Cyber Security Analyst

Role overview

Daiwa Capital Markets Europe is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst to support the day to day delivery of cybersecurity operations. This is a broad, hands on role suited to someone with around one to two years’ experience in cybersecurity.

Key responsibilities

• Review and investigate security alerts, suspicious emails and unusual user, endpoint or network activity.
• Support incident triage, containment, remediation and recovery, escalating significant or complex matters appropriately.
• Review vulnerability findings, track remediation with technology teams and escalate overdue or high risk issues.
• Support endpoint detection and response, security platform administration, access and other user security requests.
• Assist with developing and tuning detection rules, identifying false positives and improving monitoring coverage.
• Monitor emerging threats and assess their relevance to the organisation.
• Produce security metrics, maintain accurate records and support audit and management reporting.
• Maintain procedures, investigation playbooks, knowledge articles, identify opportunities for automation and continuous improvement.

Experience and knowledge

• Around one to two years’ experience in cybersecurity.
• Exposure to security information and event management, endpoint detection and response, vulnerability management, threat intelligence, detection engineering or security automation would be beneficial.
• Understanding of Windows endpoints, networking, user accounts, authentication and enterprise technology.
• Ability to investigate issues, analyse evidence, document findings and manage competing priorities.
• Clear communication skills, sound judgement and confidence in escalating matters when required.
• A proactive approach, willingness to learn and interest in developing broader cybersecurity capability.