Security Operations Center Analyst

Há 6 dias


Portugal wBrain Tempo inteiro

🔐 Senior SOC Consultant – Cybersecurity Operations & Incident Response

📍 Europe-based | Remote

🛂 EU nationality required

🕒 Freelance / Project-based

At wBrain, we are supporting a highly secure European environment and are looking for a Senior SOC Consultant with strong hands-on expertise in Security Operations, Incident Response, and Digital Forensics.

This is a senior, operational role, combining technical execution, tooling optimisation, and mentoring, within a restricted and high-security IT context.

🎯 Role Mission

Strengthen and evolve Security Operations capabilities by improving threat detection, incident response readiness, and forensic investigation processes, while supporting SOC teams and driving continuous security improvement.

🧩 Key Responsibilities

- Enhance logging, monitoring, and detection capabilities to enable proactive threat identification;
- Configure, enforce, and optimise security policies and controls across on-premise and cloud environments;
- Maintain and coordinate Incident Response Plans and Digital Forensic Procedures aligned with recognised threat frameworks;
- Lead incident investigations, identify control gaps, and recommend technical and procedural improvements;
- Produce clear, structured management and risk reports with findings, impact, and remediation actions;
- Actively mentor and support SOC and Incident Response teams;
- Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders in a multicultural, international environment.

🧠 Mandatory Profile

- Master’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent;
- 15+ years of IT experience, including 10+ years in Cybersecurity;
- Proven experience working in international and highly secure environments;
- Fluent English (C1 or higher) — written and spoken;
- EU nationality required.

🛠 Technical & Operational Expertise

- Strong background in SOC Operations and Incident Response;
- Hands-on experience in restricted / high-security environments;
- Proven expertise with:
- SIEM (e.g. Splunk)
- EDR (e.g. Carbon or equivalent)
- SOAR platforms
- Vulnerability Management tools
- Network security controls:
- Firewalls, Proxies, WAF, IDS/IPS, VPNs
- Security monitoring and system health tools (on-prem & cloud).

🔎 Forensics & Compliance

- Enterprise-level Digital Forensics and artefact acquisition;
- Practical malware analysis experience;
- Strong familiarity with:
- ISO 27001
- NIST frameworks
- GDPR / EU Data Protection regulations

🌍 Engagement Model

- Work Model: Remote (Europe-based)
- Contract Type: Freelance / Consulting
- Environment: High-security / restricted IT context
- Daily Rate: Up to 250 €/day

🚀 Why wBrain?

- High-impact role in critical cybersecurity environments
- Hands-on senior position with real operational ownership
- Long-term, European-level engagement
- Opportunity to mentor teams and shape security operations maturity

📩 Interested?

Send your CV to andre.cabral@workerbrain.com with the subject:

“Senior SOC Consultant – Cybersecurity Operations”



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