Cyber Security Analyst

Accenture; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services company in Manchester is seeking a passionate Cyber Security Analyst to join their SecOps team. You will be responsible for security monitoring, detection engineering, and proactive threat hunting. The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in cybersecurity concepts and experience with scripting. Offers a competitive salary and extensive benefits including vacation and medical insurance.

Benefits

25 days of vacation per year

Private medical insurance

Leave for charitable work

Qualifications

• Core cybersecurity concepts such as network security, cryptography, and cloud security.
• Understanding of network protocols and their abuse by attackers.
• Knowledge of the most prevalent APTs and their TTPs.

Responsibilities

• Security monitoring and incident response.
• Detection engineering for the Splunk SIEM.
• Proactive threat hunting using available client data.

Skills

Network security

Cryptography

Cloud security

Threat hunting

Incident response

Scripting (Python, Bash)

Job description

Job Overview

If you are looking to make your mark on a rapidly growing SecOps team with exciting clients, we are searching for a passionate and enthusiastic Cyber Security Analyst to join our Blue Team. The ideal candidate is a self‑starter with an inquisitive nature and a keen interest in technical cybersecurity topics such as threat hunting, attacker tactics and techniques, monitoring and alerting, threat intelligence, and incident readiness & response.

Responsibilities

• Security monitoring and incident response
• Detection engineering – develop, maintain, and enhance security detection content primarily for the Splunk SIEM to enable detection of threats across diverse platforms (e.g., cloud, endpoints, networks)
• Use frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK to map detection rules and maximise threat coverage
• Use analytical platforms to query high‑volume datasets to identify trends and spot unusual behaviours indicative of malicious activity
• Proactive threat hunting using available client data
• Collection and/or interpretation of different sources of threat intelligence
• Incident response
• Automation of SecOps processes using scripting

Qualifications

• Core cybersecurity concepts such as network security, cryptography, cloud security, forensics
• Understanding of network protocols and how they can be abused by attackers
• Knowledge of the most prevalent APTs and their TTPs
• Ability to understand client‑specific challenges and tailor solutions accordingly
• Commitment to staying abreast of emerging threats, technologies, and methodologies in cybersecurity
• Creative and resourceful in finding solutions to complex cyber challenges
• Knowledge of common analysis techniques associated with Windows and/or Linux
• Experience with scripting and programming – e.g., Python, Bash, C/C++, Java

Benefits

At Accenture you will receive a competitive basic salary and an extensive benefits package that includes up to 25 days of vacation per year, private medical insurance, and three days of leave per year for charitable work. Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver the first‑class services we are known for.