We are on the lookout for someone to support the Security Operations activities within Nucleus' Information Security team. About the role This role is responsible for ensuring Nucleus identifies, analyses, and responds to security threats across our technology estates. The Security Operations Analyst will effectively be monitoring the security resilience of our technology estate by defining processes that support our ability to detect and respond to potentially disruptive events. The Security Operations Analyst must be able to manage our queues and dashboards; work with teams across Nucleus to collaborate on response actions; and identify opportunities for continuous improvement. The information Security team aims make sure that Nucleus is a trusted partner to the firms and people we work with. Being able to demonstrate that our systems are secure, by effectively managing our security controls, is a core component of building that trust. This role is critical to delivering that outcome as it will be part of our first line of defence. You will work with SMEs across Nucleus, and within the team you will ensure that the Information Security Analysis team have appropriate evidence to demonstrate that our risks are effectively managed and provide input to the Application Security team that facilitates an effective change programme. Responsibilities Subject matter expert for security monitoring, making sure we have capabilities that enable appropriate detective controls, and response processes, to mitigate Nucleus’s security risks. Threat hunting to ensure that emerging or unforeseen risks are identified and managed, either through continuous improvement or broader change programs Ensuring data and audit trails are maintained to support effective reporting Able to engage and stakeholders across the business Ensure appropriate management of security incidents by creating clarity in complex and developing circumstances and making rapid decisions. Providing input to the company-wide Incident, Crisis, and Operational Resilience plans. Support audit and due diligence activities to help evidence Nucleus’s capabilities. Working with Application Security and information Security Analysis teams to define standards that ensures Nucleus continues to manage our security risks effectively, as part of our company wide Risk Management Framework. Take responsibility in everything you do to deliver good outcomes for our customers Our key Security Operations tools currently include: Rapid7 InsightIDR, Microsoft 365 suite with Security and Compliance features. Give updates to the wider security team as required. Be able to take part in a on call-rota/Out-Of-Hours if this was to be implemented. About you Your friends might describe you as ‘the safe pair of hands.’ You love to pay attention to the details, identifying where things can go wrong, before they go wrong. Being hands on and collaborating to put solutions in place to catch them before it can happen. You will enjoy working within a fast-paced environment that gives you the opportunity to multi-task within set deadlines. Professional with a positive outlook, you will take considerable pride in your ability to act on your own initiative and remain flexible in changing circumstances and priorities. You will enjoy a challenge and get satisfaction from problem solving. You will have the resilience to be able to keep pursuing investigations even when they seem intimidating. You will have an out of the box thinking and intuitive approach to building investigations and routes of remediation. You will be dependable in your abilities to investigate a wide range of incidents but still confident enough to ask for help or a second opinion when needed. You will be able to follow processes and treat sensitive information with the respect it deserves. Treating all severities with an elevated level of detail. You will also enjoy working as part of a diverse and supportive team, collaborating with your colleagues to share ideas and knowledge and suggest improvements. At Nucleus, we have always placed high value in cultural contribution and growing our diversity of thought, over technical capability. But it would great if you had some of the following: Security Operations experience, preferably within financial services, focused around maintaining operational processes and incident response. Familiar with best practice in security capabilities, frameworks, and concepts. Experience using Security Tooling to create security dashboards, alerts, playbooks, and reporting. Able to identify areas for continuous improvement. An excellent communicator, able to discuss security effectively with stakeholders. Able to understand other people’s views and provide appropriate challenges to ensure our Information Security risks are effectively managed. Good knowledge of IT, Development and Networking concepts. Ownership of tasks, attention to detail and following through to conclusion. Ability to prioritise and remain agile with competing work demands. Excellent attention to detail Strong written and spoken communicator A little about us We are the Nucleus Financial Platforms group, and we help make retirement more rewarding. Here at Nucleus, people come first - whether it is our colleagues, or the advisers and customers we support, we know that working in partnership and collaboration leads to the best outcomes. Together, we have shaped the platform to how it is today. We work hard, and we celebrate hard too. Our ambition is to create a platform with a difference, putting the customer centre stage meant tearing up the rule book and starting from nothing. We have come a long way since then, but our mission remains just as focused. That is why our culture, values, and social responsibility are things we keep at the top of our agenda – because we know they matter and have a significant impact. Our culture is one of the many things that sets us apart from the pack. We want to have an environment where our people feel that they can make a real difference, know they will be rewarded for their efforts and more importantly, enjoy themselves at work. Are we a perfect match? Check out this video and find out Inclusion and diversity at Nucleus As with most things in life, who cares, wins. We really care about inclusion. For us it’s not a tick box exercise; inclusion and diversity are embedded in our culture and everything we do. It’s a commercial imperative. It isn’t about being PC. It’s about being future-relevant and durable. We owe it to ourselves and the industry to ensure we are playing our part in creating a fair, balanced and transparent financial services sector. More diversity means broader experience, a wider set of perspectives and a better collective ability to problem-solve. And it means being more representative of customer groups, which supports areas such as product development. At Nucleus, we offer a generous blend of benefits for the things that really matter to our people, including a non-contributory pension, bonus, enhanced parental leave, paid time off for emergencies, health and wellbeing initiatives and flexible working options.