Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst
Location: Salford (M50 3SP), Staines (TW18 3DZ), London (EC2R 7HJ), Leeds (LS5 3BF)
Job Type: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: Negotiable, depending on experience
Job Description
In this role, you’ll help protect Bupa by staying one step ahead of cyber threats. Bringing threat‑led expertise you will monitor the cyber landscape, understand emerging risks, and turn insights into meaningful action. Working closely with the Head of Threat Intelligence and guided by the Lead Threat Intelligence Analyst, you will strengthen our defensive posture across BGIUK and all Business Units.
Responsibilities
* Identify and shape tactical and strategic responses to current and emerging cyber threats.
* Work with vendors and partners to ensure threat content and analysis is timely, accurate, and supports future needs.
* Support the delivery of the Threat Management programme including assessments, threat modelling, prioritisation and remediation.
* Maintain and improve Threat Management processes, tools and procedures to ensure effective detection, assessment and mitigation of threats.
* Research nation‑state actors, campaigns and malware across open, deep and dark web sources to produce predictive intelligence.
* Create timely, relevant, accurate and actionable threat intelligence.
* Build strong relationships across Group CISO, security, technology, cloud, architecture and incident management teams to coordinate threat mitigation.
* Provide guidance on remediation strategies, security best practice and risk reduction aligned to organisational and regulatory requirements.
* Contribute to attack‑simulation and social‑engineering testing using industry best practices.
* Prepare and present threat reports, dashboards and recommendations tailored to technical and senior audiences.
* Support performance metrics, continuously evaluating and improving Threat Management controls and processes.
* Help identify, document, assess and mitigate risks, working with other teams to design effective controls.
Key Skills / Qualifications
* Professional cyber security certifications (e.g., OCSP, CISSP, GCTI, GREM, CEH).
* 5+ years’ experience in cybersecurity, with a strong background in Threat Management and defensive security in regulated environments.
* Deep knowledge of common security threats, attack vectors and threat‑analysis frameworks (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, Diamond Model).
* Skilled in using threat management, incident response and remediation tools, including OSINT and specialist platforms (e.g., Shodan, Censys, DomainTools, VirusTotal, SIEM, EDR).
* Experience with Red Teaming, Purple Teaming and automated attack techniques.
* Strong understanding of security standards and regulations (NIST CSF, PCI DSS, GDPR/DPA 2018, ISO 27001).
* Experience managing threats in cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP), including Zero Trust models, containers and Kubernetes/serverless architectures.
* Excellent analytical skills with the ability to turn complex technical information into clear recommendations.
* Strong communication skills, able to explain technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders and senior leaders.
* Confident decision‑maker, able to work independently under pressure with high confidentiality and pace.
* Capable of mentoring junior team members, reviewing outputs and maintaining high quality standards.
* Self‑motivated, organised and able to prioritise effectively.
* Acts as an individual contributor while also supporting capability growth across the team by inspiring and developing others.
Benefits
* 25 days holiday, increasing with length of service, with the option to buy or sell.
* Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind.
* Enhanced pension plan and life insurance.
* Annual performance‑based bonus.
* On‑site gyms or local discounts where no on‑site gym is available.
* Various other benefits and online discounts.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
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