SOC Analyst

Salary: £33,000 – 65,000 per year

Requirements

• Experience providing hands‑on 2nd line SOC operational support
• Experience investigating and managing escalated incidents from a 1st line SOC
• Experience validating the quality and effectiveness of Sentinel alerts and detections
• Experience supporting the onboarding of log sources and priority use cases into Microsoft Sentinel
• Knowledge of CAF, T3, and ECS Keystone requirements
• Ability to develop and use KQL queries for triage, investigation, and validation of security events
• Experience providing operational support and guidance to L1 SOC teams
• Ability to perform basic tuning of analytic rules to improve signal quality and reduce alert noise

Responsibilities

• Support the team with hands‑on 2nd line SOC operational support
• Investigate and manage escalated incidents from the 1st line SOC
• Validate and assure the quality and effectiveness of Sentinel alerts and detections
• Support onboarding of log sources and priority use cases into Microsoft Sentinel
• Develop and utilise KQL queries to enable effective triage, investigation, and validation of security events
• Provide operational support and guidance to L1 SOC, improving consistency in alert handling and escalation
• Contribute to clearing the operational backlog, including rule validation, clean‑up activity, and onboarding delivery
• Perform basic tuning of analytic rules to improve signal quality and reduce alert noise

Technologies

• Support
• Security

More

We are hiring a SOC Analyst for a hybrid role based in Havant or Reading. This is an inside IR35 contract with a day rate of up to £600 for 6 months. You will join our clients SOC team to help strengthen alert handling, improve detection quality, and support Microsoft Sentinel operations.

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