Cyber Security Analyst

Milton Keynes – hybrid

Up to £60,000, 10% annual bonus and excellent benefits.

Our client is an impressive, innovative, multiple award-winning, leading IT Managed Service Provider; they believe great people build great companies and invest heavily in staff development, cultivating a culture of innovation, quality, and excellence.

We are looking for a skilled and proactive Cyber Security Analyst to join their specialist security team. This role offers the opportunity to work across a diverse range of clients and environments, applying your technical expertise to enhance security operations, tooling, and compliance.

You will play a key role in managing incidents, optimising security tools, and mentoring junior analysts, while contributing to the continuous improvement of their security posture.

This is a hands-on, operationally focused role that blends technical security responsibilities with governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) elements.

As Cyber Security Analyst, you will:

• Lead cyber incident investigations with SOC and client teams
• Triage and analyse alerts across email, cloud, and hybrid systems
• Perform threat hunting and develop detection use cases
• Manage vulnerability assessments and remediation efforts
• Maintain and optimise DLP tools and incident response
• Support forensic readiness and insider risk initiatives
• Develop and enforce security policies and awareness programs
• Lead incident response and produce investigation reports
• Utilise and enhance Microsoft Security Stack (Sentinel, Defender, Purview)
• Drive Zero Trust implementation
• Conduct security audits and generate KPI/compliance reports
• Mentor junior analysts and support their growth

What are we looking for?

• Industry certifications such as Security+, ISC2 CC, Cisco, or equivalent.
• Progress toward or completion of Microsoft certifications: AZ-900, SC-200, SC-401, SC-500, and ideally SC-100.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Solid understanding of enterprise security operations and tooling.
• Experience in a technical cyber security role.
• Hands-on experience with the Microsoft Security Stack and other leading security tools.
• Familiarity with network and application firewalls.
• Working knowledge of security frameworks such as ISO27001, NIST, SOC2, and Cyber Essentials Plus.
• Experience with Privileged Access Management tools (e.g., CyberArk, Entra, SailPoint).
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new security tools and technologies.