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# Senior Cyber Security Analyst

- **Company:** ENSEK
- **Location:** Nottingham, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £53,653.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Computing Security, Cyber Security, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Security Information and Event Management, Systems Integration, Software Vulnerability Management, Mitre Att&ck, Cybercrime, Performance Monitor, Security Orchestration, Automation & Response
- **Published:** September 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5886790726

## About the Role

* Proven experience operating within a Security Operations, Cyber Security Analyst, Security Engineer or Incident Response role, with responsibility for leading complex security investigations and major incident response activities.
 * Strong hands-on experience with SIEM platforms, including detection engineering, alert tuning, correlation rule development, coverage mapping, and the continuous improvement of monitoring capabilities.
 * Demonstrable experience leading security incidents from initial triage through to containment, recovery and post-incident review, including stakeholder management during high-severity events.
 * Practical experience applying the MITRE ATT&CK framework to detection engineering, threat hunting, investigations, threat modelling, or security control assessment.
 * Experience developing or supporting security automation and orchestration workflows, including the creation of playbooks, automated response actions, and integrations between security tools.
 * Experience working with cloud security technologies, endpoint detection and response (EDR/MDR) solutions, threat intelligence, and vulnerability management processes within a modern technology environment.
 * Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical security risks, threats and vulnerabilities into clear, business-focused recommendations for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
 * Experience mentoring, coaching or providing technical leadership to junior analysts, helping to develop team capability through knowledge sharing, documentation and continuous improvement initiatives.

## Description

As a Senior Cyber Security Analyst, you'll act as a technical authority within Security Operations, owning the design, development and continuous improvement of our detection and response capabilities.

You'll lead the response to major security incidents, drive threat-informed detection engineering, influence security architecture decisions, and work closely with colleagues across Security, Engineering and Platform teams to ensure ENSEK remains resilient against evolving threats.

This role combines hands-on technical expertise with leadership responsibilities, offering the opportunity to mentor junior analysts while contributing to strategic security initiatives across the business., * Lead Security Incident Response by managing high-severity security incidents end-to-end, coordinating containment and recovery activities, conducting post-incident reviews, and acting as the senior technical lead during P1/P2 events.

 * Own Detection & Response Capability through the design, development and optimisation of SIEM detections, maintaining MITRE ATT&CK coverage, improving detection effectiveness, and identifying gaps across ENSEK's security monitoring landscape.
 * Drive Threat-Informed Security Operations by partnering with Threat & Vulnerability teams to operationalise threat intelligence, support vulnerability management activities, and ensure security operations remain aligned to ENSEK's evolving threat profile.
 * Enhance Security Automation & Operational Efficiency through the development of playbooks, automated response workflows, alert enrichment capabilities, and tool integrations that reduce analyst effort and improve response times.
 * Provide Security Leadership & Assurance by acting as the primary escalation point for Security Operations, mentoring analysts, supporting threat modelling activities, and providing security input into architectural and engineering decisions.
 * Deliver Security Reporting & Compliance Support by owning operational metrics and performance reporting, communicating risk to stakeholders, and contributing evidence and control monitoring activities supporting ISO 27001, SOC 2 and NIS2 compliance requirements.

Key outcomes:

 * Maintain an effective detection and response capability, continuously improving SIEM coverage, reducing false positives, and identifying gaps through MITRE ATT&CK aligned monitoring.
 * Lead the successful resolution of security incidents, ensuring timely containment, clear stakeholder communication, thorough post-incident reviews, and implementation of lessons learned.
 * Strengthen ENSEK's security posture by operationalising threat intelligence, supporting vulnerability remediation activities, and proactively identifying emerging risks.
 * Improve operational efficiency through the development of security automation, response playbooks and workflow enhancements that reduce manual effort and accelerate investigation and response times.
 * Increase security maturity across the organisation by providing security assurance to projects, supporting threat modelling activities, and embedding security monitoring requirements into new services and platforms.
 * Contribute to a high-performing Security Operations function by mentoring analysts, delivering meaningful operational reporting, and supporting compliance obligations including ISO 27001, SOC 2 and NIS2.