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Royal London Mutual Insurance Society

Alderley Edge

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Job summary

A leading mutual insurance company is looking for a Cyber Incident Response Analyst to manage and respond to cybersecurity incidents. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience in incident response and possess strong analytical and project management skills. This hybrid role offers a dynamic environment with opportunities to enhance cybersecurity processes and provide mentorship to others. Competitive benefits included.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Up to 14% employer-matched pension scheme
Private medical insurance

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 2 years in an incident response or forensic role.
  • Understanding of threat analysis and modelling.
  • Experience with endpoints/EDR in an MDR environment.

Responsibilities

  • Lead response to cybersecurity events, ensuring effective incident management.
  • Create and maintain the incident response plan and procedures.
  • Conduct technical analysis of impacted systems during incidents.

Skills

Incident response
Threat analysis
Cybersecurity threats knowledge
Root cause analysis
Project management
Analytical thinking
Forensic investigation
Communication skills

Job description

Job Title: Cyber Incident Response Analyst

Contract Type: Full time Permanent

Location: Edinburgh / Glasgow / Alderley Park / London

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Closing date: 19th June 2025

This role will assure the response to a cybersecurity event or incident, taking the lead to contain the threat to the Royal London business and support remediation activities to stabilize service. The role will coordinate activities between Defence, Threat Intelligence, SOC, and Engineering, and serve as the point of contact for IT Security within the Royal London Group incident management process. The team aims to minimize and control damage from cybersecurity incidents, ensuring incident management and response controls are effective to enable the identification, protection, detection, response, and recovery of RLG information assets.

The role contributes to our purpose by:

  • Helping build financial resilience
  • Moving fairly to a sustainable world
  • Strengthening mutual choice for customers
About the role
  • Creation and maintenance of RLG incident response plan and procedures
  • Undertake confidential and sensitive colleague investigations
  • Develop and mature the Incident Response policy, process, and procedures
  • Provide root cause analysis, create metrics, and generate reports and analytics to improve future incident response
  • Collect supporting information and artifacts for incident response activities
  • Identify and execute projects to enhance intrusion detection and incident response capabilities
  • Conduct technical analysis on impacted systems to determine impact, scope, and recovery from active and potential cyber incidents
  • Leverage cybersecurity tools to identify and remediate threats
  • Execute the Incident Response Lifecycle and coordinate remediation activities across the organization
  • Recommend solutions to optimize technical and process aspects of the incident lifecycle
  • Present incidents, improvements, and features to senior management
  • Provide training and mentoring to team members
About you
  • Minimum of 2 years in an incident response or forensic role
  • Understanding of threat analysis and threat modelling
  • Experience with endpoints/EDR in an MDR environment
  • Experience managing complex cybersecurity or service incidents
  • Ability to identify patterns, anomalies, and issues across multiple vectors
  • Knowledge of cybersecurity threats such as phishing, malware, and data compliance
  • Ability to create structured reports on cybersecurity incidents
  • Strong project management, organizational, and communication skills
  • Self-motivated, innovative, and eager to learn
  • Forensic investigation knowledge
  • Experience with MSP/MSSP/MDR preferred
About Royal London

We're the UK's largest mutual life, pensions, and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings, and asset management products and services.

Our People Promise is to work in an inclusive, responsible, enjoyable, and fulfilling environment, underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values: Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We offer great benefits, including 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, up to 14% employer-matched pension scheme, and private medical insurance. All benefits can be viewed here.

Inclusion, Diversity, and Belonging

We are an inclusive employer that celebrates diverse backgrounds and cultures. Our diverse perspectives enhance our skills and are valued and respected, regardless of background.

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