Senior Cyber Operations Analyst in London - eFinancialCareers

£60,000 to 70,000 GBP

bonus

Hybrid WORKING

Location: Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom Type: Permanent

Senior Cyber Operations Analyst - London/Manchester/Bristol
Up to £70,000 | SC Eligible | No Sponsorship

We are seeking an experienced Senior Cyber Operations Analyst to join a fast-growing Blue Team within our Cyber Practice. You will work with high-profile clients to ensure effective cyber incident detection, response, and threat mitigation across cloud, endpoint, and network environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and enhance security detection content for SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk) to detect threats across diverse environments.
• Collaborate with security teams to identify gaps in detection, logging, and alerting based on business risks and threats.
• Review and improve SecOps standards and capabilities, highlighting optimization opportunities.
• Monitor, triage, and investigate triggered alerts, suggesting improvements where necessary.
• Respond to and investigate cyber security incidents, acting as a point of escalation for junior analysts.
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert on client engagements, presenting findings to senior stakeholders.
• Participate in alert testing, incident response exercises, and threat hunting activities.
• Stay up to date with the latest threat intelligence and emerging attacker tactics.

Additional Responsibilities (client-dependent):

• Threat hunting and tradecraft development.
• Incident response and playbook creation.
• Vulnerability scanning, management, and reporting.
• Opportunity for management and leadership responsibilities depending on career goals.
• On-call availability approximately one week per month for high-priority incident response (additional compensation provided).

Required Experience & Skills:

• Strong technical expertise in cybersecurity, including threat hunting, attacker tactics, monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
• Experience with detection engineering and SIEM alert development.
• Solid understanding of core cybersecurity concepts: network security, cloud security, cryptography, and forensics.
• Familiarity with scripting or programming (Python, Bash, C/C++, Java).
• Knowledge of network protocols and common analysis techniques for Windows and/or Linux.
• Awareness of APTs and their TTPs, and experience interpreting threat intelligence frameworks such as the Pyramid of Pain and IPCE.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary up to £70,000 DOE.
• Flexible working arrangements across London, Manchester, or Bristol.
• Opportunities to develop technical and leadership skills in a high-impact SecOps environment.

This role is ideal for a technically skilled and proactive cybersecurity professional looking to progress their career in a senior operational role with exposure to advanced threat detection and incident response.