Senior SOC Analyst

Royal Mail Group; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in logistics is seeking a Senior SOC Analyst to enhance its cybersecurity capabilities. The role involves developing detection logic, responding to incidents, and collaborating with partners to secure the business. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills and experience with SIEM tools, along with a proactive approach to improving security processes. The position offers a competitive salary, bonus, and various benefits, including hybrid working options.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

18% Bonus

Competitive Pension Scheme

Car allowance (or cash alternative)

Hybrid Working (2-3 days in office)

Private Healthcare

25 days holiday (plus the option to buy more)

Plus, many more benefits!

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills and engineering mindset required.
• Experience with enterprise SIEM and XDR tools essential.
• Ability to develop detection and automation logic.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain processes and procedures documentation.
• Respond to escalations and improve cybersecurity posture.
• Lead incident response as a technical SME.

Skills

Analytical skills

Engineering mindset

Agile development

Automation logic

Tools

SIEM tools

XDR tools

Job description

Role title - Senior SOC Analyst

Location - London or Sheffield (Hybrid, 3 days in office)

What will you do?

As a Senior SOC Analyst at Royal Mail Group, you will be joining a highly motivated and delivery-focused team that is rapidly levelling-up its maturity as we support the business in adopting cutting-edge and innovative technologies.

You'll bring your strong analytical skills and an engineering mindset as we implement a range of use-cases through the entire lifecycle. You'll be well versed in a range of enterprise SIEM and XDR tools, but you'll also be able to work in an agile fashion, developing code for detection and automation logic in a continuous integration and delivery pipeline.

Opportunities to work with new tooling in the identity & access, network and applications security domains are part of the role. You'll also refresh or learn new skills to detect and respond within operational technology environments, securing all aspects of the business.

Working closely with our MSSP partners, you will respond to higher-value escalations, focused on reducing our time to detect, respond and resolve. Feeding back lessons learned to improve the company-wide cybersecurity posture. When major incidents occur, you'll be a key member of the CSIRT, working closely with Incident Response as a technical response SME. You'll have the opportunity to learn about the wider technology estate, supporting on major programmes to ensure detection and response is built in.

You will take the lead in developing, implementing, and maintaining requisite processes and procedures documentation, identifying, and promoting opportunities to automate. You will also support the development and production of actionable and meaningful KPIs and metrics for reporting.

What we offer you

• Competitive Salary
• 18% Bonus
• Competitive Pension Scheme
• Car allowance (or cash alternative)
• Hybrid Working (2-3 days in office)
• Private Healthcare
• 25 days holiday (plus the option to buy more)
• Plus, many more benefits!

Interview process and next steps

We aim to move as quickly as possible! If your application is successful, you will be contacted by one of our recruitment team who will discuss the two-stage interview process with you.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here:

https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

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