About the Department
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Within our Security, Resilience & Protection department, an exciting and challenging opportunity exists for an experienced Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst. This analyst is an integral part of our Cyber Threat Intelligence Team that supports the wider Cyber Security Operations team in improving the organisation’s security posture and keeping our business safe from cyber‑attacks.
About the Role
The successful analyst will be responsible for leading threat‑hunting activities, as well as the collection, analysis, and dissemination of actionable intelligence to proactively identify, assess, and mitigate threats to the organisation. The role holder will report directly to the Cyber Threat Intelligence Lead in Edinburgh, and work with other security functions, third‑party security suppliers, global IT and business teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead proactive, intelligence‑driven threat‑hunting operations to identify anomalous activity and misconfigurations that may have bypassed controls.
- Support and improve the Cyber Threat Intelligence function based on priorities and intelligence requirements.
- Produce high‑quality reports and briefings for technical and senior stakeholders.
- Gather TI requirements, facilitate intelligence evaluation, and ensure threat information and intelligence is presented clearly and concisely.
- Develop, test, and refine threat hypotheses based on adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), using Threat Intelligence frameworks.
About the Candidate
- Demonstrable experience in threat hunting, incident response, or SOC operations.
- Understanding of Kusto Query Language (KQL) for security log analysis, threat detection, etc.
- Experience with security tools such as SIEM, IDS/IPS, EDR/XDR, AV, web and email filtering, web application firewalls, DDoS protections, and host‑based protections.
- Industry‑recognised certifications such as CEH, OSCP, CISSP, CTIA, CPTIA, CRTIA, GCTI, etc., are highly desirable.
- Experience working within the financial services sector is advantageous.
Disability Confident Employer
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Benefits
Our benefits package includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance‑based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare, and a range of flexible benefits such as gym discounts, season ticket loans and an employee discount portal.
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