SC Cleared Cyber Security Engineer - Stevenage - £92.00 Per Hour Umbrella

We are recruiting for a SC cleared Cyber Security Engineer for a leading Defence organisation based on site in Stevenage. Due to security restrictions you must have a minimum of SC Clearance though ideally you will have DV Clearance, if not you must be willing to go through DV Clearance. This is also a UKEO (UK eyes only) role.

Responsibilities:

We are looking for a Cyber Security Engineer to support the Cyber Security Capability Manager in ensuring Digital Excellence UK meets the challenges and demands of countering the Cyber Threat the company face. To work with other UK Cyber Security members, the role will cover Back End refresh, playbook Scripting and fault finding, Cyber Security tool upgrades, capability implementation, tool integration, data source on-boarding and investigation activity utilising a wide variety of security platforms including but not limited to; SIEM (Security Information Event Management), Network Packet Capture platform, Anti Malicious Code, Threat Detection technologies and platforms across the in-scope UK networks.

The SOC Threat Detection Analyst key responsibilities are:

• Accountable for the effective mapping and topology of SOC toolsets including integrations and feeds between solutions
• Enriching the visibility and optimisation of SOC tools through data modelling and tuning
• Maintain the primary SOC toolsets, ensuring their availability, functionality and optimisation
• Responsible for the daily muster and availability of all cyber security technologies within in-scope environments
• Responsible for the accurate tracking of product life cycle and advising management of EOL/EOS roadmaps
• Support the Cyber Security Capability Manager in the coordination, planning and execution of SOC appliance upgrades
• To support all cyber security pillars with new capability implementation and integration to existing solutions
• Implement cyber security tool changes and configuration ensuring efficient reporting into CAB and control boards
• To lead on playbook Scripting activities ensuring they are well documented and tested. This includes fault finding and review of false positives
• To be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on SOC connectivity and visibility across all in scope networks and infrastructure, ensuring connections and integrations are understood and documented with the Cyber Security Capability Manager
• To lead all activity of Back End refresh on cyber security appliances - including certificate updates, patch releases and software updates
• Responsible for attending DEX CAB and collating all impacting activities on cyber security alerting
• Responsible for attending DEX Incident and Issue red teams in support of root cause analysis - advising on cyber security changes which may impact other services
• Collaborate closely with DEX Back Office to maintain availability and efficiency of cyber security tools and recover any service outages or disruption
• Support the SOC in investigation activity utilising a wide variety of security platforms, creating custom searches, advanced queries or scripts in order to find the root cause or IOC of an alert

Skillset/

• Strong coding and Scripting background - PowerShell, Python & Regex
• Proven ability to work with APIs, including HTTP/S headers and responses, JSON Objects.
• Proven experience with Proxies administration and changes.
• Windows (SMB) and.Nix (NFS) remote storage.
• IIS (Windows Web Server) Configuration, Active Directory/LDAP (authentication).
• Experience with applying certificates, software updates and the steps involved for end-of-life refresh activity.
• Experience with VMware/Hyper-V Virtual machines and virtual Switches.
• Experience in setting up, implementing and maintenance of cyber security tooling.
• Experience with the creation, testing and maintenance of AI or machine learning technologies to assist with the optimisation of work flows or play books.
• Experience with SIEM (Security Information Event Management) technologies

This is an umbrella contract, the role is Inside IR35