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# Cyber Security Analyst

- **Company:** Planet Recruitment
- **Location:** Milton, UK
- **Salary:** £37,000.0 - £45,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Microsoft Office, Anti-Phishing, Software Vulnerability Management, Malware, Microsoft InTune, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** October 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5932040750

## About the Role

* Experience working in an MSP, multi-client technical support, infrastructure or security administrator role
 * Practical experience using security platforms, including Microsoft 365 security tools and Sophos, to investigate alerts, respond to issues and improve security posture
 * Experience investigating security incidents, suspicious activity, phishing, malware, account compromise or similar scenarios
 * Experience supporting security hardening, configuration improvement, vulnerability management, patching, remediation tracking or control implementation
 * Strong troubleshooting skills across user, endpoint, identity, email, cloud and client configuration scenarios
 * Curiosity and initiative to investigate unclear security issues and follow them through to practical outcomes
 * Ability to communicate technical risks clearly to Service Desk, Infrastructure, Account Managers and clients
 * Strong documentation skills, including evidence gathering, investigation notes, exceptions, remediation records and review dates
 * Threat investigation, security improvement delivery, escalation judgement, evidence and documentation discipline, Service Desk enablement, client advisory support, operational ownership, prioritisation under pressure, a pragmatic security mindset and continuous learning

## Description

* Monitor and investigate alerts across Microsoft 365, Sophos and other security platforms used in internal and client environments
 * Investigate security incidents, support containment, remediation and recovery, escalate significant incidents, and support major incident response
 * Maintain security documentation and contribute to improving our internal security posture through remediation support, control implementation and evidence gathering
 * Review vulnerability scan results, validate findings, identify false positives, track remediation, work with Service Desk and Infrastructure teams to reduce risk, and produce regular vulnerability posture reports
 * Review Microsoft Secure Score, Defender, Entra ID, Intune and Conditional Access recommendations
 * Support Microsoft 365 security improvements across internal and client environments
 * Investigate Microsoft 365 security alerts, identity risks and configuration issues
 * Assist with MFA, Conditional Access, Defender, Intune and endpoint security initiatives
 * Act as a technical security escalation point for Service Desk, Infrastructure, Account Managers and clients
 * Support QSRs, vulnerability management, exception handling and security improvement activity

Technologies:

 * Cloud
 * Support
 * Microsoft 365
 * Security
 * Office 365