Senior Security Operations Analyst

Senior Security Operations Analyst Location: Hybrid - Manchester or Leeds (3 days onsite, 2 days remote) Salary: From £54,000 The Opportunity We are seeking an experienced Senior Security Operations Analyst to join a growing Information Security team.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in protecting critical business systems and data, helping to strengthen cyber security capabilities and improve organisational resilience. Working closely with Infrastructure, Networking, DevOps, and external security partners, you will be responsible for monitoring, detecting, analysing, and responding to security threats and incidents.

You will help drive continuous improvements across security operations while ensuring robust monitoring and incident response capabilities are maintained. Key Responsibilities Manage the day-to-day operation of the SIEM platform, including monitoring, administration, and optimisation.

Develop, fine-tune, and maintain detection rules and use cases to improve threat visibility. Investigate security alerts and incidents through to resolution. Provide effective monitoring and incident response capability across the organisation.

Analyse security events to identify trends, attack patterns, and emerging threats. Escalate and track security issues through to remediation. Assess threats from multiple sources and recommend mitigation strategies. Respond to cyber security incidents, gathering and analysing relevant data and evidence.

Remain up to date with the latest cyber security threats, technologies, and best practices. Support the development and maintenance of security policies, standards, and processes. Design and execute testing methods for security controls.

Manage and optimise Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) technologies. Skills & Experience Required Strong understanding of technical and network security principles. Proven ability to identify security weaknesses, vulnerabilities, and control gaps.

Hands-on experience with SIEM technologies, including engineering and administration. Experience working with Google SecOps (Chronicle) would be highly advantageous. Knowledge of firewalls, IDS/IPS solutions, and Windows Security Event Logs.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within broader technical teams. Understanding of infrastru...

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