Senior Security Operations Analyst

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Senior Security Operations Analyst, London

Client:

Eames Consulting

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

a540f6447831

Job Views:

16

Posted:

14.03.2025

Expiry Date:

28.04.2025

Job Description:

Eames are working with a reputable insurer on the hire of a Senior Security Operations Analyst.

Responsibilities:

1. Overseeing the security of the technical infrastructure provided by third-party suppliers, addressing any identified security risks to the organization.
2. Managing the remediation of operational risks to their conclusion and taking ownership of these processes within the team.
3. Leading the development and enhancement of detection engineering and associated technologies.
4. Conducting operational and threat malware analysis for the organization.
5. Offering security insights and maintaining relationships with the Service Management function concerning change management, problem management, and incident management.
6. Handling level 2/3 operational cyber incident response.
7. Promptly escalating any detected incidents and anomalies within the organization, providing expert guidance for operational challenges.
8. Monitoring emerging threat patterns, vulnerabilities, and anomalies, escalating unknown threats to relevant areas within the company.
9. Collecting metrics on the status of technical information security controls across the organization, identifying risk areas, and developing and managing remediation plans as necessary.
10. Collaborating with all CISO teams to report and address operational issues at an architectural level.
11. Participating in a shared, rotational 24/7 on-call requirement, acting as the single point of contact for all security-related response actions and decisions, including managing each incident from a security perspective, interacting with Incident Management/Major Incident Management teams, and recording key security decisions.

Qualifications:

1. Proficiency and experience in firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, anti-virus and content filtering, URL filtering, authentication solutions, switches, routers, and Voice over IP (VoIP), as well as firewall zoning.
2. Ability to interpret system data, including security event logs, system logs, application logs, and device logs.
3. Knowledge and experience with enterprise-grade technologies, including operating systems, databases, and web applications.
4. Experience in network traffic analysis to identify developing patterns.
5. Capability to mentor and upskill junior team members.
6. Security analysis skills comparable to CompTIA CySA+ certification or similar.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience with technologies such as Data Loss Prevention, Intrusion Prevention/Detection Systems, Firewalls, and SIEM.
2. Knowledge of reporting suites such as Power BI.
3. Strong understanding of Microsoft security suites and relevant qualifications.
4. Expertise in threat identification.
5. Security certifications such as CISM, CISSP, M.Inst.ISP, or CISA from a recognized professional body.
6. Technical certifications in network or systems engineering from a recognized professional body.
7. Understanding of fundamental cloud concepts, particularly for AWS.
8. Familiarity with OWASP Top 10 and the API Security Playbook.

Eames Consulting is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.