Senior Associate Security Analyst - Central Government
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Role: Senior Cyber Security Analyst REF 94867
Contract Length: 3 months
Location: Hybrid/London – 60% in office per week
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: SC requested
Spinwell is recruiting for a Senior Cyber Security Analyst for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SENIOR CYBER SECURITY ANALYST
- Lead the investigation of security alerts to understand the nature and extent of possible cyber incidents
- Lead the forensic analysis of systems, files, network traffic and cloud environments
- Lead the technical response to cyber incidents by identifying and implementing (or coordinating the implementation of) containment, eradication and recovery actions
- Support the wider coordination of cyber incidents
- Review previous incidents to identify lessons and actions
- Identify and deliver opportunities for continual improvement of the incident response capability
- Work closely alongside other cyber defence functions, supporting the continual improvement of wider capabilities
- Develop and update internal plans, playbooks and knowledge base articles
- Act as an escalation point for, and provide coaching and mentoring to, security analysts
- Be responsible for leadership and line management of security analysts
- Cyber incidents can and do arise on a 24/7 basis. The team operates an out-of-hours on call rota, which you will be expected to join.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE SENIOR CYBER SECURITY ANALYST
- Significant experience investigating and responding to cyber incidents
- Significant experience using security tools (e.g., edr, siem) to support the investigation and response to cyber incidents
- Experience managing and coordinating the response to cyber incidents
- Experience coaching and mentoring junior staff
- An in-depth understanding of the tools, techniques and procedures used by threat actors
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.
We are a Disability Confident employer and proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant. If you have a disability or are a veteran/spouse/partner of military personnel and meet the essential criteria, please notify us to arrange a Guaranteed Interview.
- Location:
- City Of London, England, United Kingdom
- Salary:
- £80,000 - £100,000
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- IT & Technology