Acquisition Cybersecurity Team (ACT) - Senior SOC Analyst

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm in the UK is seeking a Security Operations Senior Associate to enhance cybersecurity measures. You will monitor security infrastructure, conduct investigations, and respond to threats, ensuring data integrity and confidentiality. Ideal candidates should have over 3 years of relevant experience, a solid understanding of security protocols, and strong analytical skills. This role requires excellent communication abilities and offers a dynamic work environment with both challenges and opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in cybersecurity operations.
• Proven experience in network trace analysis and security investigations.
• Strong understanding of security protocols and architectures.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze security infrastructure for threats.
• Conduct in-depth security investigations and gather evidence.
• Triage and remediate security alerts while owning investigations.

Skills

Threat detection

Incident response

Network trace analysis

Log analysis

Scripting for task automation

Communication skills

Tools

SIEM

IDS

EDR

Malware analysis tools

Job description

Seize the opportunity to enhance cybersecurity, utilizing your expertise in threat analysis and incident response to protect vital data and systems. As a Security Operations Senior Associate in the Cybersecurity and Tech Controls line of business, you will play a critical role in safeguarding the organization's digital assets and infrastructure. You will proactively detect, assess and respond to threats, vulnerabilities, and security incidents. Leveraging your deep knowledge of security principles and practices you will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to develop coordinated security strategies and educate employees on best practices. Your work will directly impact departmental outcomes driving progress, identifying gaps in information, and solving complex cybersecurity challenges. By utilizing your advanced analytical, technical, and problem‑solving skills, you will contribute to the continuous improvement of our cybersecurity posture and help maintain the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of sensitive data and systems.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze security infrastructure, contributing to detection and response to threats, vulnerabilities, and incidents to ensure the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of sensitive data and systems.
• Conduct in‑depth security investigations, including log analysis, network trace review, and other data sources to identify root causes, assess impact, and gather evidence for response and mitigation actions.
• Triage and remediate security alerts, taking end‑to‑end ownership of investigations and actively participating in incident response.
• Create and maintain process documentation to support consistent and effective incident response.
• Develop and maintain threat detection and response playbooks, incorporating industry best practices, regulatory requirements, and lessons learned from previous incidents.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to develop and implement coordinated security strategies, policies, and procedures, while educating employees on best practices.
• Provide intelligence services to JPMorgan Chase acquisitions, drafting and disseminating vulnerability and intelligence reports.
• Liaise regularly with acquisitions to maintain lines of communication, understand and document their cybersecurity posture and unique challenges, identifying uplift opportunities where possible.
• Willing to work a shift schedule that includes weekend work every four weeks and comply with firmwide in‑office attendance policies.
• Take active ownership of issues affecting acquisitions and drive any identified uplifts to completion.
• Act as a point of escalation for analysts on the team.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in cybersecurity operations, including threat detection, incident response, or vulnerability management.
• Proven experience in network trace analysis, log analysis, vulnerability assessment, exploitation techniques, and security investigations in response to security incidents.
• Proficiency in scripting for task automation, implementing controls, and data manipulation.
• Strong understanding of security protocols, cryptography, authentication, authorization, and security architecture design principles.
• Hands‑on experience with security tools and technologies such as SIEM, IDS, EDR, malware analysis tools, and email security solutions.
• Knowledge of adversary tactics, attack stages, and detection methods.
• Familiarity with enterprise security technologies, Windows and Linux operating systems, and the ability to identify signs of compromise.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present risks and findings to both technical and non‑technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Experience with a broad range of cybersecurity tools, including Extended Detection & Response (XDR) platforms.
• Experience reviewing vulnerabilities and the effectiveness of mitigation measures.
• Basic understanding of cloud architecture and attacker techniques in cloud environments.
• The ability to manage fluctuating workloads and conflicting priorities.
• Project management experience, with a track record of driving projects and issues to completion while documenting progress.