SOC Analyst (Contract)

InfoSec People Ltd; Southampton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

InfoSec People Ltd is supporting a leading organisation in a highly regulated environment to strengthen its Cyber Defence capability. We are seeking an experienced Senior SOC Analyst to monitor, investigate and respond to security incidents across a complex enterprise estate with Microsoft security technologies.

You will work with cyber defence teams to improve detection, hunt threats, and tune rules using KQL, contributing to advanced threat detection and incident response in a regulated

Qualifications

• 4+ years in a SOC environment.
• Hands-on Microsoft Sentinel experience.
• Advanced KQL skills.
• Proven incident response experience.
• Experience analysing malicious emails and threats.
• Knowledge of modern cyber attack techniques.
• Experience in regulated environments and CNI.
• SC clearance.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and investigate security alerts using Microsoft Sentinel.
• Analyse and respond to security incidents.
• Conduct investigations into phishing and malicious email campaigns.
• Perform threat hunting activities.
• Develop and optimise detection rules using KQL.
• Enhance SIEM content and analytics.
• Assist with forensic investigations across network and endpoint environments.

Skills

SOC operations

Incident response

Threat hunting

Phishing analysis

Security analytics

Cybersecurity

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

KQL

Job description

We're supporting a leading organisation operating within a highly regulated environment as they continue to strengthen their Cyber Defence capability.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced SOC professional to join a well-established security team working with modern Microsoft security technologies and responding to sophisticated cyber threats.

The Opportunity

As a Senior SOC Analyst, you'll play a key role in monitoring, investigating and responding to security incidents across a complex enterprise estate.

You'll work closely with cyber defence teams to identify threats, improve detection capabilities and strengthen the organisation's overall security posture.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and investigate security alerts using Microsoft Sentinel
• Analyse and respond to security incidents
• Conduct investigations into phishing and malicious email campaigns
• Perform threat hunting activities
• Develop and optimise detection rules using KQL
• Enhance SIEM content and analytics
• Assist with forensic investigations across network and endpoint environments
• 4+ years within a SOC environment
• Strong hands-on Microsoft Sentinel experience
• Advanced KQL skills
• Proven incident response experience
• Experience analysing malicious emails and security threats
• Strong understanding of modern cyber attack techniques
• Critical National Infrastructure (CNI)
• SC clearance
• Regulated environments
• Security analytics tuning

What's On Offer

• Modern Microsoft security stack
• Opportunity to work on complex threat detection and response initiatives