Operations Analyst Cyber Security

Client Server; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A rapidly expanding software house in London is seeking an Operations Analyst with a degree in Computer Science. You'll support clients with software deployments and gain valuable experience in Cyber Security. Competitive salary up to £45k with remote working options and opportunities for career progression including training and certifications.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Continuous training and certifications

Remote working

Excellent career progression

Qualifications

• Degree educated with a 2.1 or above from a top tier university.
• Experience with penetration testing or security monitoring.
• Good understanding of low level concepts including operating systems and networking.
• Coding skills in an OO language like Python or C++.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support clients and internal teams with software deployments.
• Conduct pre-sales demos and proof of concept setups.
• Provide engineering support and threat intelligence briefings.
• Participate in threat hunting, penetration testing, and incident response.
• Conduct client training sessions and support PCI and ISO27001 preparation.

Skills

Penetration testing

Security monitoring

Communication skills

Understanding of operating systems

Coding in Python

Coding in C++

Education

Degree in Computer Science or closely related discipline

Job description

Operations Analyst (Cyber Security) London / WFH to £45k

Are you a bright, ambitious Computer Science graduate with a keen interest in Cyber Security, looking to progress your career?

You could be learning from a hugely talented team at a rapidly expanding scale-up software house that is developing a highly complex network cyber security platform; the platform monitors network protocols in real-time, parses the commands and data structures to extract key metadata which is then analysed by in-house algorithms and allows customers to detect hackers, malware, data leakage and other malicious activity.

As an Operations Analyst you'll have a broad scope of responsibilities, building a strong understanding of the product and business operations to support clients and internal teams with software deployments across the full sales cycle.

Typical duties will include pre-sales demos, proof of concept set‑ups, engineering support, data centre set up and maintenance, threat intelligence briefings, threat hunting, penetration testing, SOC, incident response, client training sessions, PCI and ISO27001 preparation - you'll be supported with training and mentoring to help you reach your goals, in time becoming a Security Analyst.

Location / WFH :

You can work from home most of the time, meeting up with colleagues in the London office once a week.

About you :

• You're degree educated, having achieved a 2.1 or above in Computer Science or closely related discipline from a top tier university
• You have experience with penetration testing and / or security monitoring
• You have a good understanding of low level concepts including operating systems and networking
• You have coding skills in an OO language e.g. Python, C++
• You have excellent communication skills, comfortable liaising with and presenting to clients

What's in it for you :

As an Operations Analyst you will earn a competitive package including :

• Salary to £45k
• Continuous training and career development including paid for certifications
• Remote working
• Excellent career progression as the company scales