Security Consultant

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

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Security Consultant for a 3-month contract to deploy a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution. The consultant will enhance threat detection through collaboration on SOC operations, configuring alert systems, and integrating SIEM alerts with tracking tools. This role requires expertise in security technologies and strong collaboration skills to ensure effective incident management.

Qualifications

• Expertise in SIEM deployment and incident response.
• Experience with security tools like CrowdStrike and AWS.
• Familiarity with Jira for tracking alerts.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to develop SOC playbooks for SIEM operations.
• Design and implement SOAR workflows for incident response.
• Configure correlation searches and alerting mechanisms.

Skills

Collaboration

Automating incident response

Configuring alert mechanisms

SIEM expertise

Dashboard building

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.