.Job descriptionIf you're looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join Global Service Center (GSC) HSBC and discover how valued you'll be. HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Lead Analyst (GCO).Global Cybersecurity Operations (GCO) provides a coordinated suite of "Network Defence" services responsible for detecting and responding to information and cybersecurity threats to HSBC assets across the globe and is under the management of the Head of Global Cybersecurity Operations. This includes dedicated functions for the monitoring and detection of threats within the global estate as well as Cybersecurity Incident Management and Response activities. Critical to the success of GCO is its close partnership with sister Cybersecurity teams, IT Infrastructure Delivery and Global Business and Function clients.The Cybersecurity Monitoring and Threat Detection Team are charged with efficiently and effectively monitoring the HSBC global technology and information estate 24x7. The team's mission is to detect the presence of any adversary within the estate, quickly analyse the severity and scope of the issue and work with the Cybersecurity Incident Management and Response Team to contain, mitigate and remediate the incursion. In addition, the team is responsible for constantly improving its detection capability through attack analysis and ensuring that the appropriate security event information is being fed into the team and that the alerting rules are tuned for maximum effectiveness.Lead Analysts are responsible for leading the analysis of and supporting the response to cyber security events within HSBC, using the latest threat monitoring and detection technologies to detect, analyse and respond.The Lead Analyst must:Work as a senior member of the Monitoring and Threat Detection team within an "Analysis POD" tasked with triage of threat detection events from across the entire global HSBC technology estate.Collaborate with colleagues across Threat Detection and Incident Management areas to ensure a rapid and focused identification and escalation of potential threat events.Provide support into Incident Response actions, providing SME knowledge to ensure continuity and depth of investigation.Involvement in "Purple Team" and Threat Simulation activities, ensuring that the detection capability is accurately assessed and validated.Collaborate with the Threat Hunters on hypothesis driven threat hunt and advanced data analysis.Apply structured analytical techniques and critical thinking to ensure consistent triage of threat events