Lead Senior Security Analyst

This role goes beyond monitoring dashboards, it’s about leading from the front. You’ll serve as a technical SME and incident commander, owning the most critical escalations (P1/P2), shaping SIEM and EDR strategies, and mentoring analysts to reach their full potential.
You’ll collaborate across IT Operations, Security Architecture, Network Engineering, and Application Development to ensure security is embedded in every layer of our digital ecosystem. This role reports to Head of Security Operations.
 

Operating within a large multinational organization that serves over 6 million customers and employs more than 30,000 people worldwide, this role plays a vital part in safeguarding a complex, globally distributed infrastructure. You'll collaborate with teams across continents, ensuring unified security operations and consistent standards across all regions.
 

• Lead the day-to-day operations of the SOC, ensuring proactive threat detection and rapid incident response.
• Oversee incident coordination, triage, and containment for P1/P2 incidents.
• Maintain and evolve the SOC coverage model for optimal global resilience.
• Act as one of the primary incident handlers for critical security events.
   

• Act as the SME for SIEM rule tuning, log analysis, and advanced threat detection methodologies.
• Develop and enhance use cases, detection rules, and automation within tools such as Microsoft Sentinel and EDR.
• Champion continuous improvement of monitoring processes, documentation, and incident handling playbooks.
   

• Provide mentorship, technical coaching, and performance feedback to analysts across all levels.
• Support ongoing training and certification initiatives to keep the SOC ahead of emerging threats.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, technical curiosity, and operational excellence.
   

• Partner with global InfoSec and IT teams to assess, implement, and optimize cutting-edge security solutions.
• Offer expert guidance on incident trends, security posture, and threat intelligence integration.
• Deputize for the SOC Operations Manager as needed and contribute to SOC strategy and roadmap development.
   

• Proven experience in Cyber Operations, including monitoring, incident response, and threat detection.
• Deep expertise with SIEM, EDR, and modern security tooling (e.g., Microsoft Sentinel, EDR, NGFWs, WAFs, Secure Email Gateways).
• Strong understanding of incident lifecycle management and operational processes.
• Excellent communicator with polished technical writing and reporting skills.
• Hands-on experience leading security teams in global or enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of GDPR and other relevant security and privacy regulations.
• Ability to mentor, coach, and inspire junior analysts.
   

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or related field.
• SANS 503/504/508/572 or equivalent.
• CREST certifications or similar advanced credentials.
• ITIL certification and/or ISO 27001 implementation experience.
• Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, regex, bash, or other scripting languages for automation and threat hunting.
   

Verisure is a global leading provider of professionally monitored security solutions. We are an international company with a start-up mindset, fast, agile, and lean, high-performance and value driven. We protect millions of customers in 17 countries. Our business model integrates product development, design and sales with installation, outstanding service and a 24/7 professional monitoring solution. We protect people from intrusion, fire, and flood - and we save lives.

Over the past years, Verisure has experienced an exceptional and resilient financial performance with a very long track record of double-digit growth - thanks to continuous drive for Innovation, our very sophisticated Go-To-Market approach and replicable business model for expansion into new countries. We are now supporting the business’ next phase of growth with a robust business plan for value creation. Verisure’s success depends on its people, and we invest in them every day. Working with Verisure is being part of an industry leading world-class company that has a strong entrepreneurial spirit.