Junior Security Operations Analyst

Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

Responsibilities:

This position is critical to protecting Haleon’s corporate assets and managing its day-to-day operational cyber security defences. It involves detailed analysis to identify threats, quantify vulnerabilities and reduce risk to the company. It requires the timely review of cyber security alerts generated by security devices, assessment of the situation and management of incidents to successful resolution. In all cases, the incumbent will be required to respond to events using appropriate tools and procedures. Senior Analysts are expected to have the technical dexterity to choose the right tool for the job and to understand how to use it effectively across a range of security scenarios.

The post holder will:

• Operate as part of a 24 /7 Cyber Security Operations (SecOps) team that continuously monitors the security of the company.

• Undertake the timely triage of security alerts to allow for rapid incident detection and response.

• Perform analysis of security events, logs, network traffic and forensic data to determine root cause, identifying suspicious and / or anomalous activities and taking appropriate action based on documented processes and procedures.

• Recommended modifications to internal defences and processes for more effective and efficient security operations.

• Manage security incidents through all phases of the incident response lifecycle from identification through to closure.

• Ensures that delegated response and remediation actions are completed in line with SLAs.

• Supports the tuning of all security tooling and the development of bespoke correlation rules / use cases aligned to business operations, internal risk profiles and current threat intelligence.

• Ensure that the automation and orchestration of day-to-day operations is maximised, and that analysis / response activities are performed as efficiently as possible.

• Execute L1/L2 event or incident response and investigations into suspicious activity.

• Collaborate with Threat Intelligence to groom threat feeds and help translate findings.

• Help prioritize content, develop, and implement playbooks and runbooks.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security or related field (or equivalent experience).

• Understanding of security controls and how they are used to detect and respond

• Knowledge of common network protocols, edge routing technologies, firewall/IDS/IPS, SIEM, EDR/XDR.

• Ability to communicate complex problems succinctly.

• Ability to work within a team environment, sharing workload and responsibility.

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Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees. 

The personal information you provide will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.

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Note to candidates

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