SOC Analyst Waterstons

CyberNorth; North East; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity consultancy is seeking a SOC Analyst to strengthen their Cyber Division. The role includes threat detection, incident response, and client relationship management. A candidate with a solid understanding of IT and Cybersecurity, who enjoys coaching others, is ideal. The position offers a competitive salary, unlimited holidays, and flexible working arrangements which promote a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Unlimited holiday allowance

EV car scheme

Enhanced family policies

Private medical insurance

Dental scheme

Qualifications

• Must have strong IT and Cybersecurity knowledge.
• Experience in security operation centers is preferable.
• Ability to analyze and solve complex problems.

Responsibilities

• Lead threat detection and incident response.
• Monitor and analyze alerts from various security tools.
• Respond to and analyze cyber incidents.

Skills

Strong understanding of IT and Cybersecurity

Experience working in a SOC or Helpdesk role

Analytical and problem-solving abilities

Customer service mindset

Passion for continuous learning

Job description

Who you’ll be joining

We’re problem solvers at heart. Sometimes the answer is technology, sometimes it is strategy, and sometimes it is a strong cup of tea and a bit of thoughtful conversation. Whatever it takes, we work it out with our clients.

We’re an IT consultancy that helps organisations get the best out of their technology. That means keeping them secure and keeping the bad guys out, making sure everything works and is easy to use, and doing smart things with data and software to give their business an edge. It is important work, and we care about doing it well and for the right reasons.

Life at Waterstons is friendly, flexible and built on trust. We hire people who are curious, thoughtful and good at getting to the heart of a problem. You get support, trust and room to grow in a place that still feels human. The unlimited holidays and private healthcare are a nice touch, although most people stay because it feels like the right place to do good work with good people.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a SOC Analyst within our Cyber Division, you will build relationships with prospective and active clients across the business and act as their trusted advisor, helping them to secure their business through the pragmatic use of technology and protect them from incoming threats.

If you enjoy a varied environment, sharing your knowledge and experience to support, coach and mentor your colleagues, then we want to hear from you.

This is a shift‑based role, working 10‑hour shifts with a 1‑hour lunch (9 working hours). Shifts fall within our UK team’s coverage of 7:00 am to 11:00 pm, and include working one weekend in four and some public holidays.

Day‑to‑day responsibilities

• Lead threat detection and incident response across modern security platforms
• Monitor and analyse alerts from EDR/XDR platforms, cloud services (M365, AWS, Azure), SIEM systems and more.
• Manage and optimise security tools and detection rules.
• Create and deliver comprehensive client security reports.
• Respond to and analyse cyber incidents at all severity levels.
• Implement and maintain security best practices.
• Participate in threat hunting initiatives.
• Act as a point of escalation for Junior Analysts.
• Stay up to date on the latest security trends.

Essential Skills

• Strong understanding of IT and Cybersecurity
• Experience working in a SOC or Helpdesk role
• Analytical and problem‑solving abilities
• Customer service mindset
• Passion for continuous learning

How We Take Care of You

As well as offering a competitive salary, we have an attractive benefits package including:

• Healthy work‑life balance with flexible and agile working being the norm
• Unlimited holiday allowance
• EV car scheme (salary sacrifice)
• Room to grow with supported development opportunities and sponsored training
• Enhanced family policies
• Company sick pay and life assurance
• Supported wellbeing with regular initiatives, an employee assistance programme and private medical insurance
• Flexible benefits such as a dental scheme, eye care support, season ticket loan and cycle‑to‑work

We require a security check to be carried out on all colleagues due to the nature of some of our clients’ industries.

Waterstons is committed to creating and an inclusive, understanding, and flexible place to work. We value diversity, equality and inclusion and encourage everyone to ‘bring their whole selves’ to work. We believe that a company that works to truly embrace and value diversity, create an environment where everyone from any background can do their best work, and feel valued and appreciated is a better company to work for.

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