Security Operations Analyst

About The Role

Reporting to the Security Operations Lead, the Security Operations Analyst will play an important support role in ensuring the security of Monument Re’s information systems, networks and data. The role-holder will possess a solid understanding of security technologies and operational security practices and be responsible for monitoring system and application alerts, identifying potential risks and vulnerabilities, and triage and responding to or escalating security events of interest and incidents.

Responsibilities

• Operate and improve technical security controls, including SIEM, honeypots, EDR, vulnerability scanning, email scanning.
• Conduct the security monitoring, triage and response to day-to-day security events and incidents such as phishing attacks.
• Liaise with the externally managed Security Operations Centre (SOC) to ensure all use cases are in place and suspicious events are alerted, investigated, assessed and escalated.
• Provide incident response support to ensure the rapid containment, eradication and recovery from any security incidents, sometimes out of hours per an on-call rota.
• Perform threat hunting to proactively identify and manage potential threats.
• Assess threat intelligence sources for relevance to Monument Re and support defensive activity to mitigate identified threats.
• Support regular security assessments, vulnerability scans and penetration tests to identify and mitigate risks.
• Add security gaps merging from incidents and events to the security risk register and work with stakeholders and risk owners to support the delivery of agreed risk management actions.
• Collect the KPIs and KRIs that contribute to the periodic security reporting to various governance forums.
• Participate in the technical aspects of internal and external security audits.
• Ensure the security control requirements of DORA are met across the Monument Re Group.
• Stay current with latest threats, vulnerabilities and security technologies.
• Maintain documentation and playbooks for security operations procedures and processes.

Role Requirements

• Minimum of 1-3 years’ experience in similar technical security or security operations role.
• Experience of working in a regulated environment, ideally financial services.
• Hold a relevant technical security certification (ISC2, SANS GIAC, vendor-specific) or equivalent training/experience
• Demonstratable experience of using industry leading SIEM, EDR and vulnerability management tooling such as Rapid 7 IDR and IVM tooling, Windows Defender, Abnormal Security and industry threat intelligence services such as Recorded Future and the FS-ISA
• Experience of incident response activities, particularly during high pressure situations where experience and good decision making supported the triaging, containment and recovery from a security incident.
• Experience with working in partnership with IT, GRC and Technical Security teams.
• An understanding of DORA and the regulatory requirements for maintaining Operational Resilience.
• Willingness to join an on-call rota to provide backup for the current 24 x 7 x 365 Managed Detection & Response (MDR) services.
• Must have high attention to detail; be a self-starter and able to prioritize in a fast moving, high pressure, constantly changing environment
• Good interpersonal, written and verbal communications skills to engage with internal
• Excellent English language skills. French language skills desirable
• Proactive approach with an eagerness to learn & develop

Location

Dublin, Ireland. Hybrid Working Model.

Closing Date

28th November 2025

Equal Opportunities Statement

Monument Re Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Our Corporate values of Trust and Collaboration demonstrate our commitment to fostering an inclusive culture where all our employees feel respected and valued. We recognise that each employee brings their own unique skill sets, capabilities, immutable characteristics, and varied experiences to their work. In turn, the Monument Re Group provides a work environment for all our employees to achieve personal and professional growth and development throughout their careers with us.

Email:

Careers@Monumentregroup.Com