Incident Response (CSIRT)/SOC Level 3 Analyst

Incident Response (CSIRT)/SOC Level 3 Analyst - Outside IR35 Location: Crawley (2-3 days onsite) Contract: 6 months Outside IR35 We are looking for an experienced Incident Response (CSIRT)/SOC Level 3 Analyst to join a high-performing cyber security operations team on an initial 6-month contract. This is an excellent opportunity for a senior cyber security professional with strong incident response, threat hunting, and SOC expertise to play a critical role in protecting enterprise IT and operational environments from advanced cyber threats. You will work closely with cyber security operations teams, technical service providers, and senior stakeholders to detect, investigate, contain, and remediate cyber security incidents while continuously improving security operations capabilities. Key Responsibilities: Lead the investigation and response to high-severity cyber security incidents and escalated alerts Drive containment, eradication, and recovery activities to minimise business impact Perform advanced threat hunting using threat intelligence, IOCs, and behavioural analysis Analyse complex security events across endpoints, networks, cloud, applications, and infrastructure Improve and develop incident response playbooks, SOC procedures, and technical standards Support SIEM use case development, log onboarding, and detection engineering initiatives Work with internal teams and external MSSP providers to improve monitoring and detection coverage Support and enhance SOAR ..... full job details .....