Threat Analyst

SCC; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

2 paid volunteering days per year

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

SCC is seeking a Thread Analyst in Birmingham to join a hybrid team focused on threat intelligence, vulnerability analysis, and customer-facing reporting. The role involves translating threat data into actionable insights, supporting incident investigations, and collaborating with SOC and engineering teams.

The position offers a comprehensive benefits package and core hours aligned with the role. The successful candidate will have SOC experience, proficiency with threat intelligence workflows,

Qualifications

• Experience in researching and analysing threats within a SOC environment.
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical thinking; translate threat intelligence into practical outcomes.
• Collaborative and team-focused; committed to continuous learning in cyber security.
• Familiarity with Defender/End point tooling and vulnerability prioritisation.

Responsibilities

• Threat Intelligence & Analysis to inform risk posture.
• Produce customer-facing intelligence outputs and actionable risk insights.
• Integrate intelligence with SOC workflows for detection and hunting.
• Analyse vulnerabilities and prioritise remediation based on threat activity.
• Lead development of intelligence-led Defender use cases and playbooks.
• Collaborate with SOC, engineering and solution teams; mentor junior analysts.

Skills

Threat Analysis

Threat Intelligence

Analytical Thinking

Team Collaboration

MITRE ATT&CK

Threat Indicators

Tools

Tenable

Microsoft Defender

Job description

Salary Package: 35000 plus large company benefits, a broad flexible benefits scheme, and 2 paid-for volunteering days a year

We are actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone.

Role: Thread Analyst

Location: Birmingham (SCC operate hybrid working, which comprises of a mix of office and home working)

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary Package: 35000 plus large company benefits, a broad flexible benefits scheme, and 2 paid-for volunteering days a year

Hours: 9.00 am – 5.30 pm Monday – Friday

Interview Process: 2-stage process

Why SCC?

• An inclusive workplace
• Excellent package: solid basic and company benefits
• Hybrid working & core hours in line with role requirements
• Career development and life-long learning opportunities
• Opportunity to join Europe's largest privately-owned IT Company

Role Purpose

Key responsibilities:

Threat Intelligence & Analysis

• Research and analyse emerging cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and threat actor activity relevant to SCC customers
• Produce threat assessments and contextual intelligence on vulnerabilities, incidents, and campaigns
• Lead development of strategic, operational, and tactical threat intelligence outputs (e.g. landscape reports, advisories, digests)
• Map threats, TTPs, and campaigns to frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK

Customer-Facing Intelligence & Reporting

• Produce and enhance customer-facing deliverables such as:
  • oStrategic threat landscape reports
  • oThreat briefings and advisories
  • oTechnology-specific risk summaries
• Translate threat intelligence into business-relevant insights and recommendations
• Support stakeholder engagement by explaining threats in both technical and non-technical terms

Operational Integration with SOC

• Work with other SOC and threat analysts to convert intelligence into:
  • oDetection rules (SIEM / EDR)
  • oThreat hunting hypotheses
  • oPlaybook improvements
• Provide intelligence-driven input into alert triage and incident investigations
• Support post-incident reviews with threat context and adversary insight

  Vulnerability & Exposure Intelligence

  • Analyse vulnerability data from Tenable and other scanning platforms to:
    • oIdentify high-risk vulnerabilities relevant to current threat activity
    • oPrioritise remediation based on exploitability, exposure, and threat actor interest
  • Correlate vulnerability findings with:
    • oThreat intelligence (active campaigns / exploitation in the wild)
    • oCustomer environments and technology stacks
  • Support development of:
    • oVulnerability threat advisories
    • oRisk-based prioritisation models for customers
  • Work with SOC and engineering teams to ensure vulnerability intelligence informs:
    • oDetection use cases
    • oThreat hunting activities
    • oCustomer remediation guidance

  Defender & Endpoint Intelligence (MXDR Integration)

  • Leverage Microsoft Defender (Endpoint, Identity, Cloud, Office) telemetry to:
    • oIdentify emerging threat patterns and suspicious behaviours
    • oSupport investigations with enriched threat intelligence context
  • Correlate Defender alerts with known threat actor TTPs and campaigns
  • Lead on:
    • oIdentification of gaps in detection coverage
    • oDevelopment of intelligence-led improvements to Defender use cases
  • Be the SME for :
    • oExploitation techniques observed in real environments
    • oTrends across customer estates

  Threat Monitoring & Tooling

  • Lead monitoring of:
    • oDark web sources
    • oExternal attack surface exposure
    • oVulnerability disclosures and exploitation trends
  • Lead on evaluation and usage of threat intelligence platforms and tooling
  • Maintain tracking of relevant:
    • oIndicators of Compromise (IOCs)
    • oVulnerabilities and CVEs
    • oThreat actor campaigns

  Service Development & Improvement

  • Lead on development of SCC threat intelligence services and offerings
  • Lead on refining use cases, playbooks, and detection logic based on emerging threats
  • Support RFP responses, service design, and customer proposals for threat intelligence capabilities

  Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing

  • Work collaboratively with SOC, engineering, and solution teams
  • Share threat insights across the SOC to improve collective awareness and response capability
  • Maintain awareness of current and emerging threats affecting key sectors and customer environments
  • Will mentor other more junior Threat Analysts

  Skills And Experience

  • Experience in researching and analysing threats within a SOC environment
  • Detail-oriented with strong analytical thinkingAble to translate threat intelligence into practical outcomes
  • Collaborative and team-focused
  • Committed to continuous learning in cyber security
  • Good understanding of cyber security principles and threat landscape shown through experience and certifications.
  • Experience of using vulnerability prioritisation and exploit intelligence within a security team
  • Experience working with and troubleshooting Tenable, Defender, or equivalent tooling
  • Knowledge of frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK
  • Understanding and experience of threat intelligence lifecycle and structured analysis techniques
  • Experience producing reports, briefings, or customer-facing outputs

  About Us

  SCC is Europe's largest privately-owned IT business, based out of the new £7m HQ office in Birmingham and we help clients succeed through IT transformation and exceptional customer experiences. We are a business where innovation is greater as we combine unique ideas, people and disciplines. We are a global company that is passionate about IT and where we look to simplify the complex.

  We are an equal opportunities employer

  SCC is committed to providing equal opportunities and a proactive and inclusive approach to equality and diversity in employment. No applicant or employee will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of a protected characteristic which are defined as sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignment, trade union membership or non-membership, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race and religion or belief.

  If you are selected for interview, and need any reasonable adjustments made for your interview, please let the SCC Talent Acquisition team know, at the point of scheduling.

  Diversity & Inclusion at SCC - https://www.scc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/

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