Threat & Vulnerability Analyst - Hybrid, Grow Your Exposure

Cloud People; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud People in Birmingham is seeking a SOC analyst ready to move into threat and vulnerability work within a busy managed security practice. Hybrid role, three days on site, focusing on exposure and prioritisation to guide customers on what to fix first.

You will work with Tenable and Microsoft Defender telemetry, applying threat context to separate real risks from noise and to build meaningful briefings for clients. You will learn from experienced analysts and have a clear path to advancement.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a SOC, with a good understanding of the current threat landscape.
• Exposure to vulnerability and threat tooling, ideally Tenable and Microsoft Defender or similar.
• Solid working knowledge of CVEs, CVSS, MITRE ATT&CK and the common types of threats and data breaches.
• Genuinely keen to move into threat and vulnerability work and develop into it.
• A clear communicator who can explain technical detail in a way that makes sense to others.
• Eligibility for UK Security Clearance is essential.

Responsibilities

• Work with vulnerability data from Tenable to identify and prioritise high risk exposure across customer environments
• Use threat context, active campaigns and exploitation in the wild, to judge which vulnerabilities genuinely matter and in what order
• Work with CVEs and CVSS scoring, tracking new disclosures and exploitation trends and translating them into clear priorities
• Use Microsoft Defender telemetry across endpoint, identity, cloud and Office to spot emerging patterns and support investigations
• Map threats, TTPs and campaigns to frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK
• Work closely with the wider SOC to feed findings into triage, detections and remediation, and build towards producing threat and vulnerability briefings for customers

Skills

SOC experience

Vulnerability tooling

CVEs & CVSS

MITRE ATT&CK

Tools

Tenable

Microsoft Defender

Job description

Cloud People in Birmingham is seeking a SOC analyst ready to move into threat and vulnerability work within a busy managed security practice. Hybrid role, three days on site, focusing on exposure and prioritisation to guide customers on what to fix first.

You will work with Tenable and Microsoft Defender telemetry, applying threat context to separate real risks from noise and to build meaningful briefings for clients. You will learn from experienced analysts and have a clear path to advancement.