Cyber Security Analyst, Day Shift

NatWest Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join NatWest Group as a Cyber Security Analyst, where you will proactively assess and respond to security threats. Collaborate with a diverse team to ensure strong security measures are in place while working on-site in Edinburgh. This role is essential in defending the bank's assets and data against unauthorized access and potential threats.

Qualifications

• Experience in cyber security incident and response.
• Good knowledge of security technologies and mitigation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Assess and triage security threats and incidents.
• Conduct root cause analysis and ensure compliance with procedures.
• Monitor security systems and provide assurance of security posture.

Skills

Incident Response

Network Security

Malware Analysis

Networking Protocols

Job description

• 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:

• Knowledge of networking protocols and routing
• Knowledge of malware analysis techniques

Hours

35

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

Hours

35

Job Posting Closing Date:

11/06/2025Ways of Working:Office First

About the company

NatWest Group plc, is a majority state-owned British banking and insurance holding company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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