IT Security Analyst - Work From Home | Day Shift

The IT Security Analyst will support the protection of a Microsoft-based environment across global operations through security monitoring, incident response, identity and access management, vulnerability management, and continuous improvement of cyber security controls. The role will work closely with internal IT teams and external security providers to investigate threats, coordinate remediation, and support the organisation’s Essential Eight and IT service management processes.

• Triage and investigate Microsoft Defender alerts and Arctic Wolf SOC escalations, including phishing, malware, suspicious sign-ins and endpoint activity.
• Coordinate containment, eradication and recovery activities with Arctic Wolf and internal IT teams, maintaining incident evidence and escalating major incidents where required.
• Support Microsoft Defender endpoint protection, Microsoft 365 security posture, security hardening and endpoint detection and response.
• Prioritise vulnerabilities based on exploitability, exposure and business criticality, and track remediation through to closure.
• Support security baselines and patch compliance using Microsoft management tools and NinjaOne where applicable.
• Review and strengthen Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID security, including MFA, Conditional Access, least-privilege access and periodic access reviews.
• Review privileged accounts, role-based access, service accounts and application permi