Senior IT Security Analyst

Overview

In this role, you drive advanced technical security analysis and lead complex investigations to strengthen security controls. You will operate at the intersection of hands-on security and governance, coaching peers and translating threat and risk information into board-ready updates. You’ll own key security domains including DLP, MFA, vulnerability management, and security architecture, shaping how the organisation reduces cyber risk. This is a chance to impact security maturity while enabling business through proportionate risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex security investigations across endpoints, networks, identities, email, cloud and data sources; define triage and escalation standards; improve detection logic and playbooks
• Coordinate and drive significant incident response efforts; ensure evidence handling, timelines, lessons learned, and remediation actions are documented and auditable
• Translate findings into risk statements and remediation plans; support risk assessments, audits and assurance with evidence
• Own or lead DLP monitoring and MFA governance, tune rules, manage exceptions and analyse trends for improvement
• Lead vulnerability prioritisation and remediation support; track trends and use threat intelligence to improve detection and risk prioritisation
• Review changes and projects for security risks; advise on secure design across identity, endpoints, networks, cloud and data protection
• Produce management information and KPIs/KRIs for incidents, vulnerabilities, DLP, MFA and control assurance; identify improvement actions
• Coach colleagues and communicate security findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders; promote a constructive security culture

Key requirements

• Advanced security investigation capabilities using SIEM, EDR, endpoint protection, identity, email, web, network and cloud data
• Strong DLP policy design, tuning and exception management
• Strong MFA implementation, exception governance and conditional access
• Vulnerability management and secure configuration assessment
• Incident command, evidence handling, root cause analysis and post-incident review
• Security architecture assurance for identity, endpoint, network, cloud, data protection
• Detection engineering and automation using scripts or workflows
• Knowledge of CAF, CSF, CIS Controls and ISO/IEC 27001

• Strong written and verbal communication
• Sound judgement and integrity
• Ability to prioritise under pressure
• SIEM
• EDR
• Endpoint protection

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