Mastercard Vocalink

Financial Services

SeniorSecurityMonitoringandResponseAnalyst

£75–110k ~AI est. London, England, United Kingdom FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Senior Security Monitoring and Response Analyst at Mastercard Vocalink. Skills: Security monitoring, Incident response, Digital forensics. Provide monitoring coverage. Triage escalated alerts”

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Critical thinking; Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Direct experience in SOC, Experience in incident response, Experience in digital forensics, Experience with cybersecurity disciplines

Nice to Have

Experience creating SIEM queries, Experience with Windows OS forensics, Experience with Unix OS forensics, Experience with Cloud Security, Experience with NDR solutions, Experience with EDR solutions, Familiarity with IoCs, Familiarity with IoAs, Familiarity with ATT&CK, Familiarity with TTPs, CISSP certification, GIAC certification

What You'll Do.

Provide monitoring coverage

Triage escalated alerts

Investigate escalated alerts

Respond to cybersecurity incidents

Apply playbook responses

Apply root cause analysis

Apply lessons learned

Improve security posture

Improve security processes

Provide critical feedback

Improve monitoring automation

Improve response automation

Develop knowledge base

Provide subject matter expertise

Resolve security incidents

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Security engineering; Threat intelligence; Insider threat; Managed SOC service; Different teams

Communication Scope

Articulate ideas

Full Job Description

**Our Purpose** _Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200 + countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential._ **Title and Summary** ### Senior Security Monitoring and Response Analyst ### Overview Mastercard Vocalink is looking for a driven and motivated Senior Security Operations Analyst with Incident Response capabilities, to contribute to securing critical payments infrastructure in the UK. In this role you’ll be responsible for triaging alerts and responding to security incidents. When not actively engaged in ongoing incidents, the team works on the improvement and streamlining of the detection and response function. Role Responsibilities Providing monitoring coverage, triage and investigation of escalated alerts (T3) from various sources. Responding to cybersecurity incidents through critical thinking, defining, and applying playbook responses Applying root cause analysis and lessons learned to improve security posture and processes Working closely with security engineering, threat intelligence, insider threat and a managed SOC service, providing critical feedback to improve and automate monitoring and response Strong collaboration with the team to develop knowledge base, playbook and use cases. Proactive initiatives and project-related support by providing subject matter expertise Ability to work independently as well as collaborate with different teams to assess impact, mitigate risk, and resolve security incidents. Qualifications Required Experience: Direct experience in a Security Operations Center (SOC). Experience working in an incident response or digital f

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