Cyber Security Analyst

1 day ago

Selby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom Drax Group Full time

**Cyber Security Analyst – Cyber Defence Centre (CDC)

Selby or Ipswich

Hybrid working

Permanent, full time

Closing date: Monday 1st December 2025

Who we are**
We're not just talking about making a difference, we're making it happen. We generate dispatchable, renewable power and create stable energy in an uncertain world. Building on our proud heritage, we have ambition to become the global leader in sustainable biomass and carbon removals.

You'll be joining our teams of practical doers, future thinkers and business champions. We're enabling a zero carbon, lower cost energy future for all, and working hard to decarbonise the planet for generations to come.

About The Role
As a Cyber Security Analyst within the Cyber Defence Centre team, you'll be responsible for identifying, triaging, and investigating potential security threats to help protect the organisations systems and data. Working alongside the Cyber Defence Centre team and the wider security teams, you'll play a key role in maintaining visibility across the environment and supporting effective incident response.

This role also contributes to the continuous improvement of alerting and detection capabilities by highlighting patterns, reducing false positives and creating triage documentation. Through a combination of hand on analysis and collaboration, you'll help to ensure the Cyber Defence Centre remains effective, responsive and resilient in its measures to mitigate risks to protect the Drax Estate.

Additional responsibilities include:

  • Contributing to the CDC daily briefs by providing relevant updates observations or notable trends identified during shift activity
  • Maintaining accurate and timely documentation of analysis investigations and actions taken aligning with CDC standards and tooling requirements
  • Participating in the execution of daily checks raising any findings or anomalies to the CDC specialist for further investigation
  • Identifying and reporting inconsistencies or repetitive false positives in SIEM alerts to support alert tuning and reduce unnecessary noise
  • Escalating cases to the threat intelligence team when deeper intelligence correlation is required
  • Working with the operational technology cyber team to support triage and initial investigation of OT related alerts maintaining clear communication for effective collaboration

Who We're Looking For
To be successful in this role, you'll have proven experience in working in a Cyber Security coordinator/ analyst role, managing multiple activities at pace.

Ideally, you'll have a sound understanding of network security, industrial network protocols and Industrial Control Systems. An entry level certification such as SEC+, Net+ or SANS/GIAC would be an additional benefit

Additionally, it would be beneficial to have an understanding of security frameworks including NIST, NIS Regulations, CAF, IEC, SoGP, MITRE ATT&CK, MITRE ATT&CK ICS and/ or Cyber Kill Chain.

This role requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills including root-cause analysis with the ability to manage multiple activities at pace.

You'll have strong communication and stakeholder management skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to lead small projects, work with complexity and think outside the box.

Rewards And Benefits
As you help us to shape the future, we've shaped our rewards and benefits to help you thrive and support your lifestyle:

  • Competitive salary
  • Discretionary group performance-based bonus
  • 25 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays)
  • Single cover private medical insurance
  • Pension scheme

We're committed to making a tangible impact on the climate challenge we all face. Drax is where your individual purpose can work alongside your career drive. We work as part of a team that shares a passion for doing what's right for the future. With Drax you can shape your career and a future for generations to come.

Together, we make it happen.

At Drax, we're committed to fostering an environment where everyone feels valued and respected, regardless of their role. To make this a reality, we actively work to better represent the communities we operate in, foster inclusion, and establish fair processes. Through these actions, we build the trust needed for all colleagues at Drax to contribute their perspectives and talents, no matter their background. Find out more about our approach here.

How To Apply
Think this role's for you? Click the 'Apply now' button to begin your Drax journey.

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