SOC Analyst

SIX Group Services Ltd.; Las Rozas de Madrid; Remote; EUR 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work models

Personal development

Agile working methods

Job summary

The SIX Group Services Ltd. SOC Analyst role in Madrid offers a home‑based work option up to 40% and a dynamic team focused on detecting, investigating, and responding to cyber threats across endpoint, identity, network, cloud, and email environments.

You will develop detections, lead threat analyses, and contribute to automation playbooks while mentoring junior analysts and strengthening SIX's security posture.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in SOC operations, detection engineering, threat hunting, and incident response.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM, EDR, and SOAR platforms (Sentinel, Elastic, Defender for Endpoint, Cortex XSOAR).
• Strong background in detection rule development, security investigations, and threat hunting across multiple telemetry sources.
• Experience with scripting, automation, APIs, and tools such as Python, GitLab, Azure DevOps, and CI/CD practices.
• Knowledge of security query languages and frameworks, including MITRE ATT&CK.
• Strong analytical, communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, tune, and maintain threat detections and SIEM use cases across endpoint, network, identity, cloud, mail, and M365 environments.
• Investigate complex security incidents, lead threat analysis, and coordinate containment and remediation activities.
• Design and improve detection content, SOC automation, SOAR workflows, and incident response playbooks.
• Conduct proactive threat hunting using threat intelligence and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Identify detection gaps and continuously enhance SOC capabilities and security posture.
• Mentor junior analysts and contribute to SOC process improvements and knowledge sharing.

Skills

SOC operations

Threat hunting

Incident response

Detection engineering

Automation scripting

MITRE ATT&CK

Tools

Sentinel

Elastic

Defender for Endpoint

Cortex XSOAR

Job description

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BME - Bolsas y Mercados Españoles - drives the transformation of financial markets and belongs to SIX, the third largest exchange group in Europe.

What sets us apart drives us ahead: between local roots and global relevance, we are a unique blend of tradition and future, of foundation and growth. We value bright minds and inspire them to grow with their ideas. Come and shape the future of finance with us.

SOC Analyst

Madrid | Working from home up to 40% | Reference 8166

The Security Operations Center (SOC) is a critical Line of Defense 1 function at SIX, responsible for detecting, investigating, and responding to cyber threats across endpoint, identity, network, cloud, and email environments. We are looking for a hands‑on security professional with experience in incident response, threat hunting, and security monitoring. In this role, you will investigate complex alerts, develop and tune detection use cases, support containment and remediation efforts, improve automation and playbooks, and proactively identify threats to strengthen SIX's overall security posture.

What You Will Do

• Develop, tune, and maintain threat detections and SIEM use cases across endpoint, network, identity, cloud, mail, and M365 environments.
• Investigate complex security incidents, lead threat analysis, and coordinate containment and remediation activities.
• Design and improve detection content, SOC automation, SOAR workflows, and incident response playbooks.
• Conduct proactive threat hunting using threat intelligence and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Identify detection gaps and continuously enhance SOC capabilities and security posture.
• Mentor junior analysts and contribute to SOC process improvements and knowledge sharing.

What You Bring

• 4+ years of experience in SOC operations, detection engineering, threat hunting, and incident response.
• Hands‑on experience with SIEM, EDR, and SOAR platforms (preferably Sentinel, Elastic, Defender for Endpoint, and Cortex XSOAR).
• Strong background in detection rule development, security investigations, and threat hunting across multiple telemetry sources.
• Experience with scripting, automation, APIs, and tools such as Python, GitLab, Azure DevOps, and CI/CD practices.
• Knowledge of security query languages and frameworks, including MITRE ATT&CK.
• Strong analytical, communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills.

If you have any questions, check out our FAQ page or call Sara Perez de la Cuesta at [phone] .

Diversity is important to us. Therefore, we are looking to receiving applications regardless of any personal background.

What We Offer

Flexible Work Models

We trust our employees and offer a work environment that is well-balanced, productive and fosters success.

Personal Development

You will benefit from a culture of continuous learning and feedback. Your personal growth is supported through an extensive learning offering.

Agile Working Methods

Whether through scrum or design thinking, we solve exciting tasks together in teams.