Senior Technical Operations Analyst

Morson Edge; Blackburn; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A cybersecurity firm is seeking a Senior Technical Operations Analyst to join their team in Blackburn. The role focuses on safeguarding against cyber threats through developing technical operations capabilities in automation and testing security controls. Candidates should possess critical thinking skills and experience in supporting cybersecurity measures. This position offers a remote working option and a competitive rate.

Qualifications

• Experience in safeguarding against cyber threats through effective automation.
• Familiarity with SOC operations and automation tools.
• Ability to apply critical thinking to security problems.

Responsibilities

• Identify automation opportunities to enhance SOC effectiveness.
• Support Team members in protecting systems from cyber threats.
• Create and maintain SOAR playbooks and automation.
• Solve complex problems in the information security domain.
• Analyze large datasets for actionable insights.

Skills

Cyber threat analysis

Automation techniques

Critical thinking

Data analysis

Job description

Senior Technical Operations Analyst | Morson Edge • Blackburn, ENG, UK

Job Description

Senior Technical Operations Analyst

Location: Preston / Remote (onsite when required)

Duration: 12 months initially

Rate: £41.94ph inside IR35 / Umbrella

Working as part of a team safeguarding against cyber threats by developing and enhancing the Technical Operations capability across People, Process, and Technology, ensuring an efficient approach to all Cyber Operations.

Proactively protecting the client through continual automation and testing of security controls.

Continuously working toward organisational, departmental, and individual objectives and upholding security standards and principles.

Providing assurance to the Head of Cyber Operations and Technical Operations Manager that the SOC is operating efficiently through the use of orchestration and automation.

Core Duties

• Identify processes that can be automated to make the SOC more effective.
• Responsible for the overall delivery of the Technical Operations function by providing support to other members of the team to protect the client's systems against cyber threats.
• Lead in the identification and the creation, maintenance and troubleshooting of SOAR playbooks, automations and enrichments.
• Apply critical thinking to solve unique problems in the information security space.
• Enhance the processes around interacting with large datasets to construct actionable insights.