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Security Operations Centre Specialist, Edinburgh
Client:
Royal London Group
Location:
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
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Job Views:
4
Posted:
24.04.2025
Expiry Date:
08.06.2025
Job Description:
Job Title: Security Operations Analyst
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Alderley Park, London
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Security Operations Analyst to join our Security Operations Team at Royal London. The Security Operations Analyst will be responsible for evaluating, implementing, and optimising security tools and technologies to enhance the organisation’s security posture. This role ensures that security projects and new solutions are properly assessed, tested, and deployed with minimal disruption to the rest of the Security Operations teams. By taking ownership of security tool development and integration, the Security Operations Analyst helps to streamline workflows, improve automation, and enhance detection capabilities, allowing the rest of the Security Operations teams to focus on business-as-usual activities. Additionally, this role plays a key part in assessing proof of value initiatives, ensuring that new technologies meet operational needs before they are introduced into the environment.
About the role
* Work on projects directly affecting the Security Operations
* Gather deliverables from stakeholders leveraging best practices
* Research and evaluate new, current, and emerging technology that is pertinent to Security Monitoring
* Collaborate with the Threat Intelligence team to identify emerging trends
* Conduct proof of values and provide impartial recommendations
* Demonstrate IT Security knowledge through production of security awareness reports
* Understand Security Monitoring tooling used in both on-premise & cloud environments
* Monitor Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tooling within these environments, using insights from Vulnerability Management and Threat Intelligence teams
* Attend Security related events such as Gartner, InfoSec, and IP Expo
About you
* Technical security qualifications preferred e.g. GIAC - GCIH, GSEC or equivalent
* Experience of perimeter and host security intrusion techniques, including threat hunting as part of incident response
* Previous experience of working within a regulated environment, ideally the financial services industry
* Knowledge and hands-on experience of security information and event management (SIEM) tools from industry leaders. Splunk and Crowd Strike knowledge preferred.
* Familiar with IPS, WAF, DLP, Identity & Data Management, and Network Security technologies
* Familiar with the principles of vulnerability management and application security technologies
* Familiar with audit event collection and reporting toolsets
* Familiar with Identity Governance principles and technologies such as SailPoint
About Royal London
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions, and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings, and asset management products and services.
Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable, and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days of annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme, and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits
Inclusion, diversity, and belonging
We’re an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.
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