Role: Threat Hunter / Cyber Security Consultant
Status: Outside Ir35, 6 months initial - hybrid Midlands based
Day rate: Flexible
We are recruiting a Cyber Security Consultant (Threat Hunter focus) on an initial 6-month contract. The business is going through significant period of growth, whilst also running several transformational enterprise programmes, and therefore require a Cyber Security Analyst to work with their Security team and 3rd party security partners on a range of initiatives, with a particular focus on Threat Hunting (Sentinel) and 2nd/3rd line SOC work.
Key Focus of the role:
- Threat Hunting
- Threat monitoring, compliance, event log management and vulnerability management to help protect against cyber-attacks and vulnerabilities.
- Work with the 3rd Party SOC to provide support on cyber security vulnerabilities.
- Keep the systems up to date and patching where needed to stop future cyber-attacks.
- Monitor and analyse security incidents and breaches, and lead incident response efforts to contain and mitigate the impact in a timely manner.
- Escalating or dealing with any major cyber incidents should they arise.
Sought experience:
- Core Cyber Security experience in commercial environments, including Threat Hunting, 2nd/3rd line SOC and security protocols.
- Strong Microsoft Sentinel knowledge and experience.
- Microsoft Defender knowledge and experience.
- Strong Cyber Security experience in commercial environments.
- Experience leading on the resolution of security incidents.