Cyber Security Analyst, Day Shift

NatWest Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Edinburgh is seeking a Cyber Security Analyst to manage security incidents and threats. You will assess and respond to events, monitor security systems, and collaborate with diverse stakeholders. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in cyber security response and knowledge of network security protocols. This role is office-based, requiring presence at the Edinburgh office five days a week.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of multiple security technologies and mitigation techniques.
• Comprehensive understanding of network security and protocols.

Responsibilities

• Assess, triage and respond proactively to security-related threats.
• Conduct training and scenario planning for future events.
• Provide assurance of security posture through monitoring.

Skills

Cyber security incident response experience

Network intrusion detection analysis

Knowledge of networking protocols

Knowledge of malware analysis techniques

Job description

Join us as a Cyber Security Analyst

• We’ll look to you to provide an end-to-end security response, including triage, response, escalation, and coordination of events and incidents
• You’ll undertake a proactive role to anticipate and identify security events, incidents and trends that could adversely impact the bank, our customers, colleagues or assets
• Joining a collaborative team, you’ll be able to build and maintain a wide network of stakeholders of varying seniority
• This is an office first job, so you’ll be working on site at our Edinburgh office 5 days a week

What you\'ll do

As a Cyber Security Analyst, you’ll assess, triage and respond proactively and effectively to security related threats, incidents, requests and events to defend assets, information, and systems from unauthorised access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, perusal, inspection, recording or destruction.

You’ll be collaborating with internal and external colleagues, specialists and stakeholders to make sure activities relating to incident response, user access, alert monitoring, root cause analysis and scenario planning are completed in line with standard operating procedures and to a high standard.

You’ll also be:

• Carrying out and contributing to root cause analysis on security incidents and events, and conducting training and scenario planning to prepare for and anticipate future events
• Providing assurance of security posture through monitoring security system status
• Monitoring security alerting and analysis service within the function
• Giving advice during an incident response and any subsequent reviews
• Identifying security incidents while helping to handle them in a timely manner, in accordance with security best practice

The skills you\'ll need

We\’re looking for someone with cyber security incident and response experience, along with good knowledge of multiple of security technologies, mitigation techniques and a comprehensive understanding of network security & protocols.

You\’ll also demonstrate:

• Network intrusion detection analysis experience
• Knowledge of networking protocols and routing
• Knowledge of malware analysis techniques