Security Analyst, SOC, Tier 2

Job Description

Security Analyst – SOC, Tier 2

SOC Analyst to join an award winning managed service provider 24x7 security team.  As a Tier 2 Analyst, you will lead the investigation, containment, and coordination of security incidents, working closely with Tier 1 analysts, internal IT teams, and external stakeholders. Taking ownership of complex alerts, support threat hunting and intelligence efforts, and contribute to the refinement of detection rules, playbooks, and response procedures.

You will be involved in –

• Incident Detection & Response

• Threat Intelligence and Analysis

• Security Monitoring and Detection Engineering

• Compliance, Reporting and Documentation

• Vulnerability Management

• Collaboration and knowledge sharing

This would suit an experienced security analyst who has proved experience working in a busy security department, working in security operations. Strong alert triage, incident response, security monitoring, and threat analysis.  Experience handling real-world security incidents and working with SIEM, EDR, or vulnerability management tools. Ideally have a strong bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, Cyber Security or related field with any SIEM-specific certification or vendor-specific training. Relevant cybersecurity certifications such as Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) or other relevant security certifications, Security+ (CompTIA), CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker), CISSP, BTL1, BTL2 or others are highly desirable but not essential.

Office based in Stoke on Trent, shifts, rota basis of 4 days on working - early's, late's and nights.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced security analyst ready to take the next step — with a chance to mentor junior analysts, deepen your technical expertise, and help shape our evolving security posture in a collaborative, hands-on environment.