SecOps Analyst

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Position:              

Security Operations (SecOps) Analyst

Reporting to:  

Blue Team Leader (Cyber Fusion Centre)

Location:             

York (UK) or Lisbon (Portugal

Type:                   

Permanent

Band:                   

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Company description

Hiscox is a diversified international insurance group with a powerful brand, strong balance sheet and plenty of room to grow. Listed on the London Stock Exchange and headquartered in Bermuda (with the bulk of group leadership sitting in London), Hiscox has over 3,000 staff across 14 countries and 34 offices.  

The Role

The SecOps Analyst will work in our Cyber Fusion Centre, which is responsible for the protection, detection and response capabilities used to safeguard our business from cyber threats. You will be responsible for monitoring, analysing, and responding to security incidents, ensuring that our data and networks are protected against potential threats throughout the entire security operations lifecycle. You will work closely with our Red Team and Security Engineering team to continuously improve our detection and response capabilities, identifying vulnerabilities and control gaps to aid in the continuous improvement of our cyber defences. 

You will play a pivotal role in defending our business from cyber threats. By continuously monitoring systems, responding to incidents, gathering threat intelligence, and ensuring compliance with security policies – you will be on the front line of defending our business assets and interests from harm. 

The role is based in either York (UK) or Lisbon (Portugal) and is a permanent position. Travel to other team locations will be required as necessary. 

Key Responsibilities

• Use Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools to detect and analyse threats to the Hiscox network.

• Continuously monitor our networks and systems for security breaches, suspicious activity, policy violations and behavioural anomalies.

• Review source logs and alerts generated by firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, and other security appliances and software.

• Investigate and analyse security incidents and breaches to determine their cause and impact, and take prompt action to mitigate – including coordination of with other IT and security team members.

• Documenting and reporting incidents, and any actions taken to resolve them.

• Research emerging threats and vulnerabilities and share relevant findings with the broader security team and stakeholders.

• Regularly testing the effectiveness of our detection and response measures, and recommending any potential improvements.

Candidate Profile

• 2 to 3+ years experience in a security operations role, preferably within a large global SOC or MSSP.

• Good working knowledge of SIEM tools and technologies.

• Good working knowledge of incident investigation and response processes.

• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to work under own initiative.

• Able to generate incident timelines through security event analysis.

• Comprehensive knowledge of common hacking techniques and the latest cyber threats.

• Good working knowledge of using cyber threat intelligence.

• Good presentation and report writing skills.

• BSc or MSc in Cybersecurity is desirable.

• Industry recognised qualifications such as GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) and CompTIA Cybersecurity  Analyst+ (CySA+) are desirable.

Diversity & Benefits 

At Hiscox we care about our people. We hire the best people for the job and we’re committed to diversity and creating a truly inclusive culture, which we believe drives success.  

Working life doesn’t always have to be in the office, so we have introduced hybrid working to encourage a healthy work life balance.  This hybrid working model is set by the team rather than the business to enable you to manage your own personal work-life balance.  

We see it as the best of both worlds; structure and sociability on one hand, and independence and flexibility on the other.  

Our benefits package includes a bonus, contributory pension, 25 days annual leave plus 2 Hiscox days and a 4 week paid sabbatical with every 5 years’ worth of service, private medical for all the family and much more. 

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