Incident Response Analyst - Contract- Outside ir35

Incident Response Analyst– Contract– Outside ir35

Rate– GBP450 per day, outside IR35

Location– 2 days onsite (London), 3 days' work from home

Duration– 12–month contract.

Incident Response Analyst

Practical experience in cyber incident response, security monitoring or a Security Operations Centre environment.

Hands–on experience investigating security alerts and incidents using SIEM and EDR/XDR technologies.

Experience analysing Windows and Linux host artefacts, authentication activity, security logs, network traffic and packet captures.

Working knowledge of incident response life cycle activities, including preparation, detection, analysis, containment, eradication, recovery and lessons learned.

Experience producing incident records, investigation reports, management updates and post–incident findings.

Understanding of attacker behaviours and frameworks, including MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain and NIST incident response guidance.

Knowledge of enterprise networking, identity and access management, cloud services, email security, endpoint security, vulnerability management and data loss prevention.

Ability to manage multiple priorities, exercise sound judgement under pressure and communicate clearly with technical and senior stakeholders.

Awareness of evidence handling, forensic integrity, confidentiality and regulatory considerations relevant to cyber investigations.

Experience with threat intelligence, malware analysis, Scripting or automation using PowerShell, Python, KQL or similar languages.

Relevant professional experience supported by a degree in cyber security, computer science or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

One or more relevant certifications such as GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, GNFA, SC–200, CySA+, CISSP or equivalent are desirable.

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