Cyber Security Analyst — Vulnerability & Threat Response

LIMA Networks LTD; Salford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

LIMA Networks LTD is seeking a Cyber Security Analyst to join our Vulnerability, Remediation and Detection service. You will help clients identify and mitigate security risks, analyse data, and support incident response when events occur.

You will work with tools like Qualys, CrowdStrike and Microsoft Defender, and help implement OS hardening per NCSC guidance while communicating findings to non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in cybersecurity, security operations or IT infrastructure.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Experience with vulnerability management and detection platforms (Qualys, Huntress, ManageEngine).
• Experience with EDR solutions (CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Microsoft Defender).
• Understanding of Windows and Linux OS.
• Knowledge of vulnerability scoring (CVSS, NIST).
• Experience producing technical and customer-facing reports.
• Experience implementing OS hardening per NCSC guidance.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate vulnerability assessments and scans across customer environments.
• Install threat management software and patching to remove weaknesses.
• Review change requests to avoid security regressions.
• Quality assess new implementations against security baselines.
• Track patches from partners (eg Microsoft).
• Assist engineers in incident investigations and reports.
• Data cleansing to remove deprecated assets from reporting.
• Present vulnerabilities to customers and discuss industry trends.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Vulnerability management

EDR (CrowdStrike)

Qualys

Windows

Linux

Log analysis

Threat detection

Communication

Tools

Qualys

Huntress

ManageEngine

CrowdStrike

SentinelOne

Microsoft Defender

Job description

LIMA Networks LTD is seeking a Cyber Security Analyst to join our Vulnerability, Remediation and Detection service. You will help clients identify and mitigate security risks, analyse data, and support incident response when events occur.

You will work with tools like Qualys, CrowdStrike and Microsoft Defender, and help implement OS hardening per NCSC guidance while communicating findings to non-technical stakeholders.