Senior Security Analyst
FDJ United is seeking a Senior Security Analyst to protect the Online Betting and Gaming Business Unit's assets through monitoring, detection, and response.
The role involves performing research and analysis of log sources from security and networking devices to detect sophisticated cyber threats. It also includes conducting threat hunting and analysing raw data to identify advanced malicious activities for which standard signatures do not yet exist.
The successful candidate will develop and refine detection content across SIEM, IDS/IPS, and other security technologies, ensuring scalability and effectiveness. They will also optimise SIEM operations, integrate with other security technologies, and develop reports and dashboards to provide actionable insights for SOC leadership and key stakeholders.
This position requires proactive contributions to and driving improvements in the overall Security Operations framework, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and emerging threat landscapes. The role also involves developing security event enrichment techniques and processes, designing and maintaining comprehensive triage playbooks, and participating in complex incident response activities.
Furthermore, the Senior Security Analyst will manage and contribute to projects that enhance the maturity and capabilities of the SOC, monitor intelligence sources for emerging cyber threats, and develop, maintain, and improve documentation related to security event logging, monitoring processes, and detection strategies. Regular communication with key stakeholders is essential to ensure security event monitoring requirements are understood, met, and continuously refined. The role also includes developing automated pipelines for detection, triage, and response within the team's SOAR.
- Performs research and analysis of log sources originating from security and networking devices, such as firewalls, routers, proxy servers, anti-virus products, and operating systems to detect and respond to sophisticated cyber threats.
- Conducts threat hunting and perform analysis of raw data to identify advanced malicious activities for which standard signatures or content do not yet exist.
- Develops, and refines detection content across SIEM, IDS/IPS, and other security technologies, ensuring scalability and effectiveness in detecting emerging threats.
- Optimizes SIEM operations and integrates with other security technologies, enhancing overall SOC performance.
- Develops reports and dashboards, providing actionable insights for SOC leadership and key stakeholders.
- Proactively contributes to and drives improvements in the overall Security Operations framework, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and emerging threat landscapes.
- Develops security event enrichment techniques and processes to enhance threat detection and response efficiency, most notably using threat intelligence datasets.
- Designs and maintain comprehensive, detailed triage playbooks that support SOC Analysts during high-priority incidents.
- Participates in complex incident response activities, particularly in the analysis, containment, and recovery phases.
- Manages and contributes to projects that enhance the maturity and capabilities of the SOC, aligning with organizational security objectives.
- Monitors intelligence sources in order to maintain situational awareness of the ways to detect emerging cyber threats.
- Develops, maintains, and continually improves documentation related to security event logging, monitoring processes, and detection strategies.
- Communicates regularly with key stakeholders to ensure that security event monitoring requirements are understood, met, and continuously refined.
- Develops automated pipelines for detection, triage and response within the team’s SOAR.
FDJ United is one of Europe's largest gaming and betting groups, formed after French lottery operator La Française des Jeux (FDJ) acquired Kindred Group - the company behind Unibet - in 2024 and rebranded the enlarged group in 2025. Headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, it operates lottery, online sports betting, casino and poker across multiple European markets and Australia. Its portfolio includes well-known online brands such as Unibet, 32Red and Maria Casino, alongside FDJ's French lottery and retail network. The group is listed on the Euronext Paris exchange.