Senior SOC Analyst & Systems Integrator

Hamilton Barnes; North East; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel benefits

Health Cash Plan

Cycle to Work Scheme

Network Benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced annual leave

Enhanced pension scheme

Technology purchase scheme

Electric vehicle salary sacrifice

Employee referral scheme

New business referral scheme

Discounted gym membership

Life assurance and critical illness

Job summary

Hamilton Barnes is recruiting a Cyber Security Analyst L3 to lead senior technical work in our Security Operations Centre at Gateshead. You will investigate incidents, tune threat detection, and mentor other SOC analysts.

You will use CrowdStrike, Microsoft Sentinel and XDR to triage alerts, coordinate containment, and communicate findings clearly to clients. The role is full-time, 37.5 hours per week, with some shift coverage.

Qualifications

• Experience conducting security investigations and triaging complex alerts.
• Ability to investigate, contain and remediate sophisticated security incidents.
• Strong understanding of incident response processes and post-incident reviews.
• Knowledge of threat intelligence and its application within security operations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth investigations into malicious incidents and complex security alerts escalated by other analysts.
• Act as the primary escalation point for L2 Analysts, providing technical guidance on complex investigations.
• Investigate, contain and remediate security incidents, ensuring threats are addressed effectively.
• Mentor, coach and support the development of other SOC analysts.
• Assist with incident response activities and post-incident reviews.
• Manage multiple concurrent incidents and requests, prioritising workloads in line with established procedures and best practices.
• Identify opportunities to improve SOC processes, operational efficiency and incident response capabilities.
• Support the automation of manual processes to improve productivity and consistency.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of security monitoring, detection and investigation processes.
• Communicate security incidents, findings and recommendations clearly to customers and stakeholders.

Skills

Security investigations

Incident escalation

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Mentoring

Customer service

Workload management

Tools

CrowdStrike

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft XDR

Job description

Hamilton Barnes is recruiting a Cyber Security Analyst L3 to lead senior technical work in our Security Operations Centre at Gateshead. You will investigate incidents, tune threat detection, and mentor other SOC analysts.

You will use CrowdStrike, Microsoft Sentinel and XDR to triage alerts, coordinate containment, and communicate findings clearly to clients. The role is full-time, 37.5 hours per week, with some shift coverage.