Security Consultant

JR United Kingdom; West Midlands Combined Authority; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in cybersecurity is looking for a Security Consultant to assist in the deployment of a new SIEM solution. You will work remotely to enhance threat detection capabilities and ensure effective incident response through automation and collaboration with delivery teams. This 3-month contract requires expertise in SIEM deployment, Jira integration, and building real-time reporting dashboards.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Security Consultant with SIEM solutions.
• Ability to design SOAR workflows and optimize alert rules.
• Strong understanding of AWS and Qualys for data ingestion.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to develop SOC playbooks for SIEM operations.
• Automate incident response through SOAR workflows.
• Configure alerts and optimize for false positives.

Skills

Threat detection

Incident response

Automation

Configuration management

SIEM implementation

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.