Security Operations Analyst - EMEA in Leeds

Senior Security Operations Analyst Salary – £54,000 - £65,000 + bonus Location – Manchester or Leeds - Hybrid We're working with a well-established, award-winning UK fintech. They're looking for a Senior Security Operations Analyst to sit at the heart of their Information Security function, owning threat detection and incident response at real scale The opportunity SIEM - write and tune detection rules, investigate alerts end-to-end, and collaborate with Infrastructure, Networks, DevOps and an outsourced SOC. Threat intelligence & hunting - monitor intelligence from multiple sources, identify trends and emerging threats, and lead coordinated hunting activity. Incident response - analyse, contain, and remediate security incidents, communicating clearly across teams and escalating where needed. EDR - day-to-day interaction with the Endpoint Detection and Response tooling across the estate. Policy & control design - contribute to security policy, standards, and documentation, and design and test logical security controls. Essential skills and experience Hands-on SIEM experience - Chronicle, Splunk, or Sentinel. Strong understanding of firewalls, IDS/IPS and Windows Security Event Logs. Knowledge of cloud and traditional infrastructure security principles. Ability to proactively identify control weaknesses and vulnerabilities. Clear communicator - able to translate technical risk into plain business language