Security Operations Analyst

Security Operations Analyst

PZ Cussons is a FTSE250 listed consumer goods business, headquartered in Manchester, UK. We employ around 2,600 people across our operations in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and Africa. Since our founding in 1884, we have been creating products to delight, care for and nourish consumers. Across our core categories of Hygiene, Baby and Beauty, our trusted and well-loved brands include Carex, Childs Farm, Cussons Baby, Imperial Leather, Morning Fresh, Original Source, Premier, Sanctuary Spa and St. Tropez.

Sustainability and the wellbeing of our employees and communities everywhere are at the heart of our business model and strategy, and captured by our purpose: For everyone, for life, for good.

If you want to join a business in transformation with exciting growth plans and the opportunity to work flexibly and finish at 1pm every Friday, apply to work for us today.

The Role

As Security Operations Analyst (Technical), you will facilitate and coordinate security activities across a vendor-supported environment—ensuring that security alerts, vulnerabilities, and risks are actioned effectively and consistently across the estate.

You will work closely with our external security partners responsible for 24/7 threat detection and security platform configuration, maintaining operational visibility, supporting remediation, and delivering business-aligned assurance.

Alongside this, you will play a key role in:

• Embedding security by design into new systems and projects
• Maintaining awareness of the external threat landscape
• Tracking risks and control maturity across our hybrid cloud environment

This role is ideal for a technically literate, process-driven security professional who thrives on driving action through others, coordinating resolution, and improving operational resilience—without being the hands-on owner of each tool or fix.

Key Responsibilities

Threat Oversight & Incident Facilitation

• Act as the internal escalation point for security incidents raised by monitoring partners or internal teams
• Coordinate with external vendors and internal stakeholders to ensure timely and effective remediation
• Maintain incident timelines, follow up on action completion, and track service-level expectations
• Maintain and enhance incident playbooks with clearly defined roles, actions, and escalation paths

Technical Oversight & Configuration Governance

• Monitor the effectiveness of core security platforms, including endpoint protection and cloud-native SIEM
• Liaise with configuration and monitoring partners to review alert tuning, detection use cases, and control improvements
• Maintain a record of configuration changes and enhancements linked to threat intelligence or incident learnings

Vulnerability Coordination

• Facilitate the remediation of critical and high-severity vulnerabilities, working across application, infrastructure, and third-party teams
• Maintain tracking and reporting on patch compliance, vulnerability closure rates, and associated risk exposure
• Support security reporting into leadership forums, with clear metrics and audit-ready evidence

Security Engagement & Project Support

• Act as the security representative for IT and business projects, providing risk input, control advice, and design feedback
• Facilitate security reviews of third-party solutions, system implementations, or architectural changes
• Ensure that security requirements are considered early in delivery lifecycles and documented in design artefacts
• Maintain a log of project security engagements to support traceability and governance

Threat Intelligence & Risk Awareness

• Maintain awareness of the evolving threat landscape, including relevant attack trends, active campaigns, and tactics
• Align internal monitoring and response priorities with emerging threats and business exposure
• Collaborate with partners to adapt detection logic based on threat trends
• Identify recurring issues or systemic weaknesses and recommend preventative improvements
• Contribute intelligence summaries to leadership briefings and risk committee reporting, where appropriate

Security Assurance & Reporting

• Maintain and evolve dashboards and reports covering operational performance and risk posture
• Track status of incidents, patching, vulnerability management, and configuration health
• Support internal and external audits with evidence collation, narrative inputs, and remediation follow-through
• Maintain documentation of accepted risks, exceptions, and compensating controls

Essential Skills & Experience

• Experience in a cybersecurity role (SOC, security analyst, technical assurance, or operations)
• Familiarity with Microsoft Defender (Endpoint, Identity, Cloud) and Microsoft Sentinel or similar tooling
• Experience coordinating with third-party SOCs and managed service providers
• Working knowledge of vulnerability management processes and remediation lifecycle
• Understanding of security frameworks (NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS Controls)
• Strong communication skills—both technical and non-technical—with confidence coordinating across teams

Desirable Attributes

• Exposure to cloud-first environments (preferably Azure) and SaaS application landscapes
• Experience participating in solution design reviews or project risk assessments
• Knowledge of endpoint hardening, secure configurations, or detection logic tuning
• KQL or Power BI skills for building visual security reporting
• Certifications such as Security+, AZ-500, or similar are a plus

Equal Opportunities:

At PZ Cussons, we value diversity and make sure everyone feels included. We want our team to reflect society and our global customers. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and your unique perspective helps us develop brands and create new products for our consumers.

Please note that we are not able to offer visa sponsorship or assist with relocation support for this role. Applicants must have the right to work in the country where this role is located before applying. If you need extra support during this process, please inform us so that we can accommodate your needs appropriately. It is important to us that all candidates feel recognised and have a good experience with PZ Cussons as part of our commitment to inclusivity.

PZ Cussons is big enough to make your mark, small enough to make it yours. Apply to join us!