Cyber Security Analyst - Incident Response & Threat Hunting

King's Service Centre; Quintrell Downs; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working - 5 days in office per

10% Performance related bonus

30 Days holiday + 8 public holidays (利

Contributory pension scheme

Job summary

King's College London IT Services is seeking a Cyber Security Analyst to support and enhance the security posture of the KCL IT environment based at the King’s Service Centre in Cornwall. The role focuses on security investigations, forensics and vulnerability management, with occasional travel between Cornwall and London campuses.

You will work with Cyber Operations, Development and Governance, Risk and Compliance to improve detections, controls and incident response while covering on-call

Qualifications

• 1 year+ real world technical security experience within a professional IT environment.
• Knowledge of security related technologies such as firewalls, proxy servers, IPS/IDS, SIEM, endpoint protections.
• Proactive interest in industry developments and cybersecurity solutions.
• Excellent general IT skills and knowledge including Microsoft solutions, networking and applications.
• Awareness of recognised cyber security standards, frameworks and best practices (CES+, CIS Controls, NIST, NCSC guidance, ISO 27001/42001).
• ITIL awareness is essential; foundation or higher certification desirable.
• Experience of investigation and remediation of security incidents.
• Holds or is actively working towards recognised security certifications (SSCP, CompTIA S+).

Responsibilities

• Queue Management: manage security incident/service request queue per SLA.
• Security Incident Response & Digital Investigations: aid technical investigations and establish root causes.
• Threat Hunting & Protective Monitoring: investigate alerts and improve detection.
• Vulnerability Assessment & Management: follow vulnerability processes and report key weaknesses.
• Continuous Technical Improvement: contribute to IPS/IDS, firewalls, end-user protections.
• Operational Improvement & Security Engineering Support: support security enhancements and controls.
• On-call coverage as required.
• Undertake other duties to ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability.

Skills

Security Incident Response

Threat Hunting

Vulnerability Management

Security Monitoring

On-call duties

Education

Security certifications (SSCP, CompTIA S+)

Tools

Firewalls

Proxy servers

IPS/IDS

SIEM

Endpoint protections

Job description

King's College London IT Services is seeking a Cyber Security Analyst to support and enhance the security posture of the KCL IT environment based at the King’s Service Centre in Cornwall. The role focuses on security investigations, forensics and vulnerability management, with occasional travel between Cornwall and London campuses.

You will work with Cyber Operations, Development and Governance, Risk and Compliance to improve detections, controls and incident response while covering on-call