Lead Cyber Security Analyst

Lead Cyber Operations Analyst (VP)

Knutsford | Hybrid | Permanent

We're partnering with a leading global financial institution to hire a Lead Cyber Operations Analyst for their Cyber Security team. This role focuses on leading cyber incident response activities, managing security monitoring capabilities, driving threat detection and containment, and supporting the bank’s wider cyber defense strategy.

• Strong experience within Cyber Operations, SOC or Incident Response environments
• Hands‑on expertise with SIEM technologies (Splunk, Sentinel, QRadar, etc.)
• Knowledge of threat detection, malware analysis, endpoint, network or cloud security
• Scripting experience (Python, Power Shell or similar)
• Strong understanding of cyber risk, controls and security governance
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

• Financial services experience
• Threat hunting, PCAP analysis and network traffic investigation experience