Associate Cybersecurity Analyst - Night Shift SOC Triage

Abacus; City of Edinburgh; Sur place; GBP 26 000 - 38 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Life insurance

Travel insurance

Well‑being support

Pension scheme

Company events

Medical and dental insurance

Annual leave

Résumé du poste

Abacus is seeking an Associate Cybersecurity Analyst to kick-start your cybersecurity career by triaging alerts from the SOC queue and escalating when necessary. We value energetic, early‑career individuals passionate about technology and security to join our growing IT Security team.

Responsibilities include monitoring security alerts, performing initial investigations, documenting findings in the ticketing system, and escalating as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience in helpdesk, NOC, systems administration, cybersecurity operations, or security internship.
• Associate degree in MIS, Computer Science, or similar.
• Security certification such as CompTIA Security+, CySA+, or Network+ within 6 months of hire.

Responsabilités

• Monitor security alerts from SOC tools, assess relevance and urgency, and prioritise for investigation or escalation.
• Perform initial investigation of security alerts, document findings in the ticketing system, and report suspicious activity or recurring trends to the escalation path.
• Communicate clearly with IT teams, end users, service desk, Tier 2 SOC analysts, and management when gathering information, updating tickets, or escalating alerts.
• Own assigned alerts through initial triage, documentation, follow-up, and handoff to the escalation team.

Connaissances

English proficiency

Work under pressure

Communication

Formation

Associate degree (MIS/CS)

Security certification within 6 months

Outils

SIEM

EDR

Antivirus

Email security

Asset monitoring

ServiceNow

Description du poste

Abacus is seeking an Associate Cybersecurity Analyst to kick-start your cybersecurity career by triaging alerts from the SOC queue and escalating when necessary. We value energetic, early‑career individuals passionate about technology and security to join our growing IT Security team.

Responsibilities include monitoring security alerts, performing initial investigations, documenting findings in the ticketing system, and escalating as needed.