Security Consultant

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

Job summary

A leading company in the cybersecurity sector is seeking a Security Consultant for a 3-month remote contract. The consultant will work on deploying a new SIEM solution, enhancing threat detection and response capabilities by collaborating with teams to develop SOC playbooks and implementing automated incident response workflows. This role requires experience with CrowdStrike, AWS, Jira, and expertise in SIEM technologies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with delivery teams to develop SOC playbooks.
• Design and implement SOAR workflows for incident response.
• Serve as SME for SIEM deployment.
• Build and customize dashboards for real-time reporting.

Skills

Collaboration

Automation

Incident Response

Threat Detection

Tools

CrowdStrike

AWS

Qualys

Jira

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.