Security Analyst - Contract Opportunity
Location: Hybrid (Peterborough 2/3 days a week)
Rate: £465 per day inside IR35
Start Date: ASAP
What's the role?
This is a technically diverse Security Analyst position covering areas like:
* Vulnerability management (Tenable.io or equivalent)
* SIEM monitoring (Elastic preferred) and log analysis
* Incident detection, triage, and escalation (CrowdStrike or similar EDR)
* Compliance audits (ISO27001, STIGs)
* Infrastructure hardening and security baseline validation
* Some threat hunting and forensic analysis
* Creating documentation, playbooks, and security runbooks
Who are we looking for?
Ideal candidates will bring:
* At least 2 years' experience in a Security Analyst or SOC-type role
* Strong understanding of vulnerability management, EDR/SIEM alert triage, and incident response
* Experience with compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, NIST, etc.)
* A working knowledge of VMware, AD, Windows Server, Linux
* Comfort handling multiple tools - Elastic, Tenable, CrowdStrike (or comparable alternatives)
* Bonus points for: CEH / Security+ / CISSP / Fortinet / CCNA certs, or a willingness to go perm in future
If you're an experienced analyst who enjoys variety and autonomy, and you're ready to be a foundational part of a growing internal security function then apply now we'd love to hear from you and one of our team will be in touch to discuss this with you in more detail.
First CVs are being reviewed early next week, so don't wait too long.