Security Operations & Incident Response Specialist

asos.com Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 25 days

Private medical care

Fixed annual payment

Learning & development

On-call experience

Team knowledge sharing

Job summary

ASOS is recruiting a Security Operations and Incident Response Specialist to join the Security Operations team, reporting into the SOC & IR Manager. This hands-on role protects ASOS from cyber threats while improving the organisation’s security posture.

The role suits problem-solvers who enjoy collaboration and continuous learning, with opportunities to mentor others and contribute to security improvements.

Qualifications

• We’re looking for experience in Security Operations or Incident Response.
• Ability to guide others in security or technical settings.
• Interest in automation, playbooks, and process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Monitor endpoints and triage security alerts to resolution.
• Investigate potential malware and suspicious activity.
• Tune detections to reduce alert fatigue and improve processes.
• Be SME in at least one core security domain (e.g. network monitoring).
• Threat hunt to identify weaknesses and active threats.
• Contribute to security processes and SOPs.
• Support incident escalation and major incident management.
• Coach less-experienced colleagues and share knowledge.
• Stay informed on real-world threats and detection ideas.
• Participate in on-call rota (one week in five).

Skills

Security Operations

Incident Response

Threat Hunting

IOC & alert tuning

Microsoft security tools

Automation / Playbooks

Coaching / mentoring

Tools

Microsoft security tools

Job description

ASOS is recruiting a Security Operations and Incident Response Specialist to join the Security Operations team, reporting into the SOC & IR Manager. This hands-on role protects ASOS from cyber threats while improving the organisation’s security posture.

The role suits problem-solvers who enjoy collaboration and continuous learning, with opportunities to mentor others and contribute to security improvements.