Cyber Security Analyst

  • Negotiable
  • Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
  • Permanent

Our client is an exciting, scaling company that provides a wide range of proactive Cyber Security solutions, they love the hunt and proactively keep their clients safe by spotting threats, improving security and making a real difference to their clients, from their platform through to Bug sweeps.

Cyber Security Analyst / Threat Advisor

Location: Market Deeping - On-Site - Monday to Friday.

Salary: Negotiable Dependent upon experience. Good Benefits

Our client will invest heavily in your training and development, this is a real opportunity to progress your career in the field of Cyber Security.

Ideally you will have a great understanding of:

  • M365 Security
  • AWS Security principles and configurations
  • Vulnerability management (Qualys), network security and threat analysis.

Our client will invest heavily in your training and development, this is a real opportunity to progress your career in the field of Cyber Security.

Key Skills

Technical Security Skills

  • Microsoft 365 Security: Understanding of M365/Azure security architecture, identity controls, conditional access policies, privileged roles, email security, device posture, and tenant-wide exposure analysis
  • AWS Security: Working knowledge of AWS security principles and configurations
  • Vulnerability Management: Proficient in Qualys or similar vulnerability scanning tools with ability to interpret, prioritise, and contextualise findings
  • Network Security: Solid understanding of firewall architectures, rule assessment, network segmentation, and how attackers abuse network trust
  • Threat Analysis: Ability to identify attack paths, assess misconfiguration risks, and understand how small weaknesses combine into exploitable compromise chains

Analytical & Investigative Skills

  • Threat Hunting Mindset: Ability to think like an attacker and reason like a defender
  • Critical Analysis: Assess intent, likelihood, and impact rather than relying solely on automated scores
  • Investigation Skills: Treat alerts as investigations - validate issues, assess relevance, and determine appropriate escalation
  • Security Tool Evaluation: Independently assess security tools for effectiveness, identify gaps, duplication, and misalignment

Advisory & Communication Skills

  • Client Advisory: Act as trusted cyber advisor to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Clear Communication: Explain complex security risks in plain language without fear-mongering or jargon.
  • Prioritisation Guidance: Help clients understand what to fix first and why, with clear reasoning and guidance.
  • Stakeholder Management: Comfortable responding to questions, explaining findings, and guiding security decisions.

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