Senior Cyber Security Technical Specialist

Coventry Building Society; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday + bank holidays

Annual discretionary bonus

Personal pension with matched</p>

Life assurance (6x annual salary)

Job summary

Coventry Building Society is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Technical Specialist to lead threat detection, analysis and response across our organisation. The role focuses on enhancing monitoring, security controls and incident response within a regulated financial services environment.

The successful candidate will work in a hybrid setup with on-site requirements at Coventry or Manchester, and be part of the team driving security maturation and governance across the business.

Qualifications

• Experience operating within a Security Operations Centre (SOC) in a complex enterprise environment.
• Experience in Financial Services sector with regulatory familiarity in UK retail financial services.
• Strong knowledge of SIEM, EDR/XDR, threat intelligence and security monitoring technologies.
• Proven ability to investigate complex security incidents and coordinate incident response.
• Experience of cloud security operations and incident response in cloud environments is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, detect, investigate and respond to cyber security threats and incidents.
• Coordinate effective incident response activities and risk assessments.
• Develop, optimise and tune security monitoring to mature defence capabilities.
• Ensure compliance with security standards, legal obligations and regulatory requirements.

Skills

SOC operations

Threat intelligence

Security monitoring

Regulatory knowledge

Tools

SIEM

EDR/XDR

Cloud security

Job description

About the role

The Senior Cyber Security Technical Specialist is responsible for the continuous monitoring, detection, analysis, investigation, and response to cyber security threats, vulnerabilities, and security incidents across the organisation. The role holder will leverage a broad understanding of security technologies, threat intelligence, and security operations processes to identify, assess, and mitigate cyber risks.

The role requires strong analytical and technical capabilities to correlate data from multiple security platforms and business systems, enabling effective threat detection, risk assessment, and incident management. The role holder will lead the development, optimisation, and tuning of security monitoring and detection capabilities, ensuring cyber threats are identified and responded to in a timely and effective manner.

The Senior Cyber Security Technical Specialist will support the continual enhancement of the organisation's security posture through the implementation of security controls, improvement of detection uses cases, coordination of incident response activities, and the assurance that operational and change initiatives comply with organisational security standards, legal obligations, and regulatory requirements.

This is a hybrid role, with the successful candidate being based at either the Coventry or Manchester site, with the requirement to be on-site at least 1 day per week. There is a requirement to be onsite for additional days as and when is needed for team collaboration and CIDO events.

Our benefits include:

• 28 days holiday a year plus bank holidays and a holiday buy/sell scheme
• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• Personal pension with matched contributions
• Life assurance (6 times annual salary)

Find out more about the fantastic benefits of joining Coventry Building Society here

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

You are a highly skilled cyber security specialist who thrives on solving complex technical challenges. You have a proven track record within a Security Operations Centre (SOC)-ideally in a regulated or financial services environment-and are ready to step up as a senior technical authority.

As a skilled technical specialist, you bring deep expertise in security technologies, governance, and assurance. You don't just monitor threats; you proactively drive change and continuous improvement to mature our defence capabilities.

For this role you'll need to have:

• Experience operating within a Security Operations Centre (SOC) in a complex enterprise environment.
• Experience within the Financial Services sector, with an understanding of emerging threats, regulatory expectations, industry developments, and challenges facing the UK retail financial services market.
• Strong knowledge of SIEM, EDR/XDR, threat intelligence, and security monitoring technologies.
• Proven ability to investigate complex security incidents, conduct impact assessments, and coordinate effective incident response activities.
• Experience of cloud security operations, including monitoring, detection, investigation, and incident response within cloud-hosted environments is desirable.

Experience in these areas would be helpful:

• Understanding of cyber security frameworks, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices relevant to Financial Services such as NIST, ISO 27001, CobiT, ITIL.
• Professional cyber security certification(s) such as CISSP, CEH, GCIH, GDAT, GCDA, GCFR, CREST, or equivalent industry-recognised qualifications are desirable.

Full-time 35 hours

In 2025, Coventry Building Society purchased The Co-operative Bank. Bringing together our purpose-led building society with the UK's original ethical bank was the start of an exciting journey.

Trusted by over four million people, we're a mutually owned business free from shareholders, and with our combined experience of almost 300 years, our ethics and dedication will continue to guide us. Together, we have shared values and an ethical approach towards our members, customers and colleagues.

We're officially recognised as a 'Great Place to Work' and our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and comprehensive support for wellbeing.

In 2025, Coventry Building Society purchased The Co-operative Bank. Bringing together our purpose-led building society with the UK's original ethical bank was the start of an exciting journey.

Trusted by over four million people, we're a mutually owned business free from shareholders, and with our combined experience of almost 300 years, our ethics and dedication will continue to guide us. Together, we have shared values and an ethical approach towards our members, customers and colleagues.

We're officially recognised as a 'Great Place to Work' and our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and comprehensive support for wellbeing.

We're serious about equality, of race, age, faith, disability, and sexual orientation and we celebrate diversity. By working together, we know you'll build more than just a career with us.

Flexibility and why it matters

We understand the need for flexibility, so wherever possible, we'll consider alternative working patterns. Have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are for this role.

Proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer

We're proud to offer an interview or assessment to every disabled applicant who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. As part of the application process, disabled applicants can opt in for the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. If there are ever occasions where it is not practicable to interview all candidates that meet the essential criteria, such as when we receive a high number of applications, we commit to interviewing disabled candidates who best meet the minimum essential and desirable criteria.

Location

Hybrid