Incident Response Analyst - CSIRT & Security Automation

Airbus S.A.S.; Ashurst; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual profit share

Contributory pension

Share options

Car leasing scheme

Free onsite parking

Season ticket loan

Tax-free technology scheme

Discounted shopping

Job summary

Airbus Defence and Space in Newport seeks an Incident Response Analyst to join the CSIRT. You will manage the full lifecycle of security incidents, investigate alerts, and support SOC service delivery in a highly technical environment.

The role focuses on the design of robust response processes, automation, and threat detection use cases, with opportunities to contribute to international security operations and tooling development.

Qualifications

• Experience of managing security incidents in a technical SOC/CSIRT environment.
• Experience in monitoring SOC alerts and using security tooling.
• Technical host forensic analysis and reverse‑engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Investigate SOC alerts and manage full lifecycle of security incidents.
• Support incident response in crisis mode as part of on‑call team.
• Industrialise security tooling (SIEM, EDR) and develop detection use cases.
• Design and coordinate incident response processes for SOC Level 1/2.

Skills

Security incidents management

SOC monitoring

Forensic analysis

Reverse engineering

Threat detection

Education

Related degree or equivalent experience

GIAC certification

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Job description

Airbus Defence and Space in Newport seeks an Incident Response Analyst to join the CSIRT. You will manage the full lifecycle of security incidents, investigate alerts, and support SOC service delivery in a highly technical environment.

The role focuses on the design of robust response processes, automation, and threat detection use cases, with opportunities to contribute to international security operations and tooling development.