Job Description:

Senior Security Operations Analyst

Location: Hybrid - Manchester or Leeds (3 days onsite, 2 days remote)
Salary: From £54,000

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior Security Operations Analyst to join a growing Information Security team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in protecting critical business systems and data, helping to strengthen cyber security capabilities and improve organisational resilience.

Working closely with Infrastructure, Networking, DevOps, and external security partners, you will be responsible for monitoring, detecting, analysing, and responding to security threats and incidents. You will help drive continuous improvements across security operations while ensuring robust monitoring and incident response capabilities are maintained.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operation of the SIEM platform, including monitoring, administration, and optimisation.
• Develop, fine-tune, and maintain detection rules and use cases to improve threat visibility.
• Investigate security alerts and incidents through to resolution.
• Provide effective monitoring and incident response capability across the organisation.
• Analyse security events to identify trends, attack patterns, and emerging threats.
• Escalate and track security issues through to remediation.
• Assess threats from multiple sources and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Respond to cyber security incidents, gathering and analysing relevant data and evidence.
• Remain up to date with the latest cyber security threats, technologies, and best practices.
• Support the development and maintenance of security policies, standards, and processes.
• Design and execute testing methods for security controls.
• Manage and optimise Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) technologies.

Skills & Experience Required

• Strong understanding of technical and network security principles.
• Proven ability to identify security weaknesses, vulnerabilities, and control gaps.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM technologies, including engineering and administration.
• Experience working with Google SecOps (Chronicle) would be highly advantageous.
• Knowledge of firewalls, IDS/IPS solutions, and Windows Security Event Logs.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within broader technical teams.
• Understanding of infrastructure, security architectures, network traffic flows, and security controls.
• Knowledge of cloud security principles as well as traditional on-premise technologies.
• Degree in IT, Cyber Security, or a related field, or an industry-recognised certification.

Desirable Certifications

• CompTIA Security+
• CompTIA CySA+
• GIAC Certifications
• CISSP
• Microsoft Security Certifications
• Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer

Benefits

• Competitive salary package from £54,000.
• Generous employer pension contribution.
• Life assurance and income protection.
• Private medical insurance.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Employee discount schemes.
• Health and wellbeing support fund.
• Retail and lifestyle discounts.
• Flexible benefits package tailored to individual needs.

Apply Now

This role is ideal for a security professional with strong operational cyber security experience who is looking to take ownership of security monitoring, incident response, and threat detection activities within a collaborative and forward-thinking environment.

If you have experience with SIEM platforms, incident investigation, and modern security operations practices, we'd love to hear from you.

Please note: Due to the volume of applications received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.