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Senior Security Analyst

Senior Security Analyst

Hybrid

Northampton, United kingdom

£ 60,000 /year

Senior

Full Time

04-12-2025

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Skills

Communication Leadership Incident Response Cloud Security Splunk Test

Job Specifications

We’re supporting a FTSE 250 business in their search for a Senior SecOps Analyst, a role that sits at the heart of defending a large, complex enterprise environment.

You’ll be responsible for keeping security operations sharp, resilient, and proactive, from incident response and vulnerability management to threat hunting and SIEM/XDR optimisation.

What you’ll be doing:

Resolving complex and escalated security incidents, acting as a technical point of expertise.
Maintaining and optimising core security toolsets such as Splunk, XM Cyber and XDR
Coordinating reporting for senior leadership alongside technical teams.
Working closely with the third-party SOC to tune alerts and reduce false positives. Senior
Providing technical assurance for proposed architectures and solution designs.
Validating Pen Test and Vulnerability reports, supporting resolver teams with remediation guidance.
Offering technical leadership during major cyber incidents.
Enhancing visibility and controls across cloud security environments

What you’ll bring:

Strong knowledge of security operations, tooling (XDR, SIEM/log ingestion), and vulnerability management.
Experience in investigating incidents and optimising security systems.
Proactive mindset with the ability to hunt threats and enforce secure policies.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills across technical and business teams.

£60k + Bonus + Benefits

Hybrid (Northampton) - 1 day a week

FTSE 250 organisation with clear progression opportunities

If you’re looking to grow your career in cyber operations while protecting critical infrastructure at scale, this one’s for you.

About the Company

Hello, we are James Adams. Your technology, change, and digital recruitment partner covering the UK & Europe. We are passionate about people and put our customer's experience at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that each individual we work with is different. Which is why we look to provide a bespoke service tailored to your needs. We are experts in recruiting for technology, change and digital talent across the UK & Europe. We cover the following specialisms on a permanent or interim/contract basis. - Cloud ... Know more