Security Analyst – SOC, Tier 2
SOC Analyst to join an award winning managed service provider 24×7 security team. As a Tier 2 Analyst, you will lead the investigation, containment, and coordination of security incidents, working closely with Tier 1 analysts, internal IT teams, and external stakeholders. Taking ownership of complex alerts, support threat hunting and intelligence efforts, and contribute to the refinement of detection rules, playbooks, and response procedures.
Responsibilities
- Incident Detection & Response
- Threat Intelligence and Analysis
- Security Monitoring and Detection Engineering
- Compliance, Reporting and Documentation
- Vulnerability Management
- Collaboration and knowledge sharing
Qualifications
This would suit an experienced security analyst who has proved experience working in a busy security department, working in security operations. Strong alert triage, incident response, security monitoring, and threat analysis. Experience handling real-world security incidents and working with SIEM, EDR, or vulnerability management tools. Ideally have a strong bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, Cyber Security or related field with any SIEM-specific certification or vendor-specific training. Relevant cybersecurity certifications such as Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) or other relevant security certifications, Security+ (CompTIA), CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker), CISSP, BTL1, BTL2 or others are highly desirable but not essential.
Office based in Stoke on Trent, shifts, rota basis of 4 days on working – early’s, late’s and nights.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced security analyst ready to take the next step – with a chance to mentor junior analysts, deepen your technical expertise, and help shape our evolving security posture in a collaborative, hands‑on environment.
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