Senior Cyber Security Analyst

Role overview

Security operations and incident response

• Detect, triage, investigate, and respond to cyber security events and incidents using security monitoring and analysis tools.
• Lead and support incident response through investigation, containment, eradication, and resolution; contribute to major incidents and post-incident reviews.
• Analyze alerts for impact, severity, and remediation needs; hunt threats using IoCs, threat intelligence, and emerging threat information.
• Monitor emerging threats and vulnerabilities and assess their impact on organizational services and systems.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, network, and development teams; improve incident response processes, playbooks, and procedures.
• Participate in out-of-hours or major incident activities where required.

Security engineering and improvement

• Develop, tune, and optimize monitoring solutions to improve detection accuracy and operational effectiveness.
• Automate routine security activities and design detections, use cases, and alerting mechanisms for emerging threats.
• Evaluate security services, controls, and tools and recommend improvements based on best practice and organizational needs.
• Support integration of new platforms, services, and technologies into security monitoring capabilities and contribute to vulnerability management.
• Develop metrics, dashboards, and reports; work with project and product teams to include security requirements throughout delivery.

Leadership and collaboration

• Provide cyber security advice to technical and non-technical stakeholders and respond to security-related enquiries.
• Mentor Cyber Security Analysts and encourage knowledge sharing, professional development, and continuous learning.
• Create, maintain, and review technical documentation, including procedures, playbooks, investigation guides, and configuration documentation.
• Support security standards, policies, and operating procedures; build effective relationships with colleagues, suppliers, and external partners.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and communicate complex technical information clearly.

Working arrangements

• The role is listed as full-time.

Requirements

• The supplied description does not state specific education, certification, or years-of-experience requirements.