Senior Security Operations Analyst Motherwell, Scotland
Job description
PROACT
Job Specification
Chesterfield/ Glasgow
Company
Proact is a Managed IT Service Provider. We have a friendly and supportive work environment, with a hands-on leadership team. Our client base is comprised of a wide variety of businesses, professional service firms, and non-profit organizations located in London, Manchester, Chesterfield, and Glasgow.
Job Overview
We are looking to welcome an experienced, professional, and personable addition to the Proact Security Team via the role of Senior Security Operations Analyst. This is a fantastic career opportunity for a proactive, highly motivated individual. This position is predominantly remote, from anywhere in the UK. There is a requirement to work from your local office 2-4 days per month for networking and collaboration purposes.
Job Responsibilities
- Threat Hunting
- Incident Response
- Contact, collaboration, and escalation point for:
- SOC teams (Security Operations and Security Engineering)
- Service Operations Teams (Networking, Infrastructure, Service Desk etc.)
- Other Proact Teams (Service Delivery, Service Design, Developers etc.)
- Senior process and technical escalation point for the Security Operations Analysts
- Individual and collaborative projects and tasks
- Responsibilities cover of Security Operations Analysts if volume of work or absence requires the need – leading by example
- Shift based
- 12-hour length (negotiable)
- 4 on 4 off pattern (negotiable)
- Training and certifications relevant to current and future products and services
- Process and policy development and improvement
Desired Experience
- Cyber Security Related Honours Degree
- At least 2 Years’ experience working in a Security Operations Centre (SOC)
- This experience will be complementary to the existing junior and senior members of the Proact SOC
- Demonstrated experience delivering projects
- Technical based (e.g., SIEM tuning)
- Process based (e.g., Incident response)
- Policy based (e.g., Audits)
- Change control / management
- Ensuring that changes to a product or system are introduced in a controlled and coordinated manner
- Both following this best practice yourself and ensuring its conformance company-wide
Personal skills
- Good self-motivation and the ability to motivate others
- Ability to multi-task, working across a range of tasks with various timelines and priorities
- Inversely, able to mono-task - tuning out distractions - when a top priority is identified
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Detail-oriented in planning, implementation, documentation, and follow-up
- The ability to work completely independently or with a team
- Reliable, on-time, personable, and customer-focused
- Poised and patient during phone-based tech support
- Comfortable working in person as well as remotely
- Energetic, able to switch gears quickly from task to task
- Desire to learn
Benefits
- Private comprehensive health care cover with AXA
- Company pension scheme
- 33 Holidays
- 3 charity days fully paid / year
- Option to purchase another 5 days Annual leave
- Company Laptop and Mobile phone
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: From £30,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Paid volunteer time
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Motherwell: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Information Security: 2 years (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Motherwell
