Cyber Security Analyst (L2)

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 3 May 2026
LOCATION
Leeds
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Cyber Security
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SKILLS

SOC Operations Incident Response Google SecOps SOAR/SIEM CrowdStrike Check Point Network Security Linux and Windows Administration Threat Intelligence

FULL DESCRIPTION

Cyber Security Analyst (L2)

[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] is seeking a Cyber Security Analyst (L2) to join their Security Operations Centre (SOC) in Leeds. This full-time role involves providing technical support, managing cyber security solutions, responding to incidents, and acting as an escalation point. The successful candidate will work a rotating 24/7 shift pattern and must have at least 3 years of SOC experience.

Primary Function

Working within the SOC, acting as a point of contact for [Employer hidden] customers, providing them with excellent customer services and immediate response to incidents. You will also be a point of escalation for the team on shift before having to escalate to other technical teams.

Main Tasks

  • Provide technical assistance and support to customers with a range of Cyber Security Solutions.
  • Work with the SOC to manage Cyber Security Solutions defending customer infrastructure from exploitation and cyber-attacks.
  • Respond to ongoing Cyber Security incidents detected by our monitoring solutions.
  • Using tools such as Google SecOps SOAR / SIEM, Zabbix, Check Point, CrowdStrike and Google to assess and advise on security incidents to customers.
  • Build out custom detection rules for the SOC to run through agentic processes.
  • Build out custom workflows to increase the efficacy of context and reduce monotonous tasks for analysts.
  • Build out and analyse reporting metrics to identify opportunities for new areas of proactive threat hunting and tailor detection engineering to specific industries.
  • Leverage Google Threat Intelligence and Wiz to build out processes for identifying and remediating threats at machine speed with the tooling available.
  • Escalating security incidents and acting as an escalation point, ensuring high quality and insightful recommendations are made as appropriate.
  • Carry out the pre-defined handover process to other shifts.
  • Carry out Incident Response actions swiftly, ensuring containment actions occur for any malicious indicators within security incidents.

Working Hours

You will work on a 5 week rotating 24 hr shift pattern from the Leeds office.

Personal Qualities

  • Self-motivation to learn, improve and keep up to date with technologies and concepts within the security industry.
  • A “can-do” attitude.
  • The drive to perform and excel, proactively.
  • Be excited about technology and a desire to advance your career in Cyber Security.
  • Act as a mentor/leader for other SOC Analysts.

Qualifications & Experience

  • At least 3+ years of experience in a SOC Analyst position or similar.
  • Specialised in at least a single discipline within SecOps e.g. Detection Engineering, Incident Response, Cloud Engineering.
  • Successful completion of a mid-level product-specific certification (e.g CySA+, BTL1 / BTL2, SAL1 / SAL2, eCTHP etc).
  • Strong understanding and experience of networks / networking.
  • Good understanding of Linux and Windows operating systems.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

About [Employer hidden]

Cyber Security Specialists, [Employer hidden] is an organisation providing advanced cyber security services solutions and tech-driven services powered by passionate and honest people.

[Employer hidden] started out in Leeds as an organisation built to add value and do business the right way. We’ve grown, we’ve developed, and we’ve evolved, we’ve taken on experts to expand our knowledge base and technical skills, building a portfolio of accreditations and we’ve developed important relationships with our vendors.

[Employer hidden] are an award-winning cyber-security specialist, whose success is built on five values: Honesty, Passion, Tech Driven, People Powered, Committed to Doing Good.

Every [Employer hidden] colleague lives these values every day. We have a culture of passionate people who work as a team that will never leave a job incomplete. We believe in giving every member of our team responsibility. We nurture the desire to solve problems at the root cause. We encourage continuous improvement.

We’re here to beat the bad guys and we’re here for the long-term.

Benefits

  • Payroll Giving
  • Death in Service
  • Birthday Leave
  • Medical Cashback Plan
  • Tech&Home Scheme
  • Cycle Scheme
  • Salary Sacrifice EV Scheme
  • Discount voucher scheme
  • Volunteer Leave
  • Enhanced Maternity Policy

Apply now at recruitment.evalu-8.com

[Employer hidden] Limited | [company details hidden] | VAT Number: GB232897090 | D-U-N-S Number: 221545057 | Contact: [contact hidden] | Phone: [contact hidden]

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