Cyber Threat Analyst (Penetration Testing) – London – Hybrid

A leading financial services client is hiring an entry-level Cyber Threat Analyst to join its Information Security team, with a focus on penetration testing and offensive security.

The Role

• • Support penetration testing and offensive security activities, including red teaming, breach and attack simulation (BAS), and bug bounty engagements.
  • Assist with incident response and participate in the on-call rota for major incidents.
  • Contribute to red/blue team exercises, threat hunting, SIEM rule tuning, and detection engineering.
  • Help deploy, maintain, and automate security tooling (email security, DLP, SIEM, endpoint protection) using scripting and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Required Knowledge and Experience

• • Up to 2 years of experience in IT, security engineering, or DevOps (internships or academic projects welcome).
  • Basic understanding of:
  • Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing
  • Networking and security protocols (TCP/IP, HTTPS, DNS, Firewalls, Proxy)
  • Operating systems: Windows, Linux/Unix; Kubernetes desirable
  • Scripting or programming languages: Python, Bash, PowerShell
  • CI/CD tools and cloud platforms: e.g. Ansible Tower, Bitbucket, HashiCorp Vault, Pipelines, AWS, Azure
  • Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) principles
  • Security tooling: EDR, SIEM, Antivirus

Qualifications / Skills Required

• • Desirable: University degree or equivalent qualification in a STEM subject (Computer Science, Engineering, or Information Systems).
  • Desirable: Entry-level security certifications such as CompTIA Security+, Microsoft SC-900, or AWS Cloud Practitioner.
  • Desirable: Demonstrated activity on TryHackMe, HackTheBox, or OSCP-related / Red Team training platforms (or equivalent).
  • Desirable: Evidence of contributions on GitHub, showing code samples, tool development, or participation in offensive security projects and repositories.

Personal Qualities

• • Inquisitive, analytical, and detail-oriented with a genuine passion for security engineering and automation.
  • Strong communicator who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment supporting critical infrastructure.

If you’re keen to kickstart your career in penetration testing and threat analysis within a leading financial services environment, please apply with your CV.