A bit about us

At Waterstons, we don’t just build technology—we create meaningful business transformations. With a global presence spanning the UK and Australia, we partner with businesses to unlock their full potential through innovative solutions.

Our clients tell us our people are our greatest strength, and who are we to disagree? That’s why we invest in our team with unlimited holidays, flexible working, and private healthcare—because we believe the best work happens when people feel valued.

Did we also mention that we’ve been awarded Gold Investors in People for a fourth consecutive time?

What You’ll Be Doing

As a SOC Analyst within our Cyber Division, you will build relationships with prospective and active clients across the business and act as their trusted advisor, helping them to secure their business through the pragmatic use of technology and protect them from incoming threats.

If you enjoy a varied environment, sharing your knowledge and experience to support, coach and mentor your colleagues, then we want to hear from you.

Day-to-day responsibilities

• Lead threat detection and incident response across modern security platforms
• Monitor and analyse alerts from EDR/XDR platforms, cloud services (M365, AWS, Azure), SIEM systems and more.
• Manage and optimise security tools and detection rules.
• Create and deliver comprehensive client security reports.
• Respond to and analyse cyber incidents at all severity levels.
• Implement and maintain security best practices.
• Participate in threat hunting initiatives.
• Act of a point of escalation for Junior Analysts.
• Stay up to date on the latest security trends.

Some of the skills we are looking for

Essential

• A Strong understanding of IT and Cybersecurity
• Experience working in a SOC or Helpdesk role
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Customer service mindset
• Passion for continuous learning

How We Take Care of You

As well as offering a competitive salary, we have an attractive benefits package including:

• A healthy work life balance with flexible and agile working being the norm
• Unlimited holiday allowance
• EV car scheme (salary sacrifice)
• Room to grow with supported development opportunities and sponsored training
• Enhanced family policies
• If you ever need it, company sick pay and life assurance
• Supported wellbeing with regular initiatives, an employee assistance programme and private medical insurance
• Flexible benefits such as a dental scheme, eye care support, season ticket loan and cycle to work
• We require a security check to be carried out on all colleagues due to the nature of some of our clients’ industries.

Waterstons is committed to creating and an inclusive, understanding, and flexible place to work. We value diversity, equality and inclusion and encourage everyone to 'bring their whole selves' to work. We believe that a company that works to truly embrace and value diversity, create an environment where everyone from any background can do their best work, and feel valued and appreciated is a better company to work for.

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