Senior Technical Operations Analyst

Job Title: Senior Technical Operations Analyst

Location: Preston, Hybrid

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Circa £50,000 per annum

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description:

The role supports BAE Systems’ cyber‑defence mission by strengthening the Technical Operations capability across people, process, and technology. Working within a collaborative team, the position focuses on safeguarding the organisation from cyber threats while driving continuous improvement in Cyber Operations.

The role contributes to organisational, departmental, and personal objectives, ensuring all activities align with established security standards and principles. A key responsibility is providing assurance to the Head of Cyber Operations and the Technical Operations Manager that the SOC operates efficiently, leveraging orchestration and automation to enhance performance, streamline workflows, and maintain a resilient security posture.

Core duties:

• You will assist with the overall delivery of the Technical Operations function by providing support to senior members of the team to protect BAE Systems against cyber threats
• You will apply critical thinking to solve unique problems in the information security space
• You will use large datasets to construct actionable information to enhance the detection of suspicious activity within the business
• You will be on boarding new data sources to increase the visibility of security event information across multiple technologies
• You will be creating security use cases to enable the wider SOC to respond to a wider array of threats and creating analytic content to enable quantifiable metrics on SOCs performance

Essential Skills:

• A technical background with a detailed knowledge of cyber security, computer networks and operating systems
• Broad and detailed experience of technologies including but not limited to firewalls, IDS/IPS, Active Directory, endpoint protection, Windows Server, Linux, TCP/IP, Networks, Cloud, CDN’s and Vulnerability Management.
• An analytical background, comfortable analysing and interpreting large and complex data sets (using SIEM platforms and working with event data – preferably Splunk and Sentinel)
• Ability to articulate the story behind any observations along with providing conclusions and recommendations and providing technical documentation creation

The Technical Operations Team:

You will be joining an expansion to an existing cyber engineering team, supporting additional requirements that sits within Enterprise IT, providing enterprise IT services across the UK businesses and internationally. You will participate in the creation of security solutions to provide enterprise security services, and maintain, develop, and communicate their associated roadmaps and standards through the full lifecycle of the service. This could also offer a natural progression route and the opportunity to develop further.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 14th April 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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