Cyber Security Analyst - Milton Keynes/East Kilbride

The Client: A government department client is looking for a Senior Cyber Security Analyst to join them on a 12 month contract. This position will be in East Kilbride or Milton Keynes/hybrid.
Job Summary: Responsible for operational security and assisting with the design, implementation and development security controls and systems. Ensure that incidents are detected, prioritised, investigated, contained, remediated and that operational security controls are measured and constantly improved. Continually evaluate, review and advise on current developments in all areas of cyber security and cyber threats; Apply appropriate security controls to all hardware and software assets. Proactively monitor networks and systems for evidence of potential threats. Lead response activities to minimise the impact of cyber incidents, including technical investigation into the root cause and extent of any damage. Deliver awareness training on cyber security standards, policies and best practices. Ensure remediation work identified by IT Health Checks and Audits is undertaken. Provide constant review and improvement of cyber security policies, best practice and implementation. Typical skills: Proven ability to identify, investigate and remediate complex cyber security issues; Firewall and network security; Experience working with one or more cloud environment; An understanding of key attacker techniques and capabilities models; and the various Cyber Kill Chain frameworks; ; Experience in securing cloud platform; Encryption; Knowledge in threat modelling and ethical hacking; Extensive experience working with SIEM solutions; Basic experience in some scripting languages

• Networking, SOC, Infrastructure background is good.
• Security Analyst apply due diligence to triaging issues, up to date with modern threats.
• Splunk, M365, Cloud, MS Defender.
• Ability to run a problem shows experience/ seniority.
• Lead on complex/ advanced pieces of work.