Cyber Security Analyst

Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public, and Finance Sectors, driving transformational change within our clients. We use proven technology, specialist teams, and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data, and business applications. We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help achieve their goals.

About the role

1. The Cyber Security Analyst is responsible for cyber assurance over the IS environment and ensuring that information assets and associated technologies, applications, systems, infrastructure, and processes are adequately protected.
2. The Cyber Security Analyst is responsible for identifying, evaluating, and reporting cybersecurity risks to information assets and reporting associated risks.
3. The Cyber Security Analyst, working together with the Operational Security team, understands and articulates the impact of cyber security risks and threats to (digital) business and communicates this to Senior Manager - Global Cyber Operations or delegate.
4. The Cyber Security Analyst supports the Global Cyber Operations team in carrying out appropriate second-line assurance activities related to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as well as the safety, privacy, and recovery of information owned or processed by the business in compliance with regulatory requirements.
5. The role works with appropriate teams and third-party vendors to ensure the third-party related cyber risks are identified and assessed appropriately.
6. Roles and Responsibilities include working with Project Teams, Operations, and IS Security teams to support IS in delivering secure, reliable, and safe IS operations to the business.
7. It involves defining IS Security requirements for systems and solutions across vendors, project teams, and wider IS teams.
8. Researching and providing security solutions for complex application and system integrations.
9. Supporting the full lifecycle of design, development, and operation of security tools and services.
10. Building successful peer relationships with other IS and business functions.
11. Following formal governance mechanisms to establish and monitor effective controls for processes and functions performed by the IS Security team.
12. Supporting IS Security to achieve regulatory and statutory compliance requirements.
13. Completing cyber risk assessments, including third-party suppliers.
14. Applying threat modeling principles to complex system and solution designs to identify security risks and mitigation strategies.
15. Supporting, monitoring, and recommending improvements to cyber incident management processes.
16. Providing input and support to operational projects related to cyber security.

Requirements

Key skills and experience relevant to this role include:

• Experience working in an organization across different geographies and time zones, with the ability to communicate IS security goals effectively.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and execution skills.
• Strong cyber security-specific experience supported by relevant industry certifications (e.g., CySA+, Security+), and risk management knowledge.
• Knowledge and experience with a diverse range of cyber security tools, including SIEM, EDR, NIDS, etc.
• Self-motivated with a willingness to go the extra mile to achieve goals.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of explaining technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with cyber security KPI monitoring and delivery.
• Experience engaging third-party security specialists for assurance.
• Understanding of data security and governance requirements and control identification.
• Experience delivering cloud-focused security solutions and understanding of modern cyber threats and threat modeling techniques.
• Good understanding of security frameworks such as NIST CSF, Mitre ATT&CK.

Benefits

At Sword, our core values and culture focus on caring for our people, investing in training and career development, and building inclusive teams where everyone contributes to success. We offer comprehensive benefits to support your professional growth and overall quality of life, including:

• Personalized career development plans with various learning opportunities.
• Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.
• A comprehensive benefits package including generous annual leave, family-friendly benefits, pension scheme, private health, and wellbeing schemes.

We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you have relevant skills and experience but do not meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply, highlighting your transferable skills. We value diversity in all forms and are committed to accessible hiring processes. Please inform our talent acquisition team of any adjustments needed to support your application.