MBDA is a leading defence organisation that is proud to support our Armed Forces in protecting our nations. We collaborate with governments to achieve a shared goal of defending our freedom.

Salary: Circa £65k depending on experience

What We Can Offer You

Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
Pension of maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
Annual salary review
25 days annual leave (plus holiday purchase)
Fantastic site facilities, including subsidised meals, free car parking
Excellent career progression and development opportunities
Flexible working arrangements
We may be able to offer a relocation package for this role

Hybrid working pattern: Where possible, we will seek to accommodate a blended approach to on-site and remote working such as 38hr working week with 40% onsite and 60% remote Dynamic Working.

The Opportunity

An opportunity has arisen in an evolving and expanding security operations centre within Information Management for a Senior SOC Analyst focussing on Operational Technology (OT) and industrial.

You will be supporting the Head of Cyber Security Services in assisting our IT team to meet the challenges and demands of countering the Cyber Threat to the manufacturing and industrial functions of MBDA UK. You will drive a proactive ethos in a constantly evolving cyber security environment and provide robust threat detection and analysis to senior partners, including gap analysis of cyber security tools, supporting secure business growth and providing SME on cyber security recommendations for new and evolving technology.

This role will have small first line management responsibilities of cyber security resources and work alongside two existing Senior SOC analysts. SC will be required to start this role with ability to achieve DV once on boarded.

What We're Looking For From You

A career background in Cyber Security focussing on OT, IoT environments within manufacturing or defence industries with experience with SCADA and ICS.
Robust security awareness and experience in all areas of IT, primarily Network Security Infrastructure within OT environments and the secondary area being Operating Systems & Applications.
Knowledge of IT Security standard methodologies.
Demonstrable understanding of the OSI Reference Model and the network communication protocols, including but not limited to DNS, HTTP/S, SSL, SMTP, FTP/S, LDAP/S.
Demonstrable experience with Security Information Event Monitoring Tools and/or Network Packet Capture tools.
Strong analytical experience and mind-set.
Experience within Defensive Cyber-attack methodologies and frameworks.
Experience conducting internal threat hunting
Experience generating advanced queries for watch lists and alerting between Cyber Security Tools.
Understanding of Malware capabilities, attack vectors, propagation and impact.

What's in it for you?

This role offers opportunities to develop new skills through SANs training and gain accreditation with network security tools. There will be the opportunity of regular UK and European travel to collaborate closely with European counterparts.

If you feel you have most but not all of the experience listed, there is a development path available in the MBDA SOC and we would like to hear from you.

Join a great team!

We are a growing, diverse and friendly team supporting each other to provide strong analytical solutions to counter cyber threats.

Our Business

We value new perspectives, collaboration, and diversity. We are committed to growing and supporting diversity in our workforce and ensuring everyone has an equal opportunity to reach their potential.

We encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), Twitter (@MBDAcareers), Instagram (lifeatMBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information.

Please Note: MBDA UK Limited requires all employees to achieve the required medical and national security clearance for their role. Further restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may also apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

Due to the nature of our business, this particular vacancy requires the applicant as a minimum to be a British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship and capable of achieving the clearance levels mentioned above.

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