Security Operations & Incident Response Analyst

Own and coordinate the end-to-end incident response process: identification, triage, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident review (lessons learned).

Serve as the primary point of contact for security incidents escalated from IT Operations, the Security Engineer, and external sources.

Maintain and continuously improve incident response playbooks for the most relevant threat scenarios (ransomware, phishing, account compromise, data breach, insider threat, etc.).

Manage the security incident log and register: track all incidents, document timelines and actions, and produce trend analysis and reporting for the CISO.

Coordinate with external SOC or MDR providers where applicable: review daily reports, validate alert quality, and manage escalation workflows.

Lead data breach investigations: scope the breach, gather and preserve evidence, assess PII exposure, and coordinate response with Legal, Privacy, and HR.

Produce breach investigation reports with findings, root cause, and recommendations.

Conduct proactive threat hunting across the environment: develop hypotheses based on threat intelligence, search for indicators of compromise (IoCs), and investigate anomalous behaviour.

Manage the Threat Intelligence function: track relevant threat actors, TTPs (MITRE ATT&CK), and sector-specific threat campaigns; integrate intelligence into SIEM/XDR detection rules and hunting queries.

Produce threat intelligence summaries and briefings for the CISO and relevant stakeholders.

Own the vulnerability management programme: schedule and execute periodic vulnerability scans across infrastructure, endpoints, and cloud environments.

Analyse scan results, prioritise findings by risk and exploitability, and coordinate remediation with IT Operations within agreed SLAs.

Track remediation progress, produce vulnerability metrics, and report status to the CISO.

Validate remediation effectiveness through re-scanning and spot-checks.

Manage periodic access reviews: coordinate with system owners and HR to review and certify user permissions across critical systems, ensuring least privilege is maintained.

Oversee the Privileged Access Management (PAM) programme: define PAM policies, monitor privileged account usage, and review access rights for administrator-level accounts.

Investigate and respond to identity-related anomalies and access policy violations.