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# Associate Security Analyst - SC

- **Company:** Aspect Resources
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** £169,000.0 - £182,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Cyber Security, Computer Networks, Kusto Query Language, Security Information and Event Management, Cloud Platform System, Splunk
- **Published:** August 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/pt/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-058E7134758BDEE79C/

## About the Role

* At least 2-3 years experience in a position of Cyber Security Analyst
 * Working experience of Splunk
 * Working experience of M365 (Microsoft Defender/Sentinel/KQL), * experience investigating and responding to cyber incidents
 * experience using security tools (eg, EDR, SIEM) to support the investigation and response to cyber incidents
 * Experience with SIEM tools (experience of Splunk preferred but experience of Microsoft
 * Sentinel or an equivalent SIEM tool is acceptable)
 * an understanding of the tools, techniques and procedures commonly used by threat actors
 * good analytical and problem-solving skills
 * good verbal and written communication skills
 * experience with Splunk

It's desirable, but not essential, that you have:

 * experience working in an Agile environment
 * experience with cloud environments such as AWS

Security Clearance: SC

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

## Description

* triage and investigate cyber security alerts and reports from users
 * use a variety of techniques to analyse systems, files, network traffic and cloud environments and understand the nature and extent of possible cyber incidents
 * support the technical response to cyber incidents by identifying and implementing (or supporting the implementation of) containment, eradication and recovery actions
 * support the coordination of cyber incidents
 * contribute to post-incident reviews to identify lessons and actions
 * identify opportunities for, and support the delivery of, continual improvements to the incident investigation and response capability
 * work closely alongside other Cyber Defence functions, supporting the continual improvement of wider capabilities
 * contribute to internal plans, playbooks and knowledge base articles
 * act as an escalation point for, and provide coaching and mentoring to, apprentice security analysts
 * be responsible for line management of apprentice security analysts
 * Cyber incidents can and do arise on a 24/7 basis. The team operates an out-of-hours on call rota, which you will be expected to join.


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