Senior Cyber Operations Analyst
12 hours ago
Colchester
Senior Cyber Operations Analyst Do you have the skills to fill this role Read the complete details below, and make your application today. £Up To £75,000 GBP Performance Bonus Hybrid WORKING Location: UK Wide , Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom Type: Permanent Senior Cyber Operations Analyst (Associate Manager) Locations: London | Manchester | Bristol Salary: Up to 75,000 + excellent package Clearance: BPSS + SC clearance (or Eligible) Are you an experienced Cyber Security Operations specialist looking to step into a senior role within a high-growth, high-impact cyber practice? We're supporting a top-tier consulting organisation (name anonymised) that is expanding its Blue Team and looking for a technical, curious and detail-driven Senior Cyber Operations Analyst to join their team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with cutting-edge tooling, contribute to threat-driven defensive security, and shape advanced SecOps capabilities across enterprise environments. About the Role As a Senior Cyber Operations Analyst at Associate Manager level, you'll sit at the heart of a thriving Cyber Practice covering Assurance, Compliance, SecOps, Offensive Security and Research. You'll play a pivotal part in threat detection, incident response, detection engineering, and security monitoring - helping defend major UK organisations. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in technical depth, enjoys problem-solving, and wants to contribute to a mission-driven cyber defence team. Key Responsibilities You will: • Develop, maintain and enhance detection content (primarily for Splunk SIEM) across cloud, endpoint and network platforms, • Identify detection gaps, log ingestion issues and alert improvements, • Review and uplift existing SecOps standards, logging maturity, BAU monitoring and threat-led optimisation, • Perform day-to-day security monitoring, alert triage and incident response (9am-5:30pm rota), • Investigate cyber security incidents and provide technical leadership during escalations, • Mentor junior analysts through shadowing and hands-on guidance, • Act as a technical SME during client engagements, including presenting to senior stakeholders, • Participate in alert testing, IR tabletop exercises, and readiness assessments, • Stay up to date with emerging intelligence, attacker behaviours and evolving threat landscapesAdditional (client-dependent) responsibilities may include:, • Proactive threat hunting, • Incident response playbook development, • Threat intelligence research, • Vulnerability scanning & reporting, • Threat intelligence models (Pyramid of Pain, IPCE, TI lifecycle), • Detection engineering & alert development, • Scripting skills (Python, Bash, C/C++, Java), • Core cybersecurity fundamentals: network, cloud, cryptography, forensics, • Understanding of attacker techniques, APT behaviours and network protocol abuse, • Competitive salary, • Private medical insurance, • 25 days annual leave, • 3 days paid charity leave, • Continuous learning & development opportunities, • Access to a cutting-edge cyber practice and diverse project portfolio, • 5 years continuous UK residency, • No periods of 30+ consecutive days outside the UK in that time #jawa