Senior Cyber Security Analyst

GCS; England; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Analyst to enhance their SecOps solutions. In this pivotal role, you will investigate security incidents, liaise with stakeholders, and support the Cyber Security Operations Lead. Your expertise in incident response and knowledge of security tools will be crucial in optimizing operations and mitigating risks. Join a dynamic team that values continuous improvement and stay ahead of emerging threats while making a significant impact on organizational security. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career in a fast-paced environment where your contributions matter.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Cyber Security or IT roles in enterprise settings.
• Strong knowledge of MFA, PAM, and SIEM tools.
• Experience with KQL for Sentinel queries.

Responsibilities

• Investigate security alerts and provide incident response actions.
• Monitor and optimize SecOps tool performance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to implement security controls.

Skills

Cyber Security

Incident Response

Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)

Privileged Access Management (PAM)

Security Information & Event Management (SIEM)

Kusto Query Language (KQL)

Education

Degree in Cyber Security

Degree in Computer Science

Degree in Information Technology

Degree in Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Defender

SIEM Tools

Network Access Control (NAC)

Firewalls

Job description

We seek a Senior Cyber Security Analyst to be responsible for maintaining SecOps (Security Operations) solutions, controls and processes across the organisation.

This role requires a deep understanding of SecOps concepts, technologies, and best practices, as well as the ability to collaborate effectively with cross–functional teams.

What you will be doing as a Senior Cyber Security Analyst

• Investigate security alerts from our SIEM tool and provide appropriate incident response actions.
• Liaise with technology and business stakeholders about cyber security issues/incidents providing clear descriptions and actions.
• Support the Cyber Security Operations Lead for security and privacy incidents, triaging events and performing root cause analysis to understand how incidents arise. There is a need to be on call.
• Monitor, analyse and optimise SecOps tool performance (e.g. SIEM), identify potential issues, and recommend and implement proactive solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and implement security controls that are proportionate to the risk.
• Stay current on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to continuously improve security operations.
• Contextualizing threats specific to the OT estate, and ensuring effective controls and mitigations are in place.

Essential Experience

• Extensive experience in a technical Cyber Security or IT role, preferably in an enterprise environment.
• Exposure to working in or with a security operations centre (SOC) or similar environment.
• Triaging problems or issues in a structured and disciplined manner.
• Experience in remediating cyber risks in ever–changing digital environments.
• Strong knowledge of Multi–factor authentication (MFA), Privileged Access Management (PAM) and Security Information & Event Management. (SIEM)
• Good understanding of IT, networking, and end–user computing.
• Experience writing Kusto Query Language (KQL) for Sentinel queries and alerts.

Desirable Experience

• Familiarity with managing network security capabilities such as NAC (Network Access Control), Firewalls, Proxies/VPN, IDS/IPS, etc.
• Degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• Microsoft SecOps specific certification(s) e.g. Microsoft Security Operations Analyst (SC–200)
• Hands–on experience utilising and configuring Microsoft Security Operations tools such as Sentinel and Defender.
• Any generic cyber security industry certification(s) such as CISSP, CISM, or CCSP.

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