IT Security Operations Specialist/SOC Engineer - Worthing/WFH/Hybrid

£50,000 - £55,000 plus excellent benefits, bonus and career opportunities/Based Worthing, West Sussex with WFH opportunities, 1 or 2 days per week in the office

My client, a leading, technology strong, professional services company, are currently seeking a highly skilled IT Security Operations Specialist/SOC Engineer to join their team. This position plays a pivotal role in securing our IT infrastructure, safeguarding our critical systems, and working with external SOC teams to ensure the uninterrupted delivery of essential services.

• This role will perform Security Operational duties responsible for incident response and vulnerability management and other core capabilities.
• Responding immediately to security threats across their networks, using cutting edge technology to prevent, detect and analyse security incidents.
• This role will administer these capabilities by installing and maintaining infrastructure tools and related system software.
• You will be continuously improving application, system, and data security by proactively analysing, monitoring, and resolving related suspicious activity or behaviour and security incidents.

Major accountabilities of the IT Security Operations Specialist/SOC Engineer role:

• Service Request Handling: Address and fulfil service requests efficiently, minimizing disruptions to their essential services and adhering to SLAs, using ServiceNow.
• Incident Response: Collaborate with an external SOC team to respond to security incidents promptly, ensuring the resilience of our operational technology and IT systems.
• Monitoring and Analysis: Continuously monitor security alerts, logs, and reports, conducting in-depth analysis to identify anomalies, threats, and potential vulnerabilities that could impact IT operations.
• Documentation: Maintain detailed records of incident reports, investigations, and resolutions, adhering to specific compliance and reporting requirements in utilities and operational technology sectors.
• Vulnerability Management: Utilise Qualys and Tenable to identify, assess, and remediate vulnerabilities specific to our IT infrastructure and operational technology systems, ensuring their integrity and availability.
• Security Tool Management: Manage and maintain security tools and systems, ensuring they are up to date and configured correctly.

Responsibilities for the IT Security Operations Specialist/SOC Engineer position:

• Vulnerability Management: Utilise Qualys and Tenable to identify, assess, and remediate vulnerabilities specific to our IT infrastructure and operational technology systems, ensuring their integrity and availability.
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM): Employ Sentinel and Log Rhythm to monitor and analyse security events, ensuring timely detection and response to threats within our critical environments.
• Endpoint Security: Manage and monitor security with Defender and Trend Apex One to safeguard endpoint devices, maintaining the security of our IT infrastructure.
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP): Implement Forcepoint Proxy, Varonis, and Microsoft E5 compliance tools to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance with security policies and regulations.
• Incident Response: Collaborate with an external SOC team to respond to security incidents and service requests promptly, ensuring the resilience of our operational technology and IT systems.
• Internet Filtering: Maintain and monitor the Forcepoint Proxy Internet filtering system to ensure safe and secure Internet access.
• Service Request Handling: Address and fulfil service requests efficiently, minimizing disruptions to our essential services and adhering to SLAs, using ServiceNow.
• Monitoring and Analysis: Continuously monitor security alerts, logs, and reports, conducting in-depth analysis to identify anomalies, threats, and potential vulnerabilities that could impact IT operations.
• Threat Detection: Recognize and evaluate emerging threats and vulnerabilities, providing recommendations for mitigation, securing our critical systems and data.
• Documentation: Maintain detailed records of incident reports, investigations, and resolutions, adhering to specific compliance and reporting requirements in utilities and operational technology sectors.
• Security Tool Management: Manage and maintain security tools and systems, ensuring they are up to date and configured correctly.
• Emergency Response: Be prepared to respond to security incidents and emergencies on a 24/7 basis, participating in on-call rotations for out of core hours.
• Utilities and Operational Technology Expertise: Utilize your experience to understand and mitigate sector-specific threats and vulnerabilities within our utilities and operational technology environments.

IT Security Operations Engineer/Specialist - Worthing/WFH/Hybrid

£50,000 - £55,000 plus excellent benefits, bonus and career opportunities/Based Worthing, West Sussex with WFH opportunities, 1 or 2 days per week in the office