Senior Cybersecurity Incident Response Analyst

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution located in Greater London is seeking a SOC analyst to join their 24/7 monitoring and incident response team. This role involves investigating alerts, conducting threat hunts, and participating in projects to enhance team capabilities. Ideal candidates will have a solid understanding of network fundamentals and the methodologies used by threat actors. They should be willing to work a shift pattern that includes weekends, and will have opportunities for personal development through training and conferences.

Benefits

Training and conferences

Opportunities for personal development

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of network fundamentals such as OSI Stack, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP(S), SMTP.
• Understanding threat actor methods for network attacks.
• Experience in log and PCAP analysis.
• Familiarity with Windows/Linux systems investigation methods.
• Foundational skills in file analysis and reporting.
• Basic understanding of Cloud architecture.
• Foundational knowledge in scripting is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Monitor alerts from SIEM and conduct investigations.
• Threat hunting and file analysis.
• Participate in projects to improve team capabilities.
• Conduct independent hunting investigations and rule logic creation.

Skills

Knowledge in network fundamentals

Understanding of threat actor approaches

Log analysis

Knowledge in Windows and/or Linux

File analysis understanding

Basic Cloud architecture knowledge

Foundational scripting knowledge

Ability to document findings

Collaboration with Cyber Security teams

Willingness to work shifts

Job description

As a member of the SOC team within the JPMorgan Chase & Co. SOC, you will fit into a global team providing 24/7 monitoring and Incident Response, acting as the frontline for attacks against the firms’ infrastructure. As a SOC analyst, your role will include monitoring alerts triggered from in-house bespoke signatures in a SIEM, start to finish case investigation, threat hunting, file analysis, as well as getting involved in projects that aim to improve the capability of the team. You’ll have opportunities to attend training and conferences that benefit the skillset of the team and your own. You’ll be encouraged to conduct your own hunting investigations and create rule logic to fill the gaps in monitoring that you identify or alert on upcoming threats you think may be targeted at the firm. The work you’ll do is vital, as it will protect over $18 trillion of assets under custody and $393 billion in deposits every day.

Strengths and Capabilities

• Good level of knowledge in network fundamentals, for example; OSI Stack, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP(S), SMTP
• Good level of understanding in the approach threat actors take to attacking a network; phishing, port scanning, web application attacks, DDoS, lateral movement
• Experience or demonstrable knowledge in log analysis and PCAP analysis
• Knowledge in Windows and/or Linux operating systems, how to investigate them for signs of compromise
• Foundational understanding of file analysis; extracting indicators, providing a report, implementing mitigations
• Basic understanding for Cloud architecture and how an attacker can utilize these platforms
• Foundational level of scripting knowledge is desirable
• Ability to demonstrate the right approach to investigating alerts and/or indicators and document your findings in a manner that both peer and executive level colleagues can understand
• Appreciation of the wider roles of interconnecting Cyber Security teams and collaboration with each of those (i.e. Forensics / Threat Intelligence / Penetration Testing / Vulnerability Management / “Purple Teaming” etc)
• Willing to work a shift pattern that includes weekend work every four weeks