Cyber Security Analyst

HAYS Specialist Recruitment
Newport, United Kingdom
Today
£42,000 – £48,000 pa

Salary

£42,000 – £48,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Security Clearance
Required
Posted
4 Jun 2026 (Today)

Benefits

5% pension contribution from you, the company pays 10% Enhanced pay for parental leave Possible bonus

Cyber Security Analyst

Permanent - £42k - £48k + strong benefits

Location: Hybrid - South Wales


Your new company:


I am looking to recruit a Cyber Security Analyst to join a leader in the utilities space. The business has been investing in their cyber security and IT estate and are continuing to grow and enhance their security posture. The company has a strong reputation, and we have placed numerous people into careers there, with strong feedback.


The role responsibilities:


This is an interesting opportunity where you will work with the cyber resilience team and assist with the Security Operations function, including EDR, SIEM, gathering security control framework evidence and general day-to-day assistance with security tasks. You will help deliver a strategy which will enhance the organisations security resilience, proactively contributing to mitigating threats, at a good time when the company are expanding and investing in their IT and cyber security estate. Key parts of the role:

  • You will require knowledge and understanding of attack and exploitation techniques and adversarial TTP's.
  • Help to provide resilience to our threat monitoring and response capabilities.
  • Handle security incident response with internal teams and other third parties to ensure that the incident response life cycle is undertaken to a high standard.
  • Monitor and respond to security incidents, alerts and breaches
  • Monitor and track remediation to all identified vulnerabilities
  • Monitor the risks using security tooling to carry out routine checks.
  • Monitor and report on user behavioural analysis such as awareness training and social engineering campaigns.
  • Stay informed about emerging cyber threats and vulnerabilities.


You will need:

  • Good knowledge and understanding of SOC processes and procedures.
  • Basic experience using SIEM systems such as MS Sentinel, LogRhythm, AlienVault, Splunk
  • Good understanding of incident response stages and handling.
  • Basic knowledge and experience using leading endpoint detection and threat management products and managing their operation.
  • Good knowledge and awareness of global Information Security Standards, including ISO27k, CIS, CAF, NIST CSF.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to obtain UK Security Clearance


What you'll get in return:

  • Salary of between £42k-£48k
  • Hybrid working 2/3 days in South Wales per week
  • Possible bonus
  • 5% pension contribution from you, the company pays 10%
  • Enhanced pay for parental leave
  • And more!

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