Hybrid Incident Response Analyst – Cyber Defense

AXA Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AXA Group is seeking an Incident Response Analyst to join our Security and Resilience function in the UK. You will respond to cyber security incidents, perform forensic investigations, and provide cyber threat intelligence services to improve detection and response capabilities.

You will be the escalation point for UK incidents, work across security tools, and support process improvements while coordinating with Risk colleagues to ensure risks are managed effectively.

Qualifications

• Hands-on security incident handling experience.
• Knowledge of forensics tools, EDR/NDR, UEBA, honeypots, DLP, SIEM and log managers.
• Excellent time management with ability to handle tight deadlines.
• Understanding of protocol behaviors and packet analysis is desirable.
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Analytical mindset with ability to identify critical issues.

Responsibilities

• Acting as escalation point for UK security incidents.
• Performing in-depth analysis of security events with security tools.
• Supporting process improvement, detection content tuning, and threat analysis.
• Collaborating with Security and Risk teams to manage identified risks.

Skills

Security incident handling

Forensics tools

SIEM & Log mgmt

Threat analysis

Time management

Packet analysis

Conflict resolution

Education

GIAC CGIH

SSCP

Tools

SIEM

EDR

NDR

UEBA

Honeypots

DLP

Log Managers

Job description

AXA Group is seeking an Incident Response Analyst to join our Security and Resilience function in the UK. You will respond to cyber security incidents, perform forensic investigations, and provide cyber threat intelligence services to improve detection and response capabilities.

You will be the escalation point for UK incidents, work across security tools, and support process improvements while coordinating with Risk colleagues to ensure risks are managed effectively.