Level 3 SOC Analyst

Contract | Up to £675 per day | Inside IR35 | London - 3 days onsite

Level 3 SOC Analyst

Who you'll be working with

You'll join a Cyber Security Incident Response team within a major financial services organisation, helping investigate and respond to cyber threats.

What you'll be doing

• Investigating and responding to complex security incidents, including malware, phishing, account compromise and data loss.

• Analysing SIEM and EDR/XDR alerts to identify threats and assess risk.

• Coordinating incident containment, eradication and recovery with technical teams.

• Conducting digital forensic investigations across endpoints, networks, identity and cloud environments.

• Carrying out threat hunting and improving detection rules, monitoring and response playbooks.

• Producing incident reports, identifying root causes and implementing lessons learned.

What we need

• Hands-on experience in a SOC, cyber incident response or security investigations role.

• Strong SIEM and EDR/XDR experience.

• Knowledge of Windows/Linux forensics, security logs and network traffic analysis.

• Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK, threat hunting and incident response processes.

• Experience across enterprise networks, identity, endpoint security and cloud environments.

• Financial services experience and knowledge of Microsoft Sentinel, Defender XDR, KQL or forensic tools would be advantageous.

What's in it for you?

• Up to £675 per day, Inside IR35.

• London-based contract, with 3 days onsite per week.

• Opportunity to work on complex cyber investigations and incident response.