Security Analyst
2 days ago
Cardiff
Security Analyst Cardiff-based office (Hybrid - Very Flexible) Up to £42,000 + Excellent Benefits CPS Group are delighted to be supporting our financial services client in their search for a Security Analyst to join their growing, forward-thinking Security team on a permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in safeguarding digital infrastructure, enhancing security controls, and ensuring the resilience of systems, networks, and data across both cloud and on-prem environments. If you’re passionate about cyber security, thrive in dynamic environments, and want your work to have a tangible impact, this is a fantastic time to join a business that truly values its people, invests in technology, and encourages professional growth. If you have a passion for cyber security, then this is the The Role: • Monitor systems, networks, and user activity to detect suspicious behaviour or policy violations, • Investigate and manage security incidents, carrying out root cause analysis and reporting, • Deploy, configure, and maintain key security platforms used by the analyst team, • Conduct vulnerability assessments and coordinate remediation activities, • Support patch management and compliance reporting, • Perform regular reviews and health checks on security controls, • Create and enhance measures to demonstrate the effectiveness of security controls, • Assist with internal and external security assessments and audits, • Update and maintain incident response plans, playbooks, and procedures, • Provide 3rd-line support to IT colleagues and the wider business Technical Skills: • SIEM and SOAR platforms, • Log analytics, rule creation, tuning, and threat hunting, • Familiarity with security frameworks, • Azure and M365 security configuration and alert investigation, • Dashboards and visualisation tools, • Firewalls (CheckPoint, VMware NSX), • Windows Server and Desktop environments, • XDR solutions – tuning and alert investigation Experience: • Ideally, you’ll bring around 5+ years’ experience in a similar role, such as: IT Security Analyst SOC Analyst Digital Forensics Specialist Senior Network Administrator / Network Engineer, • Relevant qualifications in IT Security, Cyber Security ect., • A proactive, curious, and detail-oriented approach to problem-solving, • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to simplify technical issues, • Confidence working with large data sets and security analytics tools A genuine passion for cyber security and continuous learning If interested, please apply today or contact Sam John at CPS Group for more information: