Junior SOC Analyst/Freelance/Belgium

Twenty 4 Seven Solutions and I are proud to be working alongside one of the largest IT solution providers in the Benelux regions in the search for a Junior SOC Analyst. This is a great opportunity for junior freelancers to excel their knowledge and skills within the industry whilst working on some top-end missions with some very prestigious clientele.

Below is all the relevant information needed to know in order to apply for the position..

ROLE RESPONSIBILITY

The role involves being part of a 24x7 SOC team (normal business hours + oncall), with responsibility for monitoring the client infrastructure for security incidents, assisting with vulnerability scanning, threat intelligence, security incident response, and proactively helping clients with their security life cycle.

The Junior SOC Analyst will report the SOC Manager day to day. The SOC will be moving to a 24x7 operational model in August 2018, and from that point onwards the candidate will be required to work a shift pattern that covers unsociable hours.

The candidate will be responsible to proactively monitor our client's networks for malicious activity through our SIEM (LogRhythm). This will include responding to and investigating alerts, assisting with developing new security monitoring use cases for correlation, and ensuring all investigative activity is properly documented and followed up with the relevant support teams.

The candidate will triage issues escalated to the clients, and ensure that appropriate follow-up actions are taken by the SOC, assist other SOC Analysts in developing and maintaining SOC documentation and processes, as well as assist other SOC Analysts in running vulnerability scans against client infrastructure, interpreting these and following up issues with the relevant support teams.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

- Highly motivated individual with a genuine enthusiasm for information security and technology;
- Willingness to work shifts (including unsociable hours and bank holidays where these fall into the shift pattern) as part of a 24x7 team.
- Sound understanding of information security principles and best practices;
- Good communication skills both written and verbal;
- Ability to prioritise workloads and to know when to seek guidance.

ESSENTIAL

- Good infrastructure and technology experience including demonstrable understanding of security operations;
- Good knowledge of security issues inherent in common corporate environments;
- Experience working with 1st line ticketing/triage
- Experience using at least one SIEM tool, ideally LogRhythm;
- Proven technical ability in using Microsoft Windows;
- Proven technical ability in using Unix/Linux;
- Proven technical ability in maintaining at least one of many network security devices (ie F5 ASM, Checkpoint Firewalls, or similar);
- Experience with VMware virtualisation;

DESIRABLE

- Experience with EnCase forensic technologies;
- Experience using LogRhythm SIEM;
- Experience using vulnerability scanning tools, ideally Qualys;
- Experience identifying and reporting on various threat intelligence sources;
- Experience in system forensics;
- Experience in malware analysis.

QUALIFICATIONS

- Relevant Degree in Information Security or related IT disciplines (not essential)
- SANS Certifications desired, GCIH preferred

Other relevant certifications such as CEH, OSCP are an advantage

IMPORTANT MISSION INFORMATION/REQUIREMENTS:

LANGUAGES: English (mandatory), French and Dutch (preferred)

MISSION LENGTH: 6-12 Months

JOB TYPE: Contract/Freelance

LOCATION: Belgium

DAY RATE: 350.00 to 500.00

MISSION START DATE: ASAP

ALL APPLICANTS MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO WORK WITHIN EUROPE WITHOUT REQUIRING SPONSORSHIP DUE TO OUR CLIENTS REQUEST.