Principal SOC Analyst

This position is a critical role within the organization, serving as the technical lead for our SOC and primary point of contact for potential security incident escalation during significant incidents or crisis situations. This involves close collaboration with our Senior Management and Senior Analysts.

The role also includes providing guidance and mentorship to junior staff members, fostering their growth and development within the organization. As an escalation point for Senior Analysts, this role requires a high level of technical skill, commitment and availability.

A key part of the role is contributing to the continuous business development opportunities within Global Management Solutions (GMS). This involves staying abreast of emerging threats and vulnerabilities in the cybersecurity landscape and ensuring that all analysts within the Security Operations Centre are adequately trained to handle these threats.

The role requires a deep technical understanding of various security systems, including IDS/IPS, Full Packet Capture devices, Firewall, DDoS detection and mitigation, availability and SIEM platforms. This is crucial for identifying potential threats, vulnerabilities, and indicators of compromise.

An important aspect of the role is serving as a technical escalation point for incidents. This includes functioning as an incident handler during high-priority incidents and providing incident remediation and prevention documentation and recommendations to customers.

You will be the technical lead in the SOC, and responsible for our Continuous Improvement processes, procedures and documentation. The role also involves developing new processes related to security monitoring procedures and delivering customer service that consistently exceeds customer expectations, in close collaboration with our Product Management team. 

Finally, the role serves as an escalation point for all members of the Cyber Monitoring team, offering assistance and mentorship as necessary.

 

Key accountabilities for this role are as follows:

Behaviors: 

Working Hours: The working hours are 0900-1730hrs Mon-Fri, and you would be expected to be working and contactable throughout those times. You will be asked to be part of our on call roster, which requires 24/7 availability once every 6 weeks. 

Professionalism: Conduct yourself with professionalism, integrity, and ethical behaviour in all interactions and situations.

Proactive: Demonstrate a proactive approach to process improvement and process creation, ensuring conformity to the standards of the MXDR SOC.

Collaboration: Work well within a team environment, communicating effectively with colleagues from different departments and sharing insights to improve security posture.

Adaptability: Embrace changes in technology and processes, adapting to new challenges and learning quickly in a dynamic security landscape.

We are Fox-IT, also known as Fox. We stand for 'A More Secure Society.' Together, we are committed to making society safer through our technical and innovative solutions. From ethical hackers and incident responders to developers, security consultants, and more: we do this for organizations where cybersecurity is of great importance.  

We are critical thinkers, naturally security-minded, and love continuous development. We are part of the NCC Group, and together with 2,000 colleagues around the world, we work towards our mission of creating a safer world.  

We have the mission to make our society safer. Our colleagues are the ones who make this possible; a global team of talented individuals working together towards a safer future.  

We want to create an environment where everyone can reach their full potential. We work together, are immensely creative, embrace differences, and want you to be part of our mission.  

Our Offer

You will work in a place at the top of cybersecurity where your ideas are valued. You may not always be able to share all the details about your work, but you can tell that you are contributing to a safer society. Additionally, we offer you:  

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Do you recognize yourself in the above description and see the match? Let us know how you envision this! You can apply via the button below. You will then be directed to our ATS Workday, allowing us to process your application quickly.  

A comprehensive screening is part of the onboarding process at Fox-IT.  

Help from recruitment agencies, however well-intentioned, is (really) not needed.  

Please note: we are currently unable to sponsor visas for this position.