Senior Threat Analyst

Senior Threat Analyst

Our Future Health · London, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-30

Salary: From GBP 75,000

Workplace: hybrid

Department: Technology

Description

We are seeking a Senior Threat Analyst to join our rapidly growing Information Security team. This is a unique opportunity for a seasoned cyber security professional to be at the forefront of our cyber defence strategy, protecting our brand from existing and emerging threats. You will combine the expertise of a Threat Hunter and Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst, and have the autonomy to help define our threat intelligence and hunting capabilities as our organisation continues to scale. You'll have a major input on what new tooling and services we use and the backing to implement this. 

You'll be an innovative collaborator with strong technical skills, particularly in using KQL and excellent communication skills, with an appetite for complex problem solving. Seize the opportunity to join a dynamic security team, reporting to the Head of Cyber Defence, and lead the development of advanced CTI and threat hunting strategies, seamlessly integrating into our security processes and driving continuous improvements. 

Our Future Health will be the UK’s largest ever health research programme, bringing people together to develop new ways to detect, prevent and treat diseases. We are a charity, supported by the UK Government, in partnership with charities and industry. We work closely with the NHS and with public authorities across all nations and regions of the UK.

Our plan is to bring together 5 million volunteers from right across the UK who will be asked to contribute information to help build one of the most detailed pictures we have ever had of people’s health. Researchers will be able to use this information to make new discoveries about human health and diseases. So future generations can live in good health for longer.

What you’ll be doing

In this role, your key responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Working closely with the wider information security team, including our MSP SOC, to improve the overall security posture of the organisation.
• Developing, implementing and utilising our cyber threat intelligence approach, including tooling and feeds.
• Maintaining a current understanding of the cyber threat landscape with a focus on the health research sector.
• Triaging, analysing, and responding to threat intelligence alerts from partners and other stakeholders.
• Tracking relevant threat actors, specifically their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Providing threat input to support the assessment of security risk and threat modelling activities of Our Future Health.
• Developing, implementing and iterating our threat hunting approach through use of cutting edge hunting techniques, including automation of aspects of the threat hunting process.
• Creating threat hunting hypotheses and performing threat intelligence led proactive threat hunts across the estate.
• Contributing to detection engineering initiatives by identifying opportunities for, and implementation of new detections and improvements to existing detections.
• Leveraging in-house knowledge to enrich and benefit the SIEM and SOC (e.g. managing Sentinel watchlists, assisting with triage, sharing knowledge of our technical estate with the MSP analysts, etc.)
• Assisting with incident investigation and insider threat monitoring.
• Producing written reports and providing verbal briefings which capture the relevance of cyber threats to Our Future Health to a variety of internal stakeholders.
• Supporting the Head of Cyber Defence in building out and maturing our broader threat capabilities.

Requirements

You will have some of the following skills and experience:

• Significant experience in Cyber Threat Intelligence.
• Significant experience in Threat Hunting.
• Experience with the Microsoft Sentinel SIEM/SOAR platform.
• Significant experience in writing KQL.
• Excellent understanding of threat intelligence principles and practices.
• Proven understanding of security risk management.
• Understanding of threat modelling.
• Knowledge of ISO 27001 and other commonly used security standards.
• Understanding of modern cloud technologies.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Ideally experience with the Microsoft Defender suite, Microsoft Entra and Microsoft Purview.
• Exposure to Agile working.
• Ability to translate between technical and non-technical teams.
• Desire to be part of a small fast-paced team.
• Relevant certifications, such as: CISM, CISA, CISSP, CCSP, Microsoft certifications (MS-500, AZ-500, AZ-700, SC-200, SC-300), CompTIA Security+ and Cloud+, Cloud Security Alliance CCSK, GIAC CTI, GIAC CFR.

Benefits

• From £75,000 per annum
• Generous Pension Scheme – We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12%
• 30 Days Holiday pro rata + Bank Holidays – Enjoy a generous holiday allowance with the flexibility to take bank holidays when it suits you
• Enhanced Parental Leave – Supporting you during life’s biggest moments
• Cycle to Work Scheme – Save 25-39% on a new bike and accessories through salary sacrifice
• Home & Tech Savings – Get up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products, spreading the cost over 12 months through salary sacrifice
• EV Scheme – Save up to 40% on a brand new electric vehicle all-inclusive package through salary sacrifice
• £1,000 Employee Referral Bonus – Know someone amazing? Get rewarded for bringing them on board!
• Wellbeing Support – Access to Mental Health First Aiders, plus 24/7 online GP services and an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family
• A Great Place to Work – We have a lovely Central London office in Holborn, and offer flexible and remote working arrangements 

Join us - let’s prevent disease together.

At Our Future Health, we recognise the importance of having a diverse workforce and ensuring that all candidates, regardless of their background, have equitable access to our application process. We proactively encourage applicants who identify as having a disability, neurodiversity, or long-term health conditions to let us know if they require any reasonable adjustments as part of their application process. 

If you do require any reasonable adjustments, please email us at [email protected]

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