SOC Analyst - SC required - Up to £700

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Description

A leading defence and homeland security client has a new requirement for a SC Cleared SOC Analyst for an initial period of 6 months. Please note that due to the nature of this position, candidates must hold a current SC level Security Clearance.

This role will mainly be based in Mons in Belgium, (1 hour from Brussels). The position is very urgent and the client is ideally looking for someone who is available to telephone interview ASAP.

This role is to work closely with the end client, NATO on the NCIRC programme (National Computer Incident Response Capability). Due to the nature of the role, candidates must hold a valid SC Clearance. NCIRC is the most advanced cyber defence capability in Europe offering protection across the NATO global networks.

As a Security Analyst you will be the front line in this cyber defence operation and will keep abreast of evolving Cyber threats, identifying new and sophisticated methods of detecting them across a NATO networks.

You will be responsible for analysing network, application and system log events in order to identify any potentially abnormal system behaviours and raise them as incidents for investigation. You will be involved in the investigation of these events to establish if these are expected events or a security threat. The Analyst is then part of the response process drawing in the full range of capabilities available at NCIRC to assess, contain, eradicate and recover from the threat to the services affected.

While the essential skills for this role include high calibre analytical competency, first class communication skills and a high level of Technology and IT Literacy, there are also some desirable skills which would be of benefit in support of your application:

* Exposure to IT service management best practices such as ITIL
* Experience of using SIEM tools such as ArcSight, LogLogic, Q1 labs, Symantec Endpoint
* Software engineering, programming or Scripting knowledge. Java, .Net.
* An understanding of Information Security; relating to the Confidentiality, Integrity and availability of information
* An understanding of computer networking technology, IP Routing, server infrastructures, applications layer such as Linux, UNIX, Windows, etc.

To apply for this position, candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK

Connectus Technology Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Start date
ASAP
Duration
6months +
(extension possible)
From
Connectus
Published at
14.07.2015
Project ID:
943214
Contract type
Freelance
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