Meritus are recruiting for a leading Defence company in Stevenage who are looking for multiple SOC analysts to develop their in house cyber security function.SOC ANALYST - 45 TO 85PH INSIDE IR35 - ONSITE IN STEVENAGE - SC TO DV CLEARANCE - 6 MONTHS WILL BE EXTENDEDOverview of department:An opportunity has arisen in the cyber security operations centre (SOC) within Information Management (IM) for a SOC Threat Detection Analyst. 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:To support the SOC Manager in assisting Information Management UK meet the challenges and demands of countering the Cyber Threat. Support for the operational functions of the UK SOC. To work with other UK SOC members, including the UK InfoSec Team and the IM Domains (Customer Support and Infrastructure / Information Systems).It 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.The SOC Analyst reports to the SOC Manager. The SOC Analyst conducts a range of analysis and assists the incident response team with investigations that need to