Senior SOC Analyst

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Senior SOC Analyst

Digital & Information

Swindon - hybrid working options

Band E: £41,380 per annum

UKSBS is a public sector shared service centre providing high quality HR, Payroll, Finance, Procurement and IT services and expertise to our partners. We are proud of the part we play in enabling our partners to achieve the best outcomes for the British people and the UK economy.

It's an exciting time to join UKSBS as we transform our business to be the leading UK public sector business service provider. We aim to become a very different organisation over the next few years as we move to a modern multi-platform, digitally enabled organisation.

Our people are the heart of our success. We are always looking for talented individuals to join our team and play a part in that success that's why we invest and grow our workforce. In return for your talent and contributions, we offer flexible and family friendly working arrangements, a generous benefits package, an inclusive working environment that values your contribution, and opportunities to develop your skills and career with us.

The Senior Security Operations Centre (SOC) Analyst will plan, direct, and control the SOC functions and operations. Ensure the monitoring and analysis of incidents to protect People, Technology and Process addressing all security incidents and ensuring timely escalation. Direct the Cyber Intelligence capability to identify potential threats delivering strategic reports and strategies to minimise the impact of the threat and maintain the confidentiality, integrity, availability, accountability, and relevant compliance of information systems.

Working in partnership with the Information Security Function to assist and lead on day-to-day operations, including monitoring and enforcement of security related controls, management of incidents and response to cyber incidents.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Leading and supporting the Security Operations and team of security operational staff members
• Conduct analysis on open-source intelligence and other sources to correlate potential opportunities to facilitate early detection of threats or risks
• Evaluate intelligence information regarding new threats, risks, vulnerabilities, and their likelihood to update protection measures
• Creation of reports, dashboards, metrics for SOC operations for presentation to stakeholders
• Assist in conducting investigations, analysis and reviews following breaches of ICT security (or 'near misses') and preparing recommendations for security improvements arising from such incidents
• Operate organisation security tools to undertake protective monitoring, forensics vulnerability scanning, malware analysis and capture information from systems as part IT Security Team activities
• Ensure that systems are operated within defined technical security requirements throughout their entire lifecycle
• Monitor and backup security tools and information as part of Business Continuity Measure (BCP)
• Work in partnership with the Network Operating Centre function to ensure services are secure and operating at their optimum capacity.
• Work with our clients and partners to ensure the SOC is the face of IT security for UK SBS.

To do this role well you will need:

• At least one qualification in Information Security from the following list:
  • Professional training in either a Security Analyst or Network Security Officer capacity
  • Practitioner under a scheme like Infosec Training Paths & Competencies (ITPC) scheme
• Have strong knowledge of incident management, problem management and change management best practices
• Familiarity with ISO 27001 standard and methods
• Familiarity with HMG Security Policy Framework (SPF)
• Knowledge of the management and deployment of cryptographic software
• Comprehension and understanding of anti-virus software
• Broad knowledge of ICT infrastructure that can be applied - hardware, databases, operating systems, networks, web technologies.
• Demonstrable knowledge of the IT security risks when working with the internet, intranets/extranets and cloud services
• Knowledge of threats and attack vectors including their mitigation's
• Practical knowledge of ITIL version 3
• Experience working with or in an IT Security Team

APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT IN THE UK FOR A MINIMUM OF 5 YEARS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION

We look forward to hearing from you.

We are UKSBS. We are creating a place where people love to work, a culture where we lead, we change, we deliver and we empower our people to be curious, take action and add value.

Submitting an application

If you wish to apply for this vacancy, you must submit your application by Wednesday 5th February 2025.

You must submit a CV as part of the application process. Your CV should set out your career history including training and qualifications, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure that each entry of your career history also has a few sentences outlining a description and the key elements of that role.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if suitable applications are received.

Things you need to know

To be considered, you will need to successfully obtain SC Clearance before commencing the role.

UKSBS does not hold a Home Office Sponsor Licence under the UK Immigration System, therefore applicants must have eligibility to live and work in the UK at application stage.#

Working pattern

We work a mixture of full time hours across a 37 hour week.

Benefits

• A generous annual leave allowance
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Excellent defined benefit pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loans
• Employment Assistance Programme
• Childcare scheme and on-site nursery (at our Swindon office)

Find out more about the benefits of working at UKSBS.

Inclusion, accessibility, and adjustments

As an inclusive and Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from a diverse range of communities.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

Find out more about out equality, diversity and inclusion commitment and vision .

For additional information, to discuss reasonable adjustments, or if you'd like a confidential discussion please contact our recruitment specialists .

For more information on UK SBS, please visit www.uksbs.co.uk .