Cyber Security Analyst

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Otley; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Cyber Security professional to join our team in a hybrid role. You will deliver security operations, monitoring, and risk assessments across the Trust’s complex IT environment while ensuring compliance with data protection standards.

The role involves working with senior stakeholders to articulate risks and drive improvements. You will support incident response, vulnerability management, and security resilience initiatives, collaborating with IT

Qualifications

• Experience working in a large, complex virtualised computing environment.
• Practical experience applying data protection legislation, standards and codes of practice.
• Good working knowledge of the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF).
• Experience investigating and eliminating major virus/malware attacks within a large network infrastructure.
• Experience reviewing procedures and recommending improvements to hardware and network security resilience.
• In-depth knowledge of antivirus and vulnerability management products.
• Strong information risk analysis and management skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to resolve complex security issues.
• Ability to communicate complex technical security issues clearly and present compelling arguments to senior stakeholders.
• Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities and use initiative in a complex environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver cyber security operations and monitoring across the Trust’s systems and infrastructure.
• Help ensure systems, services and information remain secure, resilient and compliant with standards and requirements.
• Communicate security risks and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Contribute to improving hardware and network security resilience.

Skills

Cyber security experience

Data protection knowledge

CAF familiarity

Virus/malware response

Network security resilience

Information risk analysis

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Pressure management

Tools

Antivirus software

Vulnerability management tools

Job description

Are you ready to use your Cyber Security skills to make a positive and meaningful impact on peoples lives? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join the Cyber Security Team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Reporting to the Cyber Security Team Lead, this role plays a key part in delivering cyber security operations and monitoring across the Trusts systems and infrastructure. You will help ensure that our systems, services and information remain secure, resilient and compliant with relevant standards and requirements.In return, we offer a varied, rewarding and challenging role where you will work alongside a fantastic team of Cyber Security professionals. Youll receive the support, guidance and development opportunities you need to learn at pace, build your expertise and achieve your career ambitions. If youre passionate about Cyber Security and want your work to have a real-world impact, wed love to hear from you. This is a hybrid role, offering the flexibility to work remotely alongside occasional travel to our sites in Leeds.

Main duties of the job

Experience working in a large, complex virtualised computing environment.Practical experience applying data protection legislation, standards and codes of practice.Good working knowledge of the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF).Experience investigating and eliminating major virus/malware attacks within a large network infrastructure.Experience reviewing procedures and recommending improvements to hardware and network security resilience.In-depth knowledge of antivirus and vulnerability management products.Strong information risk analysis and management skills.Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to resolve complex security issues.Ability to communicate complex technical security issues clearly and present compelling arguments to senior stakeholdersAbility to work under pressure, manage competing priorities and use initiative in a complex environment.Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time.Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care.We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page.Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Job responsibilities

For questions about this job, contact:

Jon Legg Head of Cyber Security [e-mail] Shortlisting Date: 05 November 2026

Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.

Job description

Are you ready to use your Cyber Security skills to make a positive and meaningful impact on people’s lives? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join the Cyber Security Team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Reporting to the Cyber Security Team Lead, this role plays a key part in delivering cyber security operations and monitoring across the Trust’s systems and infrastructure. You will help ensure that our systems, services and information remain secure, resilient and compliant with relevant standards and requirements.

In return, we offer a varied, rewarding and challenging role where you will work alongside a fantastic team of Cyber Security professionals. You’ll receive the support, guidance and development opportunities you need to learn at pace, build your expertise and achieve your career ambitions. If you’re passionate about Cyber Security and want your work to have a real-world impact, we’d love to hear from you. This is a hybrid role, offering the flexibility to work remotely alongside occasional travel to our sites in Leeds.

Job Summary

Are you ready to use your Cyber Security skills to make a positive and meaningful impact on people’s lives? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join the Cyber Security Team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Reporting to the Cyber Security Team Lead, this role plays a key part in delivering cyber security operations and monitoring across the Trust’s systems and infrastructure. You will help ensure that our systems, services and information remain secure, resilient and compliant with relevant standards and requirements.

In return, we offer a varied, rewarding and challenging role where you will work alongside a fantastic team of Cyber Security professionals. You’ll receive the support, guidance and development opportunities you need to learn at pace, build your expertise and achieve your career ambitions. If you’re passionate about Cyber Security and want your work to have a real-world impact, we’d love to hear from you. This is a hybrid role, offering the flexibility to work remotely alongside occasional travel to our sites in Leeds.

Why you should join our Team

DIT at LTHT is a highly motivated and inclusive place to work. We hold our Leeds Way Values in high esteem and respect all colleagues. Within the trust we are always looking to improve and give the best service possible, and we are looking for individuals with the same drive to join us.

DIT look after the Trust’s information technology, responsible for delivering and embedding the latest digital innovations, finding the right hardware and software to meet business needs, turning information into insight and everything in between. It’s an exciting time to join us, as we offer varied and rewarding opportunities.

We’d love to consider your application if you want to be a part of delivering operational services that allow patients to be treated effectively across Leeds.

What you will bring to the role

Experience working in a large, complex virtualised computing environment.

Practical experience applying data protection legislation, standards and codes of practice.

Good working knowledge of the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF).

Experience investigating and eliminating major virus/malware attacks within a large network infrastructure.

Experience reviewing procedures and recommending improvements to hardware and network security resilience.

In-depth knowledge of antivirus and vulnerability management products.

Strong information risk analysis and management skills.

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to resolve complex security issues.

Ability to communicate complex technical security issues clearly and present compelling arguments to senior stakeholders

Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities and use initiative in a complex environment.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are….

Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose:

Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities:

People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.