Cyber Security Operations, Threat Hunter

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Why we're hiring:

The Cyber Security Threat Hunter will work alongside the Cyber Threat Intelligence team and others within Security Operations. They will maintain a clear understanding of the threat landscape, including detailed knowledge of threat actor groups. They will manage the complete cyber threat hunting lifecycle and ensure that this is appropriately integrated into relevant processes and tools as applicable.

They will perform activities and analysis across the estate with a view to understanding the motivations, tactics, techniques and procedures used by threat actors towards the organisation and produce accurate documentation on findings to prioritise remediation activity. 

The Threat Hunter role is responsible for driving both proactive and reactive cyber Threat Hunts within the network perimeter, and also performing external hunts to create hypotheses about potential threats and where cyber attacks are likely to hit. 

What you'll be doing:

• Searching for Cyber threats and risks inside the network, sharing findings with the wider SOC team to ensure containment and helping to prepare future defensive strategies.
• Searching for ongoing malicious events and activities within the network, with a goal of detecting an in-progress cyber attack.
• Providing analysis to feed into the overall security posture, assisting with supporting activities to further increase defenses, harden potential attack surfaces and implement better protection mechanisms.
• Assisting in supporting breach investigations, providing the wider Operational Security team with key information to quickly respond to threats. 

What you'll need:

Qualification Requirements

• Certifications in security (i.e. GCFA, GCFE, GCIH) desirable but not essential.
• Degree or equivalent in relevant security field desirable but not essential.
• 3+ Years of Cyber Security Operations experience.

Skills / Experience Requirements

• Experience with Threat Hunting techniques on both endpoints and network data.
• Strong understanding of common attack vectors and offensive tools and tactics.
• Must be able to analyse intelligence from internal data as well as publicly available sources.
• Understanding of data analytics tools and techniques.
• Understanding of common malware types, their behaviours and common infection vectors.
• Ability to identify attacker TTPs (Tactics, Techniques and Procedures).
• Ability to identify signs of malicious activity from memory dumps, logs and packet captures.
• Ability to document findings into reports that can be understood across all levels of the organisation.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.

Who you are:

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are accepting: of new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We promote a culture of people that do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

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