Location: Stevenage (onsite / shift patterns)Duration: 6 month initial contractRate: 45ph UMB to 66ph UMB (Inside IR35) Due to the nature of the role, candidates must be eligible for UK Eyes Only Security Clearance. Role details: Our client, a leading defence company, are looking for a SOC Analyst to join their team in Stevenage. The successful applicant will drive a proactive ethos in an ever-changing cyber security environment and provide robust threat detection and analysis within the 24x7 SOC. Responsibilities:This role will cover analysis, monitoring, reporting, alerting and investigation activity utilising a wide variety of security platforms including AI/ML and behavioural analytics, SIEM (Security Information Event Management), Network Packet Capture platform, Anti Malicious Code, Threat Detection technologies and platforms across the UK Network Perimeter working with the best standard technologies.Effective Tier 1 to 2 alert triage of security eventsMonitoring of Cyber Security toolsMonitoring the SOC email notification mailboxesAssists with the maintenance of MBDA Security technologiesAssisting the SOC Solutions Lead with project activityAssist proactive threat hunting in collaboration with the CTI functionAssist IR in HR and InfoSec related investigationsEnsure the timely triage and remediation of any incident or request tickets raised to the SOCParticipate in the activity of adding/removing URLs from the AcceptList and BlockListAttend routine security meetingsCo