Incident Response Analyst- Contract- Outside ir35

Incident Response Analyst- Contract- Outside ir35

Rate- £450 per day, outside IR35

Location- 2 days onsite (London), 3 days’ work from home

Duration- 12-month contract.

Incident Response Analyst

Practical experience in cyber incident response, security monitoring or a Security Operations Centre environment.

• Hands-on experience investigating security alerts and incidents using SIEM and EDR/XDR technologies.

• Experience analysing Windows and Linux host artefacts, authentication activity, security logs, network traffic and packet captures.

• Working knowledge of incident response lifecycle activities, including preparation, detection, analysis, containment, eradication, recovery and lessons learned.

• Experience producing incident records, investigation reports, management updates and post-incident findings.

• Understanding of attacker behaviours and frameworks, including MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain and NIST incident response guidance.

• Knowledge of enterprise networking, identity and access management, cloud services, email security, endpoint security, vulnerability management and data loss prevention.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities, exercise sound judgement under pressure and communicate clearly with technical and senior stakeholders.

• Awareness of evidence handling, forensic integrity, confidentiality and regulatory considerations relevant to cyber investigations.

• Experience with threat intelligence, malware analysis, scripting or automation using PowerShell, Python, KQL or similar languages.

• Relevant professional experience supported by a degree in cyber security, computer science or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

• One or more relevant certifications such as GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, GNFA, SC-200, CySA+, CISSP or equivalent are desirable.