Security Consultant

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

Job summary

A leading company in the cybersecurity field is seeking a Security Consultant for a 3-month remote contract. The role involves enhancing threat detection capabilities by deploying SIEM solutions, configuring workflows, and ensuring effective incident response. Ideal candidates will have strong expertise in SOC operations and experience with technologies like CrowdStrike, AWS, and Jira.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in SIEM solutions, preferably with CrowdStrike.
• Ability to collaborate with technical teams and clients.
• Understanding of SLAs and incident management.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to develop SOC playbooks for SIEM operations.
• Design SOAR workflows to automate incident response.
• Configure alerting mechanisms to minimize false positives.

Skills

Incident Response

SOC Operations

Automation

Dashboards

SIEM Deployment

Tools

CrowdStrike

Jira

AWS

Qualys

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.