Senior Cyber Operations Analyst

Accenture; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global professional services firm in Manchester is looking for an experienced Cyber Security Operations Specialist to enhance their detection and incident response capabilities. This senior role involves developing security detection content for Splunk SIEM, mentoring junior analysts, and conducting incident response. Ideal candidates should have a background in cybersecurity with skills in threat hunting and strong analytical capabilities. The role offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Up to 25 days of vacation per year

Private medical insurance

Three days leave for charitable work

Qualifications

• Experience in security monitoring and incident response.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain security detection content for Splunk SIEM.
• Perform security monitoring and triaging of alerts.
• Respond to and investigate cyber-security incidents.
• Act as a mentor for junior analysts.

Skills

Threat intelligence concepts

Detection Engineering

Scripting (Python/Bash/C/C++/Java)

Network security

Understanding network protocols

Knowledge of APTs and TTPs

Common analysis techniques for Windows/Linux

Job description

Responsibilities

• Detection engineering – develop, maintain, and enhance security detection content primarily for the Splunk SIEM, to enable the detection of threats across diverse platforms (e.g., cloud, endpoints, and networks)
• Collaborate with the extended security team to identify gaps in detection coverage, log ingestion and alerting based on business risks and threats
• Review and improve existing SecOps standards and capabilities (e.g., by highlighting requirements for additional logging, identifying incident or threat trends and detection and business‑as‑usual optimisation opportunities)
• Perform security monitoring, reviewing and triaging triggered alerts, and suggesting improvements (on a rota basis 9 AM to 5:30 PM)
• Respond to and investigate identified cyber‑security incidents
• Act as a point of escalation for junior analysts, supporting them through mentorship and shadowing
• Operate as a technical subject‑matter expert on client engagements and be prepared to interact with, and present to, senior stakeholders in a consulting capacity
• Participate in alert testing and incident response tabletop exercises as required
• Remain up to date with latest threat intelligence that may be of interest to our clients

Additional Responsibilities (client dependent)

• Proactive threat hunting and tradecraft development
• Incident response and playbook development
• Change approvals (where applicable)
• Collection and interpretation of different sources of threat intelligence and researching emerging threats and TTPs
• Vulnerability scanning, management and reporting
• Opportunity to operate in a management (within Accenture) and leadership capacity (within client) if this aligns with your personal career goals

Note: This role requires an approximately 1‑week month on‑call availability for high‑priority incident response. Please note there is additional compensation for this, and the frequency is client dependent.

If you are looking to make your mark on a rapidly growing SecOps team with some very exciting clients, look no further. We are searching for an experienced technical Cyber Security Operations Specialist to join our Blue Team. This is a senior role, and the ideal candidate will be a self‑starter with an inquisitive nature, keen attention to detail, and a strong background in cybersecurity topics such as threat hunting, attacker tactics and techniques, monitoring and alerting, threat intelligence, and incident readiness and response.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of key threat intelligence concepts such as the Pyramid of Pain, Intelligence Preparation for the Cyber Environment (IPCE), and the Threat Intelligence Lifecycle
• Detection Engineering and Alert Development
• Experience with scripting and programming – e.g., Python/Bash/C/C++/Java
• Core cyber‑security concepts such as network security, cryptography, cloud security, forensics
• Understanding of network protocols and how they can be abused by attackers
• Up to date knowledge of the most prevalent APTs and their TTPs
• Knowledge of common analysis techniques associated with Windows and/or Linux

Our Cyber Practice is a fast‑growing community of industry‑leading experts. The practice covers Assurance, Compliance, Security Operations (SecOps), Offensive Security and Security Research. It is critical that the relevance and quality of the services that we provide is maintained and augmented and that the team members have every opportunity to grow and learn with the organisation.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading organizations build their digital core, optimise their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance services‑creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent‑ and innovation‑led company with 774,000 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. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
Accenture provides a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all 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.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO, We work with one shared purpose: to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity. Every day, more than 775,000 of us help our stakeholders continuously reinvent. Together, we drive positive change and deliver value to our clients, partners, shareholders, communities, and each other.

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes up to 25 days of vacation per year, private medical insurance and three days leave per year for charitable work of your choice! Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role to deliver the first‑class services we are known for.