**Senior Cyber Security Analyst - £600-800pd (experience dependent) INSIDE IR35 - 3 month initial contract - London (3 days per week onsite)**
Please note: Due to the nature of the role, we are ideally looking for candidates to hold an active SC clearance.
We are looking for a SC Cleared Senior Cyber Security Analyst with SPLUNK experience to join our central government client on an initial 3-month contract. You must have experience investigating and responding to cyber incidents, co-ordinating incident response in a large organisation.
We have both a Senior and mid-level role available.
Main responsibilities:
1. As a senior security analyst with responsibility for incident response, you will:
2. Lead the investigation of security alerts to understand the nature and extent of possible cyber incidents
3. Lead the forensic analysis of systems, files, network traffic and cloud environment
4. Lead the technical response to cyber incidents by identifying and implementing (or coordinating the implementation of) containment, eradication and recovery actions
5. Support the wider coordination of cyber incidents
6. Review previous incidents to identify lessons and actions
7. Identify and deliver opportunities for continual improvement of the incident response capability
8. Work closely alongside other Cyber Defence functions, supporting the c...