Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.

Target Resume Now

About the Role

We are seeking a passionate Cybersecurity Detection and Response Analyst to join our London office. This role involves protecting our employees, data, and infrastructure by developing tools and systems for security, handling incident response, and researching and prioritizing threats. You will engineer detection mechanisms, manage the full lifecycle of alerts, and act as an ambassador for cybersecurity best practices across the firm.

Responsibilities

Developing the tools and systems used to guard the firm
Handling incident response and remediation
Researching and prioritizing threats that need to be monitored
Hunting for threats in our data
Writing code to detect threats
Tuning detection to prioritize quality over quantity
Maintaining full control over alerts
Owning all stages of the detection and response lifecycle
Performing unstructured investigations to locate and repair the source of a security issue
Acting as an ambassador of best practices to the rest of the firm
Talking to others about personal cybersecurity hygiene
Learning from colleagues and passing that learning on to new analysts

Requirements

An avid follower of cybersecurity news
A strong programmer who can demonstrate high potential and an aptitude for learning
Comfortable and interested in managing code and configs in version control
Familiar with threat modeling
Able to understand how cybersecurity fits into the firm’s broader goals
Able to clearly communicate security tradeoffs to colleagues
Able to explain cybersecurity decisions made in your own life
Able to adapt to changing scenarios
Able to make challenging decisions under pressure
Humble about what you know and don’t know
Not afraid to ask questions and admit mistakes
An intellectually curious problem solver with a positive, collaborative attitude
Fluent in English

Skills

Cybersecurity
Detection and Response
Incident Response
Detection Engineering
Security Engineering
SOAR
Email Content Scanning
Alerting
Threat Hunting
Threat Modeling
Security Awareness
Programming
Version Control
Editor Usage
Communication

Location

London

Work Type

Office-based

Experience Level

Analyst

Education Level

Degree in computer science, engineering, information systems or a related field

About the Company

Jane Street is a global financial firm that operates at the intersection of finance, technology, and data science. We are known for our quantitative approach to trading and our commitment to innovation.