Title: SOC Analyst (Threat Intelligence / Image Forensics)
Location: Hybrid - London, UK
Please note - Due to the nature of our work, we require our staff to pass a UK Security Clearance check. As such, any offer would also depend on your ability to adhere to the UK Security Clearance check criteria.
About iProov:
iProov is the world leader in face biometric verification. We establish trust in remote users and deliver effortless, customer centric, device independent authentication tied to trusted ID credentials. We are on a mission to make the Internet a safer place for businesses and consumers.
Our unique facial biometric technology allows banks, governments, healthcare and travel providers to verify customer identity online and provide simple access to secure services. In 2020 we were recognised as a Gartner Cool Vendor and as the 5th fastest growing technology company in the UK by Deloitte. We work with fantastic customers across a number of industry sectors - organisations using our technology include the US Department of Homeland Security, the UK Home Office, the NHS, Eurostar, the Australian government, the Singapore government, ING and many more.
Our flagship Genuine Presence Assurance technology solidified its global market leadership, with verifications growing at a consistent rate of 25% per month worldwide. This has been driven by demand from organizations needing to verify the identity of online users to prevent fraud. iProov’s patented technology assures the genuine presence of an online user to ensure they are the right person, a real person, and authenticating right now.
Diversity at iProov is about reflecting the customers we serve, holding the principles of equality and inclusion at the heart of everything we do and all that we stand for, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing together. We aim to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to our purpose.
iProov is looking for a biometric incident responder and threat analyst. This specialised role will combine data analytics and threat intelligence methods and will include daily monitoring coverage of internally raised alerts and active threat hunting of novel attack methodologies. We are looking for someone with experience in incident triage, an interest in biometrics and expanding their skill set.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor biometric imagery from production traffic to detect patterns of fraudulent behaviour.
- Escalate validated and confirmed imagery alerts to designated incident response team
- Fine-tune alerting rules to identify false positive and remove false negatives.
- Collect global threat intelligence and internal threats then take actions based on analysis and recommendation.
- Proactively research and conduct threat hunting for novel biometric attacks
- Develop and distribute information and alerts on required corrective actions to the organisation.
- Work closely with Red Team and Advanced Threats team to improve existing defence systems.
- Understand the structure and the meaning of logs from different bespoke log sources
- Produce threat reports on active trends and incident summaries
Qualifications & Skills:
- Attention to detail and demonstrated desire for self-improvement
- Independent/lateral thinker
- Good communicator / demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally
- Python
- SQL / BigQuery
- Incident Triage
- STEM background
- Bash / Linux command line
- Experience with data visualisation and dashboarding using specialised tools (e.g. Looker, Tableau) will be an advantage
Benefits:
● 25 days Annual Leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays
● 3200 Share Options allocated after passing probation (6 months of service)
● Vitality Health - a range of options available on this below
● Life Assurance
● SmartHealth - Access to private GP, Psychologist, Nutritionist along with tailored fitness plans for both you and your family
● Award winning L&D platform to continue your development with personal allocated training budgets
● Enhanced Maternity leave package
● Pension - 5% employee, 3% employer
● Flexible working – remote/office etc.
● Free Barista Coffee/Tea, biscuits and fruit in the office
● Free access to WeWork discounts and free online well-being sessions
The Vitality Programme includes a number of reward benefits that all employees have access to as part of the plan, for example:
● 50% off monthly gym memberships
● Apple watches significantly discounted based member vitality status
● Half price trainers with Runners Need
● Weekly rewards – Free coffee with Café Nero
● Monthly rewards – Free Cinema ticket
● Discounts on travel with Expedia (hotels) and Mr & Mrs Smith with discounts getting greater throughout the year based on a members vitality status
● Amazon prime free months based on activity
● Up to 25% cashback at Waitrose when buying healthy foods
● 75% off stays at Champneys Health Spas
● Allen Carr’s £299 no smoking programme for free
● Access to Vitality Healthy Mind with 30% off Headspace subscriptions and the ability to earn Vitality points for using Buddhify, Calm and Headspace
● Discounts on Weight Watchers
● 50%-80% off Comprehensive Private Health screenings