Security Operations Analyst

Title: Security Operations Analyst Type: Contract ASAP START - 31/03/2027 Day Rate: £537.49 (Umbrella Equivalent Rate) Location: Remote MUST HAVE SC - SECURITY CLEARANCE! Our client a seeking a Security Operations Analyst to join their security team on an IMPORTANT Project! Note: This role requires an approximately 1-week month on-call availability for high priority incident response. Please note there is additional compensation for this, and the frequency is client dependent. Responsibilities Detection engineering - Develop, maintain, and enhance security detection content primarily for the Splunk SIEM, to enable the detection of threats across diverse platforms (e.g. cloud, endpoints, and networks) Collaborate with the extended security team to identify gaps in detection coverage, log ingestion and alerting based on business risks and threats Review and improve existing SecOps standards and capabilities e.g. by highlighting requirements for additional logging, identifying incident or threat trends and detection and business-as-usual optimisation opportunities Perform security monitoring, reviewing and triaging triggered alerts, and suggesting improvements (on a rota basis 9AM to 5:30PM) Respond to and investigate identified cyber security incidents Act as a point of escalation for junior analysts, supporting them through mentorship and shadowing Operate as a technical subject matter expert on client engagements and be prepared to interact with, and present to, ..... full job details .....