefits… it’s entirely up to you. We’ll even give you an extra day’s holiday on top of your usual entitlement on your birthday.

Softcat is an IT infrastructure provider, delivering software licensing, hardware, security, managed services, cloud services and related IT services to customers in the UK.

IT
London
1,001 employees