Senior Cyber Security Analyst

Job details

Posted Monday 01 June 2026
Salary £75,000 - £90,000
Location London
Job type Permanent
Reference 1907
Recruiter Name Neal Fowler

Job Responsibilities

  • Undertake efficient, effective and proactive day-to-day cybersecurity operations to minimise the risk of a security incident, enabling the firm to do business.
  • Maintain the capability to react and respond to incidents in an effective and timely manner, minimising their impact to the firm.
  • Undertake routine monitoring of security alerts generated by systems and consumed by the cybersecurity team, investigating, analysing and responding to them as required.
  • Co-ordinate and undertake regular reviews of security tools to ensure they are maintained in a fully operational state across all in scope assets and are tuned to incorporate new features or changes to the operational environment.
  • Co-ordinate and undertake threat modelling to identify and analyse potential security threats, and ensure the necessary controls are in place to manage the threat and associated risks.
  • Co-ordinate and undertake regular threat hunting, analysing logs and event data across the firms' systems, and procuring threat intelligence to inform the hunts.
  • Conduct risk assessments and recommend security improvements.
  • Manage penetration testing activities conducted by third party testers and any remediation activities required.
  • Oversee and drive vulnerability management activities with the technical systems owners.

Skills Required

  • 5+ years' experience in cybersecurity within a legal or professional services environment.
  • Strong understanding of network and end point security, incident response, threat intelligence, and vulnerability management.
  • Experienced with security tools such as SIEM platforms, EDR/XDR solutions, firewalls, IDS/IPS.
  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure cloud security technologies and concepts.
  • Familiar with cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO27001, CIS Controls.
  • Knowledgeable on security and data protection legislations and regulations, and the security requirements resulting from them.

This role offers hybrid working - 2 days WFH weekly.