Data Security Investigations Analyst

Job Title: Data Security Investigations Analyst

Location: London E14 5HU, UK

Presence: Hybrid (1 day/week at office)

Type: Contract

Duration: 6 Months

Job Description:

Experience Required:

• While this is considered an introductory role, we do need a year of experience in a security analyst role of some sort.
• Our client is willing to be flexible on the specific nature of the analyst experience (i.e., it could be Incident Response, L1 Triage, GRC, or some other security analyst role).
• The important part is that the ideal candidate should have at least a year of experience conducting investigations and producing high-quality reporting about investigation findings.

Job Role:

• Part of a team handling cases that arise around data security/data protection with our client.
• Work with various departments to collate and confirm events that occurred through evidence gathering.
• Collecting, processing, analysing, and disseminating data security assessments.
• Perform timeline analysis on logs from various sources.
• Identify anomalous network activity.
• Identify vulnerabilities.
• Prepare reports to present to legal/data privacy teams.

Required:

• General knowledge of Cyber Security.
• Skill in analysing information from multiple sources.
• Skill in performing data analysis.
• Skill in performing log file analysis.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Awareness of controls and frameworks best practices.
• Insight into threat detection and incident response.
• Basic knowledge of network architecture.
• Understanding of networks, systems, and software.

Preferred:

• One of (No order of preference):
  • CompTIA Security+
  • CompTIA CySA+
  • ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)
  • GIAC Security Essentials