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 (Incident Response & Threat Hunting)
Builds
Incident response playbooks, detection strategies, monitoring use cases, and security improvement initiatives.
Domain
Financial Services / Cybersecurity
Required skills
Incident response, Threat hunting, Detection engineering, SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, Networking, Operating systems, Identity security, Cloud security, MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, CIS frameworks, Security analytics, Automation
Preferred skills
Technical leadership, Mentoring, Root cause analysis, 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; 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; Mentor analysts and promote operational excellence.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship
