Day Rate: Excellent Day Rate (Disclosed on Application)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Contract Length: 6 months (initial)
Hybrid Model: 3 days per week in Central London, 2 days remote
Sector: Financial Services
About the Client and the Role:
My client, a prestigious and globally renowned name in financial services is seeking a Cyber Threat Specialist to apply their skills within the organisations Threat Detection & Response Team.
The role will focus on ensuring defensive security (SOC, DFIR, Threat Hunting, Detection Engineering) of the clients systems, and will involve Red/Blue Team testing – with the aim to recognise, analyse and fix gaps within the clients security.
Main Responsibilities:
Participate in defensive security operations (threat hunting, incident handling, investigation and forensics, detection engineering)
Red/Blue Team testing, identify gaps/weaknesses in monitoring capabilities and recommend/implement changes
Support threat hunting based on the defined threat model and specific attack scenarios
Perform analysis of existing data to discover patterns, and build use cases to detect malicious activity
Candidate Requirements:
Strong professional background in Financial Services/Banking/Trading
Significant understanding and strong relevant experience in IT security (ideally within financial environments)
Excellent knowledge of penetration testing toolsets eg Kali, Cobalt Strike, Metasploit, Bloodhound, Mimikatz, Burp Suite, Nessus, etc.
Relevant qualifications or certifications
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