Cyber Security Analyst

Specialist financial services firm based in London seek a Cyber Security Analyst

The is role is fully remote

• Full Time Permanent
• Salary £50,000 - £60,000
• Must be a Uk resident with full working rights with experience gained in the UK - Please no overseas applications
• 4-5 years experience

Role Purpose

Responsible for the technical support, delivery and execution of our Security Operations incident response, threat hunting and threat intelligence.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for those looking to develop their Information & Cyber Security career, gain further insight into the industry and build experience across a number of Information and Cyber Security knowledge areas.

Responsibilities will include:

• Supporting Security Operations by independently leading incident responses, undertaking advanced analysis of security events, response, containment & remediation.
• Incident write ups, review and reporting.
• Performing incident investigation using EDR, AV, SIEM, SOAR, and Threat intelligence systems to analyse, respond and remediate security incidents.
• Expanding the threat hunting and threat intelligence framework to apply advanced analytical techniques to identify, investigate and respond to potential threats, APT’s and other threat actors, as well as delivering structured use cases, metrics, analytics and reporting.
• Fully integrating with a small security operations team, sharing best practice and providing training and education to employees where applicable.
• Supporting the Head of Cyber Security Operations to set strategic direction for the function.
• Supporting new project deliverables where required.

Essential Experience:

• More than 4 years’ experience working in a Security Operations environment.
• Understanding of core cyber security framework, processes, techniques & methodologies.
• Current knowledge of technology capabilities, security trends; types and techniques of attacks in the wild
• Understanding of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model & knowledge of renowned ports.
• Low-level networking experience with the TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) stack can be an added advantage.
• Good team player, self-confident, motivated, and with the ability to work fully independently.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Displays good leadership qualities, identifies goals/objectives with the ability to motivate/coach/lead.
• Ability & willingness to multi-task and help support the wider function with a calm demeanour and work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.