SOC Analyst

SOC Analyst - IT - Contract - Spain or Remote EU

You will work as part of the SOC team monitoring and investigating security events and detections. The client is looking for someone to start as soon as possible following a successful single stage MS Teams interview process. The initial contract will be for 6 months and there will be multiple extensions making the role long term.

**SOC Analyst Responsibilities**:
Participate in a team of security operations engineers investigating alerts, anomalies, errors, intrusions, malware, etc.
Taking ownership of Security Alerts escalated by Tier 1 SOC team members.
Monitor and investigate alerts using Microsoft Security Tools (e.g. M365, Cloud App Security, Azure, Defender for Endpoints, Azure Security, Azure Sentinel and XDR
Perform security investigations based on SIEM/EDR/AV or external tools.
Open tickets, provide resolutions and document as required.
Integrate and share information with other analysts and other teams.
Perform other duties as assigned.

**About you**:
Experience with Microsoft Security Tools (e.g. M365, Cloud App Security, Azure, Defender for Endpoints, Azure Security, Azure Sentinel and XDR
Knowledge of SIEM tools like Splunk, QRadar, ArcSight, Azure Sentinel, ELK Stack
Antivirus and EDR solution experience (ATP, Crowdstrike, RedCloak, Sentinelone)
Experience with Windows AD server security logs and AD User management.
Experience in vulnerability management and security incident response activities, including the capability to run ad hoc scans when required, and to check and manage vulnerability scan reports and provide insights based on reports (e.g: TOP10 CVE, TOP10 Hosts, etc)
Experience on an Incident Response team performing Tier I/II initial incident triage.
Strong English language skills.

If you're looking for a new challenge in the security environment, and you want to work with a global organisation and some really talented security and IT professionals, please get in touch now.

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