Senior SOC Analyst: Lead Incident Response & Threat Hunting

Syntegon-Telstar; Terrassa; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Syntegon Telstar S.R.U in Terrassa (Barcelona) is seeking a Senior SOC Analyst to lead detection, triage, investigation and response to complex security threats across endpoints, networks, identity, cloud, and applications. You will act as a technical escalation point for critical incidents and mentor junior analysts.

The role emphasizes improving SOC processes, developing IR playbooks, and coordinating with IT and business stakeholders to ensure secure operations.

Qualifications

• 4–6+ years in cybersecurity with 3+ years in a SOC analyst or incident response role.
• Deep understanding of the incident response lifecycle with proven experience handling complex, multi-domain security incidents.
• Strong knowledge of attacker TTPs, threat actor behaviour, and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Solid analytical skills across endpoint, network, identity, and cloud attack vectors.
• Familiarity with SOAR platforms and experience working within automated triage and response workflows.
• Understanding of threat intelligence concepts and how to apply them to detection and investigation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce clear incident reports for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the triage, investigation, and escalation of complex or high-severity security alerts across endpoint, network, identity, cloud, and application domains.
• Drive end-to-end incident response for significant security events, coordinating across IT, Cloud, Identity, and business stakeholders and producing thorough incident reports with root cause analysis and remediation recommendations.
• Conduct proactive threat hunts based on intelligence and known adversary TTPs, identifying detection gaps and working with the SOC Engineer to translate findings into improved detection content.
• Leverage SOAR platforms to execute and refine automated response workflows, identifying repetitive tasks and escalating automation opportunities to the SOC Engineer.
• Develop and maintain IR playbooks, runbooks, and SOPs, contributing to process improvements based on lessons learned and operational gaps.
• Act as a coach and escalation point for Tier 1–2 analysts, contributing to training, knowledge sharing, and a culture of continuous learning.
• Ensure incident handling aligns with relevant compliance requirements and maintain accurate, audit-ready case records and evidence documentation throughout the investigation lifecycle.

Skills

SOC analyst

Incident response

Threat detection

Threat hunting

MITRE ATT&CK

SOAR platforms

Python

PowerShell

Tools

SOAR

Python

PowerShell

Job description

Syntegon Telstar S.R.U in Terrassa (Barcelona) is seeking a Senior SOC Analyst to lead detection, triage, investigation and response to complex security threats across endpoints, networks, identity, cloud, and applications. You will act as a technical escalation point for critical incidents and mentor junior analysts.

The role emphasizes improving SOC processes, developing IR playbooks, and coordinating with IT and business stakeholders to ensure secure operations.