Security Analyst

Oxbury Bank Plc

Chester

On-site

GBP 35,000 - 45,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private Medical Healthcare

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Insurance

Oxbury Bonus scheme

Job summary

Oxbury Bank Plc in Chester is looking for a Security Analyst to oversee endpoint, environment, and network security against threats. You will work closely with the Lead Security Analyst to monitor, triage, and respond to security incidents, contributing to best practices and ensuring a high security standard.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and at least one year of relevant experience. The role offers a great benefits package including private medical healthcare and generous holiday leave.

Qualifications

1 year experience in information security or related field.
Experience with patch management and deployment.
Good communication skills to explain complex concepts to non-technical colleagues.

Responsibilities

Monitor security solutions for alerts and respond promptly.
Triage security events and escalate through Incident Management.
Investigate and support response to security incidents.
Produce and maintain regular security reports.

Skills

Security Testing

Firewalls

SIEM

Vulnerability Scanning

Microsoft O365

AWS

Email Security Gateway

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

As a Security Analyst, you will monitor our endpoints, environments, and networks for security threats, deploy and maintain security tooling, and take ownership of day‑to‑day security monitoring. You will support the Lead Security Analyst to triage security events effectively, reduce noise and report consistently to stakeholders.

Role Responsibilities

Monitor security solutions for alerts and events and respond in a timely and structured manner working with Outsourced SOC partner.
Triage security events and escalate through the appropriate Incident Management procedure/change management and playbooks.
Investigate and support the response to security incidents and breaches.
Record and document security incidents, assessing their scope and any resulting impact.
Remediate detected vulnerabilities to maintain a high security standard.
Contribute to the development of company-wide best practices for IT security.
Research emerging threats and security enhancements and make recommendations to management.
Stay current on information security trends, standards, vulnerabilities and evolving threat landscapes in relation to Oxbury.
Handle security information, logs, and investigation data appropriately, ensuring confidentiality and alignment with data protection requirements.
Track and analyse security metrics, trends, and recurring issues to support continuous improvement of security operations.
Produce and maintain regular security reporting packs for relevant stakeholders.

Required Skills / Experience

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
1 year experience in information security or related field.
Experience with security testing and techniques.
Experience with firewalls, proxies, SIEM, antivirus, and IDPS concepts.
Experience with end‑user endpoint security and vulnerability scanning.
Experience with patch management, including the ability to deploy patches in a timely manner while understanding business impact.
Experience with identification and mitigation of security vulnerabilities.
Experience with Microsoft O365/Entra platform and associated services.
Experience with AWS platform and associated services.
Experience with Email Security Gateway.
Good communication skills, with an ability to explain complex concepts using terminology that can be understood by non‑technical colleagues.