Level 3 SOC Analyst

🚨 Hiring: Level 3 SOC Analyst 📍 Belfast, Northern Ireland (Hybrid - 2 days onsite) 🔐 SC-200 Certification Required 🇬🇧 Must be eligible for UK SC Clearance We're looking for an experienced Level 3 SOC Analyst / Senior Cyber Security Operations Analyst to join a growing Cyber Security Operations team supporting critical client environments. This is an excellent opportunity for a security professional with strong experience in incident response, threat hunting, threat intelligence, and SIEM technologies to play a key role in protecting complex enterprise environments. Key Responsibilities ✅ Investigate and manage security incidents escalated from Tier 1 & Tier 2 analysts ✅ Conduct business impact assessments and recommend appropriate response actions ✅ Perform advanced threat analysis, threat hunting, and incident investigations ✅ Analyse and enrich threat intelligence from multiple sources ✅ Support major incident response activities including containment and remediation ✅ Develop and improve SIEM use cases, detection rules, monitoring content, and SOC processes ✅ Mentor junior analysts and provide technical guidance across the SOC function ✅ Assist with onboarding new log sources and developing detection capabilities ✅ Produce stakeholder reports and provide security recommendations Technical Environment You'll work with technologies including:

• Microsoft Sentinel
• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE)
• Microsoft Defender for Identity (MDI)
• Defender for Cloud
• IBM QRadar
• LogRhythm
• KQL
• Logic Apps
• SOAR Technologies Essential Requirements ✔ Level 3 SOC Analyst or Senior Security Operations experience ✔ SC-200 Certification (Mandatory) ✔ Experience with Microsoft Sentinel ✔ Threat Hunting and Threat Intelligence experience ✔ Incident Response and Security Monitoring experience ✔ SIEM onboarding, tuning, configuration, and reporting ✔ Strong understanding of networking and operating systems ✔ Experience with Windows and/or Linux administration ✔ Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders ✔ Eligible for UK SC Clearance Desirable Skills ⭐ QRadar experience ⭐ Defender Suite expertise ⭐ Security+, Network+, CySA+, CISSP or CISMP ⭐ MSSP experience ⭐ KQL, Workbook, Playbook and Detection Rule development ⭐ Sentinel Lighthouse and multi-tenant environments ⭐ DevOps and SOC automation experience 📩 If you're interested, or know someone who may be a good fit, please send me a direct message or apply today.