At A&O Shearman the global technology department’s mission is to provide stable, reliable, and secure platforms and services to our partners, staff, and clients, and to fulfil our regulatory obligations across 30+ countries.
The information security team, part of global technology, protects its people, clients, information, and brand from an ever more hostile operating environment. It does this by setting the strategy for information security, defining, and managing security controls, managing technology risk, and monitoring and responding to security events and incidents.
Role Purpose
We are looking for a senior security operations centre (SOC) analyst to be part of the security operations team. The SOC team manages the security monitoring platform, dealing with alerts and incidents raised in the SIEM platform. As a senior SOC analyst you will:
1. Prioritise and respond to all alerts and incidents raised in our monitoring platform.
2. Manage our MSSP & SIEM, developing rule bases and use cases.
3. Help streamline workflows in security operations, improving response times.
4. Investigate other security system alerts including, but not limited to, Cloud, Brand Surveillance and MSSP alerts.
5. Support investigations as and when required.
6. Support our InfoSec Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC) team with audits.
7. Develop new detection possibilities.
8. Lead on security operations initiatives.
9. Help develop other members of the security operations team, increasing their skills and experience.
10. Participate in security incident desktop exercises, to test and improve our security systems and processes.
11. Improve our incident response playbooks.
12. Improve our security standards and procedures.
13. Work on other security initiatives as and when required.
14. Participate in the team on call rota.
Skills & experience
As a senior SOC analyst for A&O Shearman you will have:
15. Recent experience in a similar role, with good experience working with a SIEM platform and security monitoring.
16. A good understanding of general security technologies, in particular EDR, DLP, SIEM and log management, IDS, network security, firewalls, encryption, access control, cloud posture management.
17. Good working knowledge of Microsoft Windows, MacOS and Linux operating systems
18. Working experience of the Microsoft security stack.
19. Experience of prioritising and balancing user requests with good security practices.
20. A high attention to detail and produce accurate work.
21. The ability to plan and co-ordinate information from various sources.
22. Experience of reacting rapidly, clearly, and consistently under time pressure, making good choices with sound reasoning.
23. The ability to explain technical subjects in a clear, logical way.
24. An interest and curiosity in technology. You enjoy fixing problems.
25. An enthusiasm and passion for security!
In return, you will have the opportunity to work with smart people on interesting and challenging subjects. If you think you have the right skills and experience, we would love to hear from you.
A&O Shearman is a new global industry-leading law firm, with 48 offices in 29 countries worldwide. Our fluency in English law, US law, and the laws of the world’s most dynamic markets, enables us to provide unmatched insight and seamless delivery to clients. We work on challenging and important deals and disputes that have the potential to shape the future.
We offer exceptional opportunities for our people; opportunities to work for the world’s leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.
Whether you're helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development, we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimise your wellbeing.
What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best and ask for the best of you. And together, we will redefine success.