Principal IS Analyst-IT Security
Core
Lead complex security incident investigations, response activities, and proactive threat hunting to enhance cyber resilience and detection capabilities.
Role type
Principal IS Analyst-IT Security (Security Operations)
Builds
Incident response playbooks, detection strategies, monitoring use cases, and security improvement initiatives
Domain
Financial Services / Cybersecurity
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Incident response, threat hunting, detection engineering, security monitoring, SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, networking, operating systems, identity security, endpoint security, cloud security, MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, CIS frameworks, security analytics, automation
Preferred skills
Technical leadership, mentoring analysts, process improvement, stakeholder communication
Technologies
SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR
Responsibilities
Lead complex security incident investigations and guide incident management throughout the response lifecycle; Analyse threats across endpoints, networks, cloud, identity, email, and applications; Identify threat scope, business impact, and root causes; Conduct proactive threat hunting using intelligence and behavioural analytics; Enhance detection strategies, monitoring use cases, and alert quality; Improve Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and detection controls; Identify operational gaps and drive security improvements; Perform root cause analysis and document investigation outcomes; Develop playbooks, procedures, and investigation standards; Mentor analysts and promote operational excellence; Support automation and continuous process improvement
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship