SOC Analyst

In an era where digitalisation and modern IT infrastructure is revolutionizing banking, we are shaping a technology-driven bank in which you as an IT professional will work closely with our business units. Our technology teams offer you an environment that will present you with exciting challenges - be it through the support and further development of legacy systems or the introduction of modern technologies such as AI, machine learning and highly automated trading applications., As a SOC Analyst, you will play a crucial role in our Cyber Security Operations responsible for managing and mitigating security incidents, performing thorough investigations, and producing detailed reports. This is a pivotal role in enhancing the monitoring and detection capabilities of the bank, ensuring a proactive and resilient security posture. You will also have the opportunity to extend our threat Intelligence capabilities in this role. This position requires an initiative-taking, energetic, and enthusiastic individual with extensive security operations experience in incident response and dealing with security-related topics facing financial services industry. You will be at the forefront of protecting Berenberg's digital assets, client relationships, and global reputation.

What will you do:

• Incident Response: Lead and coordinate the response to security incident, ensuring timely and effective mitigation of threats
• Monitoring and Analysis: Continuously monitor security alerts from various sources, including SIEM tools, Splunk, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and other security technologies. Analyse and investigate suspicious activities and anomalies
• Threat Intelligence: Stay up to date with the latest threat intelligence and security trends. Apply this knowledge to enhance the organisation's security posture and response capabilities
• Collaboration: Work closely with other teams, such as IT, legal, compliance, governance, and risk management, to ensure a coordinated and effective response to security incidents. Collaborate with the broader Information Security (InfoSec) team to enhance overall security measures
• Security Initiatives: Play a significant role in driving innovative security initiatives in the IT organisation

• Experience: Minimum of 3 - 5 years of experience of working in a SOC role, with a focus on the financial services sector. As well as experience of working in Security Operations team conducting monitoring and detection and triage activities across the wider IT organisation and business. Strong written and verbal communication skills. And the ability to present technical information to non-technical stakeholders in a clear and concise manner
• Technical Proficiency in SIEM tools with hands on expertise in Splunk and Microsoft Sentinel for log analysis, threat detection, and incident response. Real-world, practical engineering experience with Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools, specifically Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, including deployment, monitoring, and remediation activities. Strong understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, SMTP, etc.) and the ability to analyse traffic patterns to identify anomalies and potential threats
• Working knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework, with proven ability to map adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to defensive strategies. Including developing and implementing detection rules, response playbooks, and proactive measures to strengthen organizational resilience against cyber threats
• Education & Professional Credibility: Degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, or a related field. Relevant certifications (e.g., GCTI, CTIA, CISSP, CISM, CEH, OSCP) are highly desirable
• Collaboration & Team Ethos - A willingness to integrate into an award winning cyber security operations team, contributing to collective success. They should bring a collaborative spirit, sharing knowledge and supporting colleagues across Cyber Security Operations team and IT organisation

• Private pension plan - 10% of base salary contribution by Berenberg
• Generous 30 day holiday allowance
• Private Health Insurance
• Life Insurance scheme
• Flexible working hours
• Enhanced parental leave policies
• Employee Assistance Programme offering counselling sessions related to mental health, financial wellbeing and other topics

Established in 1590, Berenberg is one of the oldest banks in the world, and with this heritage comes fantastic opportunities for bright and aspiring individuals. With its Head Office in Hamburg, Germany, and with a strong presence in the financial centres of London, Frankfurt and New York, it is one of Europe’s leading privately-owned banks. 1,600 employees carry the Bank’s long tradition of success into the future. Through its business divisions of Investmentbank and Corporate Banking, Wealth and Asset Management, Berenberg is able to offer a broad range of services into corporations, investment institutions and private individuals.
 
Berenberg has a strong reputation based on first-class performance, and although the company has a long history it remains entrepreneurial in its approach. A combination of the meritocratic culture and flat hierarchy enables talent to flourish and progress at Berenberg.