Advanced Cyber Threat Analyst

Location: Stirling, United Kingdom

Company

M&G provides savings, investment, asset management, and insurance solutions through its Asset Management and Life segments.

What you will do

• Investigate complex security incidents across cloud, endpoint, identity, email, and network environments.
• Assess business impact and recommend proportionate containment, remediation, and recovery actions.
• Conduct intelligence-led threat hunts based on adversary campaigns, behaviours, tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Develop, tune, and validate detections, analytical rules, controls, and response processes.
• Use AI-assisted analysis and advanced analytics while validating outputs and retaining accountability for conclusions and decisions.
• Collaborate with Security Operations Engineering, Threat Intelligence, internal stakeholders, and external security providers to improve telemetry, automation, resilience, and audit evidence.

Requirements

• Practical experience in a Security Operations environment, including cyber incident investigation and response.
• Experience analysing endpoint, identity, cloud, email, or network security activity and conducting structured threat hunting.
• Ability to develop, tune, or validate security detections and analytical rules.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure security environments, including Entra and Microsoft Defender capabilities.
• Strong risk assessment, judgement, documentation, governance, and audit discipline.
• Knowledge of responsible AI-assisted security operations, including human oversight and output validation.

Nice to have

• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel, log analysis, analytical rule management, and playbook development.
• Experience with Endpoint Detection and Response technologies, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Identity, or Defender for Cloud.
• Experience developing investigation, enrichment, or response automation.
• Experience in financial services or another highly regulated environment.
• CompTIA Security+, CySA+, ISC2 SSCP, SANS, SC-200, AZ-500, or equivalent certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements and workplace adjustments are available.
• Pension scheme with contributions of up to 18%.
• Share Save, Share Incentive Plan, and financial wellbeing support.
• 38 days of annual leave including bank holidays, with the option to purchase five additional days.
• Paid parental leave, private healthcare, critical illness cover, and life assurance.
• Inclusive culture with employee-led networks, development opportunities, and support for reasonable adjustments during recruitment.