Security Operations Specialist - #2189701

The opportunity

A leading UK financial services organisation is looking for a hands-on security professional to join its Security Operations Centre as the 3rd line escalation point for security incidents. This is an exciting time to join: the business is growing, winning new clients and going through a significant period of change and integration.

The role

The SOC provides 24/7 monitoring, with alerts triaged by first and second line before they come to you. This role picks up the incidents that need real investigation and resolution. It isn’t a pass-the-ticket role: you’ll diagnose and fix issues yourself, then take remediation plans to other technology teams and walk them through the fix.

You will:

• Lead response to escalated security incidents within agreed SLAs, with the depth of action driven by how critical the incident is
• Investigate the data in front of you, work out the underlying problem and avoid false positives
• Work with external security partners to make sure monitoring, rulesets and triage are accurate and effective
• Act as a technical subject matter expert in the Cyber Incident Response team
• Analyse trends in security reporting and work with teams to improve security behaviours
• Maintain and improve the security tooling stack and run phishing campaigns
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across Technology Services

About you

Essential

• Proven SOC experience as an analyst or engineer
• Broad technical understanding
• Experience with SIEM, IAM and DLP technologies, ideally in an Azure/Microsoft 365 environment
• Experience analysing attacks using frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK
• Confidence in communicating with technical teams across the business

Nice to have

• Scripting or programming knowledge
• Financial services experience
• Relevant security certifications

Open to different backgrounds: If you’ve spent time in in-house operational security, or moved from 1–2 years in a technical support or helpdesk role into operational security, we’d like to hear from you. Cloud engineering experience can also make up for fewer years in a SOC.

Security Operations Specialist

£65,0000 + generous package

Liverpool / hybrid