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Cybersecurity is a key priority for Santander UK and pivotal to supporting the Bank’s purpose of helping people and businesses prosper. As Santander continues to develop digital services and support customers it is fully committed to ensuring customer data and services are secure and effective.
The Cyber Detect and Respond (CDR) function is one of four technical pillars within the overarching Cyber Threat Unit (CTU) responsible for detecting and responding to security threats faced by Santander UK.
The Cyber Detect role sits within the CDR team and focuses on the triage, investigation, and response to technical security alerts. Detect analysts engage with technical teams to proactively hunt for threats and leverage numerous security tools and services to respond to alerts and undertake investigations.
The difference you’ll make
- Contributing to the overall function of the Cyber Detect team through involvement in Detect project work, runbook/process (SOPs) development.
- Reviewing and analysing logs, and other event data to support digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) investigations.
- Developing analytical queries and approaches to support and improve the triage and investigation of suspicious activity.
- Participating as an SME in the threat hunting lifecycle, bringing expertise to proactive analysis where required.
- Collaborating with Global SOC to refine detection use cases to ensure accurate cyber security alerts are triggered.
- Supporting colleagues and peers understand technical events and associated risk exposure as a technical SME.
What you’ll bring
- Degree or equivalent (graduate and/or postgraduate) within a relevant Security related field and/or technical qualifications such as CREST/SANS certifications.
- Proven knowledge and practitioner in one or more of the following Cyber Security disciplines: Network traffic analysis, Host based analysis, Malware analysis, Penetration testing, EDR and SIEM tools, Vulnerability management.
- Good understanding of SOC and CERT workflows.
- Experience working in Security or IT services operations.
It would also be nice for you to have
- Knowledge of DFIR within cloud platform environments
- Ability to reference and utilise the Mitre Attack and cyber kill chain when analysing technical data
- Knowledge of one or more scripting languages
- Experience working within a Bank and the Three Lines of Defence operating model
What else you need to know
Cyber Detect operate an out of hours on-call rota which the successful candidate will be required to support in due course.
We offer flexible hybrid working from home and across the Milton Keynes offices (days to be determined).
The team promotes an inclusive, and supportive team culture and enjoys team social activities outside of work.
Training and technical development plan encompassing both on the job and external courses.
How we’ll reward you
Opportunities to embrace Agile with us as we transform our business, work in an environment with leading edge technology, attend ‘Meet Ups’ and be part of internal and external technology communities and work for an organisation that’s dedicated to your learning and ongoing development.
As well as a salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs.
- Competitive salary plus a £500 annual cash allowance to spend on our great range of benefits.
- Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus
- Pension with generous contributions of up to 12.5% from Santander, depending on your own contribution and length of employment with us
- 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 28 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year
- Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates. Including: Bupa medical insurance, dental insurance, healthcare cash plan and health assessments
- Benefits supporting you and your family, such as death-in-service benefit, income protection, and voluntary life assurance and critical illness cover
- 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform including retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more
- Share in Santander’s success by investing in our share plans
- Support your favourite causes through charitable giving and our community partnerships
