Security Consultant

JR United Kingdom; Chelmsford; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

JR United Kingdom is seeking a remote Security Consultant for a 3-month contract. The role involves replacing existing security infrastructure, implementing a new SIEM solution, and enhancing incident response through automation and optimized alert mechanisms. Candidates should possess strong expertise in SOC operations and SIEM deployments, with tasks ranging from designing workflows to real-time reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Subject Matter Expert for SIEM.
• Proven skills in automating incident response processes.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on SOC playbooks for SIEM and SOC operations.
• Design SOAR workflows for automated incident response.
• Configure and optimize SIEM correlation searches.

Skills

SOC playbooks

SOAR workflows

incident response

correlation searches

data ingestion

alert severity levels

real-time reporting

Job description

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I am currently supporting a business engaged in the setup and deployment of a new Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution. The scope of work includes replacing the existing Trend Micro infrastructure and rolling out CrowdStrike across all server environments to enhance threat detection and response capabilities.

Job Title: Security Consultant

Job Type: 3 month Contract

Location: Remote

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with delivery teams and the client to develop SOC playbooks supporting both SIEM and SOC operations.
• Design and implement SOAR workflows to automate incident response processes.
• Configure correlation searches and alerting mechanisms, optimising rules to minimise false positives.
• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for SIEM deployment, supporting data ingestion from sources such as AWS and Qualys.
• Assist in the integration of SIEM alerts with Jira, enabling streamlined alert tracking and incident management.
• Define and configure alert severity levels within SIEM, SOAR, and Jira to align with established Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Build and customise dashboards to support real-time reporting and incident response activities.