Lead Information Security Analyst in Leeds

The Lead Information Security Analyst plays a critical role in leading and delivering the organization’s information security roadmap through both technical IR expertise and operational leadership. This role combines hands-on security operations with team leadership responsibilities, acting as the primary technical focal point for SOC and Incident Response activities. The Lead will be responsible for managing team priorities, overseeing sprint planning and execution, and ensuring high-quality delivery of security operations.

Working in a dynamic environment, you will provide technical leadership, guidance, and consultancy across the business, helping strengthen the organization’s security posture while ensuring efficient and consistent service delivery. You will collaborate closely with Security Architecture, Engineering, Governance, Risk & Compliance, IT, and business stakeholders to drive continuous improvement across monitoring, detection, and response capabilities.

• Serve as the technical focal point for SOC and Incident Response activities, leading complex investigations and acting as the primary escalation point for operational and technical issues.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to SOC analysts and IR team members to strengthen team capabilities and promote knowledge sharing.
• Manage SOC and IR operations, including workload distribution, task prioritization, sprint planning, execution, follow-ups, and tracking of team performance to ensure efficient delivery.
• Oversee and continuously improve security monitoring, detection, logging, alerting, and incident response capabilities, driving enhancements in automation and orchestration.
• Lead and support vulnerability management activities across the organization, ensuring timely identification, prioritization, and remediation of security risks.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize security processes, playbooks, and runbooks to enhance operational effectiveness and response consistency.
• Collaborate with Security Architecture, Engineering, GRC, Delivery, Product, and Planning teams to define security requirements and align security initiatives with business objectives and risk appetite.
• Provide strategic security expertise by advising stakeholders on emerging threats, security risks, mitigation strategies, and opportunities to strengthen the organization's overall security posture.

We are committed to responsible gambling, and we are looking for people who can support our ethos. To apply to this post, you will have:

• Proven experience in SOC and Incident Response (IR) operations, including hands-on leadership of complex security investigations and operational activities.
• Strong technical expertise with security technologies, including EDR/XDR solutions (e.g., Microsoft Defender for Endpoint), SIEM/SOAR platforms (e.g., Splunk), and threat detection, investigation, and response methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience in proactive threat hunting, hypothesis-driven investigations, and identifying emerging threats across enterprise environments.
• Solid understanding of cloud and endpoint security, with practical experience securing AWS and Azure environments and managing Microsoft security technologies.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with experience managing team priorities, sprint execution, technical decision-making, and familiarity with security frameworks such as NIST 800 and ISO 27001.

Our roles offer more than just a job, you’ll become part of the evoke family! We have created an environment where our people can thrive. Check out some of the fantastic benefits on offer:

• Family Support: Industry-leading maternity and paternity leave and paid time off if you have caring responsibilities.
• Perks and discounts: Discounts at a range of high-street retailers.
• Financial compensation, pension, and bonus schemes.
• Health & wellbeing: Tools and services to help support your well-being, including support with mental health and financial education. You will also have access to gym discounts and our cycle to work scheme.
• Hybrid working: Our employees can work from home up to 80% of the time with 20% of office time built in to ensure we get some face-to-face collaborative team time - and the chance for a coffee and a catch-up!

We’re a business that embraces change and progress. The power behind big name brands William Hill, 888 and Mr Green, evoke is the new name for 888 Holdings. Marking a new sense of purpose, direction and ambition for the business, there couldn’t be a more exciting time to join us as we accelerate our journey to bring even greater delight to our customers with world-class betting and gaming experiences. That’s the future. That’s evoke.

At evoke, you’ll benefit from flexibility and a culture built on trust. We’ll give you the space to be yourself and the tools you need to protect our customers while they play. We’ll invest in your future to help you develop your unique strengths and build a career that’s right for you.

At evoke, we prioritise diversity, equity, and inclusion for the benefit of our company, employees, and communities. We foster a welcoming and safe workplace that values all forms of diversity and provides opportunities for growth. Sound good? Then you belong at our place! The first step in the recruitment process is kickstarting your application, followed by an initial screening call and an interview stage. Apply today to kickstart your application with the evoke Family!