Cyber Security Analyst

• Client Advisory: Act as trusted cyber advisor to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Clear Communication: Explain complex security risks in plain language without fear-mongering or jargon.
• Prioritisation Guidance: Help clients understand what to fix first and why, with clear reasoning and guidance.
• Stakeholder Management: Comfortable responding to questions, explaining findings, and guiding security decisions.

• M365 Security
• AWS Security principles and configurations
• Vulnerability management (Qualys), network security and threat analysis.

Our client will invest heavily in your training and development, this is a real opportunity to progress your career in the field of Cyber Security.

Key Skills

Technical Security Skills

• Microsoft 365 Security: Understanding of M365/Azure security architecture, identity controls, conditional access policies, privileged roles, email security, device posture, and tenant-wide exposure analysis
• AWS Security: Working knowledge of AWS security principles and configurations
• Vulnerability Management: Proficient in Qualys or similar vulnerability scanning tools with ability to interpret, prioritise, and contextualise findings
• Network Security: Solid understanding of firewall architectures, rule assessment, network segmentation, and how attackers abuse network trust
• Threat Analysis: Ability to identify attack paths, assess misconfiguration risks, and understand how small weaknesses combine into exploitable compromise chains

Analytical & Investigative Skills

• Threat Hunting Mindset: Ability to think like an attacker and reason like a defender
• Critical Analysis: Assess intent, likelihood, and impact rather than relying solely on automated scores
• Investigation Skills: Treat alerts as investigations - validate issues, assess relevance, and determine appropriate escalation
• Security Tool Evaluation: Independently assess security tools for effectiveness, identify gaps, duplication, and misalignment

Advisory & Communication Skills