Senior Security Analyst

La Fosse; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

La Fosse is seeking a Senior Security Analyst to strengthen detection and response across a large, diverse environment. The role sits at the intersection of incident response, automation, and detection engineering, ideal for solving problems and building security processes.

Key areas include building detection logic, creating automated SOAR workflows, leading investigations, and mentoring junior analysts, with salary up to £60,000 and hybrid work (3 days onsite in East Midlands).

Qualifications

• Experience building detection logic across SIEM and EDR tooling.
• Ability to design and implement automated SOAR playbooks for rapid response.
• Strong investigative skills for complex or high severity incidents.

Responsibilities

• Build and refine detection logic across SIEM, EDR and related tooling.
• Create automated SOAR workflows and playbooks to streamline response.
• Lead investigations into complex or high severity incidents.
• Carry out deep‑dive forensic work.
• Track and evolve security metrics to demonstrate improvements in detection and automation.
• Work closely with engineering teams and external partners to expand monitoring coverage.
• Support and mentor the development of junior analysts.

Skills

Incident response

Automation

Detection engineering

Mentoring juniors

Problem solving

Tools

SIEM

EDR

SOAR

Job description

I’m partnering with a well‑established, global organisation looking for a Senior Security Analyst to play a key role in strengthening their detection and response capability across a large and diverse environment. This position sits at the intersection of incident response, automation and detection engineering, which means its ideal for someone who enjoys solving problems and building security processes.

Key Areas include:

• Build and refine detection logic across SIEM, EDR and related tooling
• Create automated SOAR workflows and playbooks to streamline response
• Lead investigations into complex or high severity incidents
• Carry out deep‑dive forensic work
• Track and evolve security metrics to demonstrate improvements in detection and automation
• Work closely with engineering teams and external partners to expand monitoring coverage
• Support and mentor the development of junior analysts
• Salary: Up to £60,000
• Location: Hybrid - 3 days onsite (East Midlands)