Cyber Security Analyst

Netcompany Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Health care via Vitality

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Retail discounts

Employee Resource Groups

Job summary

Netcompany Group in Leeds is seeking a SOC Operations Specialist to serve as the operational backbone of the SOC, handling day-to-day monitoring and incident response activities. You will work closely with senior team members, contributing valuable insights and supporting incident response efforts.

The ideal candidate has 2–4 years of relevant experience, strong communication skills, and a degree or equivalent certification. This role offers private medical care, pension contributions, and support for professional certifications.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years in a SOC, monitoring, or security analyst role.
• Hands-on SIEM experience and ability to triage alerts.
• SC clearance or clearance-eligible.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and investigate security alerts across platforms.
• Support incident response activities including containment.
• Coordinate with teams during incidents.

Skills

Alert triage capability

AWS security services knowledge

Strong communication skills

Education

Degree in a relevant technical field

Entry/mid-level certification (Security+, CySA+, etc.)

Tools

SIEM

AWS-native security tools

Scripting (Terraform, Python, PowerShell)

Job description

Job Description

Serves as the operational backbone of the SOC, responsible for day‑to‑day monitoring, triage, investigation, and initial incident response activities. Supports senior team members by handling frontline operations and providing valuable operational insights.

Key responsibilities:

• Monitor, triage, and investigate security alerts across protective monitoring platforms
• Review security event data, identify incidents, and escalation appropriately
• Support incident response activities including containment, eradication, and recovery
• Execute runbooks and contribute to their improvement
• Feed detection tuning recommendations back to the senior
• Coordinate with infrastructure and application teams during incidents under the senior's direction
• Contribute to dashboard monitoring and retrospective analysis
• Help shape the SOC's runbooks, processes, and operational standards as they are developed

Qualifications

• 2–4 years in a SOC, monitoring, or security analyst role
• Hands‑on SIEM experience and demonstrable alert triage capability
• Working knowledge of AWS security services
• Comfortable with ambiguity (the SOC is being built around them)
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with technical teams
• Degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent professional experience
• At least one entry/mid‑level certification (Security+, CySA+, BTL1, or SC-200)
• SC-cleared or genuinely cleared‑eligible

Nice‑to‑haves

• Detection authoring experience (writing rules, not just consuming them)
• Scripting ability (Terraform, Python or PowerShell)
• Prior cleared environment experience
• Familiarity with AWS‑native security tooling (GuardDuty, Security Hub, CloudTrail, Detective)
• Additional certifications (GCIA, AWS Certified Security Specialty, vendor‑specific SIEM certs)

Benefits

• Private Medical Health care via Vitality
• Pension contribution, Life Assurance
• Professional certifications supported as part of learning and development
• A range of retail discounts to enhance your lifestyle, encompassing restaurants, supermarkets, travel, leisure activities and health and well‑being services
• Access to our Employee Resource Groups, which represent diverse backgrounds and provide a platform for colleagues to connect, learn, and support one another

Netcompany is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier‑free recruitment process for anyone wishing to apply for a job with us. We operate a Disability Confident Interview Scheme which means that we offer guaranteed interviews to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for a role. Applicants are asked to opt in, so please let us know if you wish your application to be considered under this scheme.