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Lead External Attack Analyst

Based in Preston/Frimley (Hybrid)
£60,000 - £70,000 per annum + 10% bonus
Must be eligible for SC Clearance

What you'll be doing:

Maintains the Global Attack Surface Management service to ensure perimeter assets are known and tested, and Shadow-IT assets are discovered and brought into governance
Assists with complex purple team operations by providing subject matter expertise on the available attack surface and known weaknesses
Ensures external attack surface assessments, highlights perimeter risks. Ensures resolution is being conducted in line with documented process
Identifying security weaknesses and misconfigurations ensuring they are raised with the appropriate resolver groups
Checking and protecting through monitoring, the global external attack surface and performing continual testing of security controls
Leading on policy implementation, high standards and best practices within Attack Surface Management and Active Defence
Is responsible for specific work areas and provides mentorship and expertise to others in the team
Supports the Active Defence Manager when required, particularly on forecasting future team operations
Is a subject matter expert (SME) on emerging threatsYour skills and experiences:
Essential:

Broad and detailed experience of technologies including but not limited to VPN appliances, Firewalls, Attack Surface Management, IDS/IPS, Endpoint Protection, Microsoft Operating Systems, Linux, TCP/IP, Networking, Cloud, CDN's, Web Server's, Open-Source tooling, and Vulnerability Management
A good technical background with a detailed knowledge of cyber security, computer networks and operating systems
Analytical background and is comfortable analysing and interpreting large and complex data sets and articulating the story behind any observations along with providing conclusions and recommendations
Detailed knowledge of the current threat landscape, the TTPs frequently employed in those attacks and how we can investigate and mitigate these
Is experienced in interpretation of threat intelligence and will work on complex issues with little need for supervision or support
Knowledge and demonstrable experience of the MITRE ATT&CK framework