Cyber Security Analyst – up to 70,000 + Bonus + Benefits

Overview

In this role you will strengthen cyber resilience within a global organisation by actively monitoring, detecting and responding to security events. You will work in Security Operations to improve monitoring capabilities and incident response across enterprise systems. You collaborate with IT and business stakeholders in a fast-paced environment to translate threat insights into concrete defenses. The position offers hands-on work with SIEM, threat hunting and assurance activities, with a clear impact on security posture.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, investigate and resolve security alerts across SIEM and ticketing systems, guiding incidents to resolution
• Participate in an on-call rota to support live security incidents
• Manage incident queues and approvals within IT service management tools
• Serve as SME for designated security technologies, ensuring proper configuration and optimisation
• Support assurance activities with Managed Security Service Providers
• Maintain and enhance SecOps processes and documentation for knowledge sharing
• Investigate security events, perform vulnerability analysis and assist remediation
• Analyze threat intelligence to inform improved detection rules
• Process indicators of compromise/attack to refine detection
• Conduct proactive threat hunting and contribute to defensive strategies
• Carry out confidential eDiscovery investigations and present findings when required
• Collaborate with IT teams to strengthen overall security posture

Key requirements

• Experience developing security use cases and operating security tooling
• Hands-on with SIEM platforms and vulnerability management solutions
• Solid understanding of Security Operations and incident response frameworks
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals, IAM, perimeter controls and operating systems
• Understanding of cloud security controls and container security
• Experience with EDR tooling and familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Scripting or basic coding for automation
• Experience conducting investigations including eDiscovery
• Industry-recognised security certifications such as CISSP, GIAC or CEH
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder communication skills
• Ability to perform under pressure during security incidents

• strong analytical thinking
• effective stakeholder communication
• collaboration across technical and business teams
• SIEM platforms
• vulnerability management
• EDR tooling

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