Senior Security Analyst – Hybrid (GTA)

About the role

The Senior Security Analyst will join the Cyber Security Operations team to strengthen and mature the organisation's security operations capabilities. Working in a hybrid model, the analyst will provide senior‑level expertise in monitoring, detection, investigation and incident response across endpoint, network, cloud, identity and enterprise platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor, triage and investigate security alerts from SIEM, EDR, email, identity, cloud and network platforms.
• Lead complex incident investigations, including scoping, containment coordination, root‑cause analysis and post‑incident follow‑up.
• Perform advanced threat hunting and anomaly analysis to uncover malicious activity and emerging attack patterns.
• Develop, tune and optimise detection logic, SIEM use cases, correlation rules, playbooks and alerting processes.
• Partner with infrastructure, cloud, networking and application teams to support containment, eradication and recovery.
• Review endpoint, network, identity and cloud telemetry to assess impact and guide risk‑based response decisions.
• Maintain incident response procedures, playbooks, escalation paths and documentation.
• Translate threat intelligence into actionable detection and response improvements.
• Provide 24x7 incident response support and senior operational guidance during major security events.
• Identify opportunities to improve SOC processes, detection coverage, automation and analyst workflows.

Required profile

• Highly motivated security professional with strong analytical, technical and problem‑solving skills.
• Deep expertise in security monitoring, alert triage, incident investigation, threat detection and containment across multiple platforms.
• Experience acting as a senior liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Solid foundation in security frameworks, attack techniques and operational best practices.

Required skills

• SIEM
• EDR
• Threat Hunting
• Incident Response
• Cloud Security
• Network Security
• Identity Management
• Security Frameworks