Cyber Defence Operations Senior Analyst

Our client, a multinational semiconductor and software design company, seeks a Cyber Defence Operation Senior Analyst for a 6-month contract, initially to start ASAP, based in Cambridge (Hybrid, 2 days/week) Inside IR35.

Job Overview:
Responsible for leading day to day detailed operations, as well as triage, investigation, and response to security incidents/vulnerabilities in line with defined response plans and SLA's.

Responsibilities
Deep technical knowledge that spans security and IT domains to enable a comprehensive response to common incident/vulnerability types.
Deliver end-to-end management of incidents/vulnerabilities in an efficient, well-organised manner, communicating and collaborating with stakeholders.
Responsible for maintaining SLAs on their own tickets as well as others when leading operations.
Record new risks and vulnerabilities identified during incident/vulnerability response, as well as suggesting treatment plans.
Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders, partners and vendors.
Responsible for coordination of the queue, ensuring incidents/vulnerabilities are dealt with in a priority order and addressing/escalating where there are delays or blockers.
Lead investigation of all common incident/vulnerability types without supervision and exhibits high quality communications.
Involvement in higher priority incidents/vulnerabilities with occasional supervision.
Holds an advanced level of skill across all incident/vulnerability response & investigation tooling and considered an SME in required knowledge to support CDO investigations.
Creation of Management Information reports on threat trend analysis.
Feed recommendations into strategic plans for the development of CDO and its processes, playbooks and tooling.

Required Skills and Experience
Experience working in a security role focused on incident/vulnerability response.
Able to independently solve straightforward incidents/vulnerabilities by investigating fully and provides recommendations for more complex incidents/vulnerabilities.
Experience in leading incident/vulnerability response tasks.
Clear communication skills are required to lead security incidents/vulnerabilities effectively.
Ability to produce written and numeric materials to a high standard, with superb attention to detail and accuracy.
Agile, motivated self-starter and can prioritise quickly and effectively and comfortable working with little supervision but integrate well into teams where required.
Developing foundational negotiation and influencing skills.
Upholds the highest standards set out within the CDO engagement charter, ensuring the exceptional reputation of CDO is maintained.
Demonstrates good understanding of other Enterprise Security domains.

Desirable;
BSc or higher in relevant security subject or applicable professional qualifications eg CISSP, GCIH, GIAC, GCFE, GREM SANS Certifications.
Working knowledge of ITIL processes is desirable.
Awareness of project management techniques is beneficial

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