Lead Security Operations Analyst

TN United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global law firm seeks a Lead Security Operations Analyst to join its Cyber Security team in London. This pivotal role involves leading the detection and response to security incidents, enhancing processes, and supporting projects around technology and sustainability. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in information security, strong leadership skills, and a passion for cybersecurity.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years in a SOC environment.
• Experience with international operational security.
• Strong understanding of information security controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead detection and response of security incidents.
• Educate and assist in the development of Security Analysts.
• Ensure operational processes are documented and updated.

Skills

Information Security

Incident Response

Team Leadership

Technical Security Controls

Cloud Security

Education

CISSP Certification

CISM Certification

GIAC Certification

Tools

SIEM

SOAR

EDR

Firewalls

IPS/IDS

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Lead Security Operations Analyst, London

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Client:

DLA Piper

Location:

London, United Kingdom

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Other

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Yes

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Posted:

19.05.2025

Expiry Date:

03.07.2025

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Job Description:

The role

The Information Security & Resilience team are responsible for security activities across the DLA Piper International firm.

This role is an exciting opportunity to join our Cyber Security team in a pivotal role within Security Operations. Reporting to the Senior Security Operations Manager, the right person will be responsible for leading the detection and response of security incidents as well as help shape and develop our capabilities. This is a hands-on role and you’ll be expected to lead enhancements and refine our processes and procedures. You may also be called on to support exciting new projects supporting the firm as it undergoes significant transformation around technology and sustainability.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As part of our in-house security operations team, you’ll work with the latest security technologies and industry leading service providers to detect and respond security incidents and support general security operations activities covering Asia Pacific, Middle East and Europe.
The Lead Security Analyst will be responsible for:

• Providing subject matter expertise on detection, protection and response of security events and incidents
• Liaising with the operational IT teams on incident response and improvements
• Reporting on key operational metrics from the team
• Ensure operational processes are documented and kept up to date using feedback from incident lessons learned
• Ensure response capabilities are mature and tested on a regular basis
• Educating and assisting in the development of Security Analysts
• Design and implementation of custom use cases
• Identifying areas of improvement in current tools and processes
• Acting as a stand in for the Senior Security Operations Manager as needed

ABOUT YOU

• Extensive industry experience related to infosec activities, (2-3 in a SOC environment)
• Experience of wider operational security in international organisations
• Demonstrable understanding of information security controls and technology
• Team leadership/management
• Excellent knowledge of technical security controls including, SIEM, SOAR, EDR, firewalls, IPS/IDS, web filtering, email filtering
• Familiarity with frameworks such as, MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, SIGMA, STRIDE
• Knowledge of Cloud Security Services such as M365 stack
• Fundamental understanding of cloud technologies (IaaS and SaaS)

The role works closely with the IT Operational teams so must have a good technical knowledge but the team being led is not responsible for day-to-day security engineering.

The ideal candidate will hold the usual security certifications (CISSP, CISM, GIAC etc) and will be a technically astute security all-rounder. It’s essential that the candidate can develop a holistic view of the firm’s security controls and be able to respond to security queries and incidents in an environment that is fast paced and sometimes demanding.

The following characteristics are essential:

• Customer focused and Service minded
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Passionate about Information Security, Cyber and technology
• Appreciation for working in a global organisation with different cultures
• Pro-active, inquisitive and resourceful
• Methodical and analytical
• Organised and self-motivated
• Desire to develop (themselves, their colleagues and their capabilities)

ABOUT US
DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers and business service professionals located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.

OUR VALUES
In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

• Be Supportive – we are compassionate and inclusive, valuing diversity and acting thoughtfully
• Be Collaborative – we are proactive, passionate team players investing in our relationships
• Be Bold – we are fearless and inquisitive, challenging ourselves to think big and find creative new solutions
• Be Exceptional – we are strategic and driven, exceeding standards and expectations

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
At DLA Piper, diversity and inclusion underpins how we live our values and everything we do. We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone’s voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities. We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our global firm, where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.

Diversity of perspective, thought, background and culture combine to make us the leading global law firm; that’s why we actively seek to build balanced teams. We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people – however your talent is packaged, whatever your background or circumstance and regardless of how you identify.

HYBRID WORKING
We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That’s why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.

PRE-ENGAGEMENT SCREENING
In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits and where relevant, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and work-related references.