Information Security Analyst - Security Operations Centre

PA Consulting Group; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and lifestyle perks

25 days annual leave

Generous pension

Community initiatives

Annual performance-based bonus

PA share ownership

Tax efficient benefits

Job summary

PA Consulting Group is seeking an Information Security Analyst for its Security Operations Centre. The role involves monitoring security across SIEM/EDR, investigating alerts, and proactively hunting threats to protect PA's technology estate.

You will develop detections, playbooks and dashboards; support forensics and post-incident reviews; and contribute to vulnerability management and risk-based guidance. Hybrid work is available with 2–3 days in the office.

Qualifications

• Practical experience in a SOC, incident response or related security role.
• Strong investigation, log analysis and correlation across multiple telemetry sources.
• Experience using SIEM and EDR/XDR platforms to investigate alerts and support containment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and investigate security alerts across SIEM, EDR/XDR, email security, cloud platforms, identity, network security and DLP tooling.
• Triage events, determine scope, coordinate containment and remediation, maintain investigation records.
• Perform threat hunting using threat intel and attacker techniques relevant to PA.
• Develop detections, use cases, dashboards and playbooks to improve coverage.
• Support forensic analysis, malware and phishing analysis and post-incident reviews as required.
• Analyse threat intel, vulnerabilities and advisories to assess PA exposure and advise actions.
• Support vulnerability management through reporting and prioritisation with asset owners.
• Carry out security checks and provide risk-based guidance to the business.
• Contribute to security improvement projects and reporting.
• Participate in on-call rota for high-severity incidents.

Skills

SOC experience

Incident response

Security monitoring

Log analysis

SIEM/EDR

Investigation

Clear communication

Tools

SIEM platforms

EDR/XDR platforms

Job description

Information Security Analyst - Security Operations Centre

Global Innovation and Technology Centre, Back Lane, Melbourn, Hertfordshire, SG8 6DP, United Kingdom, Melbourn SG8 6DP, GB

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office 2 - 3 days per week.

The purpose of this role is to be part of PA's Group Systems Security Operations Centre (SOC), helping protect PA by monitoring the technology estate, investigating and responding to security incidents, proactively hunting for threats, and continually improving security detections, controls and working practices.

Key Activities:

Monitor and investigate security alerts across SIEM, EDR/XDR, email security, cloud platforms, identity, network security and data loss prevention tooling.

Triage security events, determine scope and impact, coordinate containment and remediation, and maintain clear investigation records and evidence.

Perform proactive threat hunting using threat intelligence, attacker techniques and hypotheses relevant to PA.

Develop and tune detections, use cases, dashboards, playbooks and automation to improve coverage and reduce unnecessary alert volume.

Support digital forensic analysis, malware and phishing analysis, and post-incident reviews as required.

Analyse relevant threat intelligence, vulnerabilities and supplier advisories, assess PA exposure and recommend proportionate actions.

Support vulnerability and exposure management through reporting, prioritisation, tracking and engagement with asset owners. Remediation remains the responsibility of asset owners.

Carry out security checks requested by the business, including software, website and identity-related checks, and provide practical risk-based advice.

Contribute to security improvement projects, operational documentation, knowledge sharing, metrics and reporting.

Participate in the paid out-of-hours on-call rota and respond to high-severity incidents when required.

Qualifications

Essential skills and experience

Practical experience in a SOC, incident response, security monitoring, detection engineering or a closely related technical security role.

Strong investigation, log analysis and correlation skills across endpoint, identity, email, cloud and network telemetry.

Experience using SIEM and EDR/XDR platforms to investigate alerts and support containment and remediation.

Ability to document investigations clearly, maintain evidence and explain findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Good understanding of common attacker techniques, phishing, account compromise, malware, vulnerabilities and cloud security risks.

Ability to prioritise effectively and collaborate across operational teams.

A careful, curious and evidence-led approach, with strong attention to detail and sound judgement.

Willingness to participate in the paid out-of-hours on-call rota.

Desirable skills and experience

Threat hunting, detection-rule development, alert tuning, malware analysis or digital forensics experience.

Knowledge of vulnerability and exposure management, penetration-testing remediation and security-control assurance.

Knowledge of ISO 27001/27002, Cyber Essentials Plus, MITRE ATT&CK or comparable security frameworks.

Relevant certification or equivalent practical knowledge, such as CompTIA CySA+, Cybersecurity degree, Microsoft Security Operations Analyst or Security Blue Team qualifications.

Candidates must have resided in the UK for a minimum of five years in order to obtain the security clearance level needed for this role. Candidates who do not meet this requirement cannot be considered

Please be aware that some of our UK roles at PA Consulting require a UK security clearance.

All PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard however, some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK.

We therefore ask that you only apply if you meet the residency requirements (i.e. you are a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years), as this is the prerequisite for a security clearance. If you're unsure about your eligibility, we encourage you to review the UK Government’s guidance on security vetting before applying.

Additional information

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the tools we need. When we bring people together with diverse backgrounds, identities, and minds, embracing that difference through an inclusive culture where our people thrive; we unleash the power of diversity – bringing ingenuity to life.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We are on a journey towards ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels and that our firm is representative of the world around us. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.