Senior Security Operations Analyst in Leeds

Senior Security Operations Analyst in Leeds

Leeds Full-Time 54000 - 65000 Β£ / year (est.) Home office (partial)
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At a Glance

  • Tasks: Lead threat detection and incident response in a dynamic fintech environment.
  • Company: Award-winning UK fintech with a strong focus on information security.
  • Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus, hybrid work model, and career development opportunities.
  • Other info: Collaborative culture with opportunities to grow your skills and career.
  • Why this job: Make a real impact on security operations while working with cutting-edge technology.
  • Qualifications: Hands-on SIEM experience and strong understanding of security principles.

The predicted salary is between 54000 - 65000 Β£ per year.

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.

Salary – Β£54,000 - Β£65,000 + bonus

Location – Manchester or Leeds - Hybrid

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

Senior Security Operations Analyst in Leeds employer: Parking Eye

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Contact Details:

Parking Eye Recruitment Team

We think you need these skills to ace Senior Security Operations Analyst in Leeds

SIEM
Threat Intelligence
Incident Response
EDR
Security Policy Design
Firewalls
IDS/IPS