Synthomer is a leading supplier of high-performance, highly specialised polymers and ingredients that play vital roles in key sectors such as coatings, construction, adhesives, and health and protection – growing markets that serve billions of end users worldwide. Headquartered in London, UK and publicly listed there since 1971, we employ c.3,900 employees across our 5 innovation centres of excellence and more than 29 manufacturing sites across Europe, North America and Asia. Around 20% of our sales volumes are from new and patent protected products.
At our innovation centres of excellence in the UK, Germany, China, Malaysia and Ohio, USA we collaborate closely with our customers to develop new products and enhance existing ones tailored to their needs, with an increasing range of sustainability benefits. Since 2021, we have been proud holders of the London Stock Exchange Green Economy Mark, which recognises green technology businesses making a significant contribution to a more sustainable, low-carbon economy.
Are you passionate about cyber security and ready to make a real impact in a global organisation? At Synthomer, we're looking for a Senior IT Security Analyst to help strengthen and evolve our security capabilities across our international business.
This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of critical security platforms, investigate threats, drive continuous improvement, and play a key role in protecting our people, systems and data.
As a Senior IT Security Analyst, you'll be at the heart of our security operations, working across a range of technologies and initiatives, including:
✅ Managing and improving our security platforms and services
✅ Administering key technologies including Microsoft 365 Security, Purview, Mimecast, Trellix, Defender and Skyhigh SWG
✅ Investigating phishing attempts, security incidents and emerging cyber threats
✅ Supporting cloud security, data protection and DLP initiatives
✅ Acting as a trusted security partner to IT teams, external providers and business stakeholders
✅ Driving security awareness and promoting best practice across the organisation
✅ Contributing to security projects, audits and continuous improvement programmes
We're interested in security professionals who combine strong technical expertise with a proactive, customer-focused mindset.
You'll ideally have:
Why Join Synthomer?
At Synthomer, security is a business priority. You'll have the opportunity to work with modern security technologies, partner with international teams, and help shape the future of cyber security across a global organisation.
If you're looking for a role where you can take ownership, broaden your expertise, and make a tangible difference every day, we'd love to hear from you.
Synthomer plc is a leading supplier of high-performance, highly specialised polymers and ingredients that play vital roles in key sectors such as coatings, construction, adhesives, and health and protection – growing markets for customers who serve billions of end users worldwide. Headquartered in London, UK and listed there since 1971, we employ 3,900 employees across our five innovation centres of excellence and 29 manufacturing sites across Europe, North America, Middle East and Asia.
Our purpose is creating innovative and sustainable solutions for the benefit of customers and society. Around 20% of our sales volumes are from new and patent protected products. At our innovation centres of excellence in the UK, China, Germany, Malaysia and USA we collaborate closely with our customers to develop new products and enhance existing ones tailored to their needs, with an increasing range of sustainability benefits. Our 2030 decarbonization targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative as being in line with what the latest climate science says is necessary to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, and since 2021 we have held the London Stock Exchange Green Economy Mark, which recognizes green technology businesses making a significant contribution to a more sustainable, low-carbon economy.
