SOC Engineer - Microsoft Security

SOC Engineer – Microsoft Security

£40,000 - £50000 + on call allowance

Hybrid – South Yorkshire - (1 - 2 days per week)

The selected candidates will join a well-established Security Operations Centre (SOC) team, providing guidance and support to clients targeted by cyber threats or malicious activity.

Key Responsibilities

As a member of the SOC team, you will be responsible for:

• Delivering monitoring and protection using cutting-edge security tools.
• Ensuring incident reporting is completed accurately, promptly, and effectively.
• Assisting fellow SOC team members during security incidents and threat-hunting initiatives,
• Provide support during SIEM, EDR, and vulnerability management deployments.
• Engineering security solutions, implementing and managing security tools, investigating security incidents, analysing attack methods, researching new defence techniques, developing security policies, and documenting SOC procedures.
• Analysing malware and other cyber threats to identify indicators of compromise, and performing event correlation between different systems.
• Assisting with firewall management and contributing to the creation of new detection and automation rules.

Required Skills and Qualifications

The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following skills and qualities:

• Knowledge of the Microsoft Security stack - MS Sentinel, MS Defender.
• Knowledge USM Anywhere, SentinelOne, and Tenable IO would be advantageous.
• A passion for cyber security and its related industries.
• An in-depth understanding of current trends and news within the cyber security space.
• Strong communication skills and comfort in a client-facing role.
• Industry certifications are highly desirable, particularly if you hold any of the following: Microsoft SC-200, AZ-500, SC-100.

Our client will also consider someone who holds SC-200, AZ-500 or SC-100 certifications and is looking for a move into Security.

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