Security Incident Response Analyst

About the role

Here at DS Smith, we are looking for a skilled Security Incident Response Analyst to join our Security Operations Team.

Are you currently working within a Security Operations team or related role, triaging alerts and incidents and looking to develop professionally? In this role you will act as an escalation point for the Security Operations Centre analysts and effectively manage higher severity cyber incidents.

A key member of the IT Security Operations and Incident Response team, you will be helping protect our business from the current and emerging cyber threats in an international business operating in over 30 countries.

Every day brings something new and exciting within our team, ensuring that no two days are the same. You will be exposed to new challenges and technology, and you will be expected to support the development and growth of our detection and response capability within DS Smith. We promise to reward you with the training needed to succeed and the support to grow and develop within the role and beyond.

Key responsibilities:

Your main responsibilities will be within the IT Security Operations and Incident Response team:

• Manage higher severity cyber incidents that are escalated from the Security Operations Centre Analysts

• Identify and prioritise Incident and Security Service Requests.

• Bring incidents to successful conclusions through investigations.

• Influence users and stakeholders at all levels to achieve the timely resolution of incidents.

• Conduct incident and investigation briefings, analysis, and reporting.

About you

• Significant experience in or a technical discipline associated with Incident Response

• Experience applying best practise and industry leading incident management frameworks.

• Experience of Microsoft Cyber Security toolset to conduct detection and response activities

• Competency with Kusto Query Language (KQL) a distinct advantage

• Team player and adept at working in multi-disciplinary and diverse teams.

• Proven analytical skills and capable of solving new and complex problems.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate the impact and importance of detailed technical information to non-technical and senior audiences.

• Managing and building relationships with customers and stakeholders.

About us

DS Smith are a leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, paper products and recycling services in more than 30 different countries.  It’s a very exciting time to join, as we have committed to investing in our future across our strategic growth enablers within Innovation (R&D), Sustainability and Digital & Data.

“To fulfil our purpose of redefining packaging for a changing world, we aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed.

Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria.”