Senior Cyber Incident Response Lead

Methods; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy to develop

Flexible working

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Job summary

Methods is seeking a Senior Cyber Analyst to lead complex investigations and incident response, providing strategic direction to maintain a robust security posture for clients. You will own detection rules and playbooks for Microsoft Sentinel, Defender XDR, SIEM, SOAR, EDR and XDR, while mentoring the Cyber Services team.

You will collaborate with architects and cross-functional teams to align tooling with client needs, produce technical reports, and support governance and risk management

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a senior Cyber Security, SOC, Threat Detection, or Incident Response role.
• Strong hands-on experience investigating and responding to complex cyber security incidents.
• Deep technical knowledge of Microsoft security technologies including Sentinel, Defender XDR, Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Cloud, Microsoft 365 Security, and Entra ID.
• Experience designing, tuning, and optimising SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and XDR solutions.
• Strong understanding of threat hunting, attack techniques, threat intelligence, and vulnerability management.
• Ability to translate technical findings and cyber risk into clear business outcomes and recommendations.
• Experience mentoring technical teams and driving operational standards.
• Excellent documentation, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the investigation and resolution of complex cyber security incidents across endpoint, network, cloud, and identity platforms.
• Act as the senior escalation point for threat hunting, incident response, and security investigations.
• Develop and maintain detection rules, use cases, automation, and response playbooks to improve operational efficiency.
• Work with the Technical Architect to align security tooling, controls, and services with customer and organisational requirements.
• Provide technical leadership and quality assurance across the Cyber Services team.
• Support security governance and compliance activities including ISO27001, Cyber Essentials Plus, and customer assurance requirements.
• Produce technical reports, post-incident reviews, threat intelligence briefings, and stakeholder communications.
• Collaborate with Service Delivery, Support, Projects, and Product teams to identify and address security risks and service improvements.

Skills

Senior cyber security

Incident response

Threat hunting

Microsoft Sentinel

Defender XDR

SIEM/SOAR/EDR

Mentoring

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Security certifications

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Methods is seeking a Senior Cyber Analyst to lead complex investigations and incident response, providing strategic direction to maintain a robust security posture for clients. You will own detection rules and playbooks for Microsoft Sentinel, Defender XDR, SIEM, SOAR, EDR and XDR, while mentoring the Cyber Services team.

You will collaborate with architects and cross-functional teams to align tooling with client needs, produce technical reports, and support governance and risk management