Security Managed Services Senior Analyst

Accenture UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture UK is seeking a Senior SOC Analyst (L2) to provide advanced investigation and analysis, serving as escalation for complex incidents. You will conduct root cause analysis, guide L1 analysts, and support containment and remediation.

The team operates 24x7 in London, with shift allowances for non-standard hours. Accenture is building a high‑performance compute operations team in London to support secure, sensitive environments.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in SOC, IR, or Threat Analysis roles.
• Strong knowledge of SIEM/EDR, malware behaviour, and incident handling.
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, CS or related field.

Responsibilities

• Investigate escalated security incidents to determine attack vectors, scope, root cause, and potential business impact.
• Correlate events across multiple data sources to build a comprehensive incident narrative.
• Execute containment, eradication, and recovery activities with IT/OT stakeholders.
• Lead response for medium to high-severity incidents and document detailed investigation reports.
• Conduct tuning of detection rules and thresholds with the Security Content Engineer.

Skills

SIEM/EDR expertise

Root cause analysis

Incident response

Mentoring

Threat analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity or Computer Science

Tools

Splunk

Job description

L2 SOC Senior Analyst

Location: London (24/7 operation)

Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Please note: any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and the candidate being granted a level of security clearance which typically requires 10 years continuous UK address history, usually including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK, and a declaration of being a British passport holder with no dual nationalism at the point of application.

Note: The above information relates to a specific client requirement.

Role Description

As a Senior SOC Analyst (L2) you will provide advanced investigation and analysis, acting as the escalation point for complex or high-severity incidents. You will conduct root cause analysis, guide L1 analysts, and support incident containment and remediation efforts.

Accenture is partnering with leading UK AI compute pioneers to help drive the next generation of infrastructure. To support this endeavour, we are building a high-performance compute operations team in London.

Our work is highly sensitive, secure, and operates 24x7 on some of the most advanced high-density compute platforms available. Shift teams will provide continuous 24x7 coverage, and successful candidates participating in the shift rota will receive a shift allowance for non-standard and unsociable working hours.

Key Responsibilities

• Investigate escalated security incidents to determine attack vectors, scope, root cause, and potential business impact.
• Correlate events across multiple data sources to build a comprehensive incident narrative.
• Execute containment, eradication, and recovery activities in coordination with IT/OT stakeholders.
• Lead response for medium to high-severity incidents and document detailed investigation reports.
• Conduct tuning of detection rules and thresholds in collaboration with the Security Content Engineer.
• Support continuous improvement by identifying gaps in detection coverage and playbooks.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to L1 Analysts.
• Participate in periodic SOC exercises and simulated incident response drills.
• Be part of 24/7 SOC Team, need to work in shifts

Essential skills:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field.
• Experience: 3-5 years in SOC, Incident Response, or Threat Analysis roles
• Strong analytical mindset, in-depth knowledge of SIEM/EDR tools, malware behaviour, and incident handling methodologies.

Desirable skills:

• Certifications (preferred): GCIA, GCIH, CompTIA CySA+, Microsoft SC-200, or Splunk Certified Power User.

Who we are?

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

"Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us." – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found. #LI-EU

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services-creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360 value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360 value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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