Security Consultant (SOC)

Frontier Resourcing; Almondsbury; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a SOC Consultant to enhance client security solutions. Responsibilities include advising SOC teams, implementing threat intelligence, and engaging in business development. Ideal candidates will have strong interpersonal skills and relevant cybersecurity certifications. This role requires SC clearance and operates outside of IR35.

Qualifications

• Experience in operating SIEM tools and vulnerability management software.
• Security Blue Team 1 or higher is desirable.
• Experience in business growth and bid development is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Providing advice to existing SOC team and working collaboratively.
• Setting goals for cyber exercising and implementing a plan.
• Implementing a comprehensive threat intelligence capability.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Experience in SIEM tools

Vulnerability management

Threat intelligence

Education

Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)

Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)

Full Membership of the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec)

Job description

SOC Consultant – outside IR35 – 12 month +

The Role:

We are seeking an exceptionally capable Security Consultant to join the company as a SOC Consultant within the Security Practice. Our consultants are engaged across Security Engineering and Assurance tasks, working on parallel projects and workstreams, and take the lead on day-to-day client interface. You will also be comfortable enhancing customer relationships with new opportunities and assisting with bids and presales where necessary.

The ideal candidate will be both experienced and invested in ensuring that our clients' solutions are Secure by Design. To enable this, strong inter-personal skills are essential, e.g. ability to lead workshops, engage with business leaders, and interact with diverse project teams and stakeholders.

Your experience will include:

• Providing advice and guidance to existing SOC team on areas of improvement and include experience of working collaboratively with them to help increase overall maturity.
• Setting proportionate goals and strategy for cyber exercising and implementing a plan to achieve this.
• The implementation of a comprehensive threat intelligence capability.
• Alignment of defensive cyber processes which have provided a measurable improvement for detect and respond functions.
• Using a suitable maturity model to the development of the SOC, and the subsequent implementation of an agreed standard to improve this maturity where appropriate.
• Coaching, training, and exercising of SOC staff based on industry best practice.
• Experience in business growth and bid development is desirable.

What We’re Looking for:

Essential

• Experience in operating SIEM tools and vulnerability management software and being able to interpret and prioritise alerts, incidents and threat intelligence.

Desirable

• Security Blue Team 1 or higher
• CompTIA Cyber Security Analyst
• SC-200 Microsoft Security Operations Analyst
• Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), or another industry recognised cyber security certification.
• Full Membership of the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec) - highly desirable.
• Chartered or Principal status via the UK Cyber Security Council in a relevant specialisation.
• IEng or CEng registered with UK Engineering body.
• Chartership through the British Computer Society.

SC clearance will be required for this role. Outside IR35