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Principal Security Analyst (MSSP), birmingham
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Location:
birmingham, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
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Posted:
26.08.2025
Expiry Date:
10.10.2025
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Job Description:
An opportunity has arisen for a Principal Security Analyst with a strong technical background and a passion for problem solving to join a growing UK MSSP.
This role has no line management responsibility. Instead, the position is focused on being an escalation point for Senior Analysts, dealing with more complex alerts as well as identifying opportunities to tune, optimise, automate and improve relevant systems.
The Role
The Principal Security Analyst will support busy pods on more complex issues, lead and coordinate threat hunting activities, perform and lead vulnerability assessment activities and perform SIEM-based event analysis, incident triage and coordinate incident response activities.
Furthermore, the Principal Security Analyst will actively collaborate with other analysts and enhance the teams’ effectiveness through ownership of relevant issues and contribute to a culture of continual improvement.
Skills Required
This role would suit an experienced, highly technical analyst with an engineering mindset who is comfortable tackling complex problems and has experience in a SOC / MSSP environment.
* SOC experience in an MSP / MSSP environment
* In depth understanding of security and analytical concepts
* Exposure to IT Security Operations in large and complex organisations
* Some coding ability
Beneficial
* Splunk
* Skills in Forensics
* Experience or interest in Reverse Engineering, Malware Analysis, Vulnerability Research
* Industry recognised qualifications (eg. SANS, OSCP, ISC2)
Security Clearance
Eligibility for UK SC will be sought but won’t be required from the start.
Remote Working
This role can be performed remotely in the UK with some limited travel to UK based sites.
Apply
To apply, follow the instructions on this page or send an updated CV to Myles at Copello Global referencing the role in question. You can also call on 020 3983 6472.
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