Senior SecOps Analyst | SC Clearance Eligible

TalentHawk; Scotland; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

TalentHawk in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Senior Security Operations Analyst to join a busy security team. This hands-on 2nd/3rd line SecOps role focuses on monitoring, investigation, and response across a complex enterprise environment.

You will manage security alerts, conduct investigations, and support incident response, working with AWS security services, Microsoft Sentinel, and Defender to detect and respond to threats.

Qualifications

• Approximately 5 years' experience within a Security Operations (SecOps) environment.
• Strong experience in 2nd/3rd line security operations.
• Experience with AWS security services and cloud security operations.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Defender.
• Strong understanding of incident response, alert triage, and security investigations.
• Experience analysing logs, alerts, and security telemetry from multiple sources.
• Ability to prioritise workload effectively in a busy operational environment.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, triage, and investigate security alerts and incidents.
• Perform detailed analysis of security events and suspicious activity.
• Lead and support incident response activities, including containment, remediation, and recovery.
• Utilise Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender to detect and respond to threats.
• Support and maintain security monitoring use cases and detection capabilities.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, and support teams to resolve security issues.
• Produce investigation reports and provide recommendations to improve security posture.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of security operations processes and procedures.
• Act as an escalation point for complex security incidents and investigations.

Skills

SecOps

2nd/3rd line

AWS Security

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Defender

Incident response

Log analysis

Workload prioritisation

Stakeholder management

Job description

TalentHawk in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Senior Security Operations Analyst to join a busy security team. This hands-on 2nd/3rd line SecOps role focuses on monitoring, investigation, and response across a complex enterprise environment.

You will manage security alerts, conduct investigations, and support incident response, working with AWS security services, Microsoft Sentinel, and Defender to detect and respond to threats.