Senior Security Operations Centre Analyst

Job Title:          Senior Security Operations Centre Analyst
Location:          Portsmouth, Lakeside + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Role Type:        Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:            SF59749

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Security Operations Centre Analyst.

The role
As a Senior Security Operations Centre Analyst, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Identify, notify and respond to security threats, carry out forensic analysis and work with various resolver groups within the SOC to ensure the timely mitigation of security incidents.

Day-to-day, you’ll analyse and investigate security events from various sources.

• Support security incidents through all phases of the incident response process
• Provide system security advice to system management, system staff and users
• Update tickets, write incident reports and document actions for false positive reduction
• Post incident reviews for ‘lessons learned’. This includes updating tools, processes and plans for incident response and increasing the effectiveness of detection systems as well working with other resolver groups to ensure similar attacks won’t succeed in the future

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with the requirement to travel onsite.  

Essential experience of the Senior Security Operations Centre Analyst:

• Experience with methods for ethical security hacking and penetration testing
• Familiar with the tools and techniques used by ethical hackers including vulnerability scanners and network mapping tools 
• Knowledge and experience of Computer Forensics
• Experience with security testing tools, development of threat assessments and security testing methodologies would be advantageous

Qualifications for the Senior Security Operations Centre Analyst

• We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

• The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
• Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International 
For over a century Babcock  has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 03/10/2024