Senior Cyber Security Analyst
Senior Cyber Security Analyst
Permanent - Full time
£55,000 plus bonus
Bolton - 3 days per week onsite
About the Role
We are working with a leading global organization during a pivotal moment who seeking a Senior Cyber Security Analyst to help strengthen its security posture and safeguard critical systems. This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about incident response and proactive threat management within a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
The ideal candidate will have a positive go-getter attitude, and will have experience of incident response, using MS security tools and ideally an understanding of Tanium.
Key Responsibilities
- Working with the Head of Information Security to mature the incident response capability
- Using your understanding of the contemporary threat environment to assist with your vulnerability investigations and response
- Lead remediation efforts for identified vulnerabilities in collaboration with technology teams.
- Acting as an escalation point for any cyber security incidents and documenting processes
- Respond to incidents alongside the Head of Cyber
- Work with the existing MSSP across incident response and proactive monitoring and detection
- Maintain and optimise Microsoft Sentinel SIEM, XDR/MDR/EDR solutions, and supporting tools.
- Track deployment and health of all security products across the business.
- Stay ahead of emerging threats and evolving technologies.
- Experience working in a cyber role in an enterprise environment
- Experience with the Microsoft Defender suite and Tanium would be ideal
- Solid understanding of cybersecurity principles and incident response processes.
- Experience exposure to red-teaming would be great but not crucial
- Experience of use case development
- An understanding of security best practice frameworks (NIST, ISO27001 etc)
- Good understanding of threat assessment
- A technical IT background
- Strong problem-solving skills and go-getter attitude
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work independently in a fast-paced setting.
- £45,000 - £55,000 plus bonus
- 25 days annual leave, plus moveable bank holidays and up to 5 days buy and sell
- Pension and company specific benefits
- Flexible and hybrid working options
- Career development opportunities and access to accredited qualifications.
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