Hybrid IT Security Analyst: Cyber Risk & Resilience

Brentwood Borough Council; Brentwood; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Brentwood Borough Council is seeking an IT Security Analyst to protect information assets and technology services across Brentwood and Rochford councils. You will lead incident response, vulnerability management and security monitoring, providing practical advice to projects and teams.

You will work in a hybrid arrangement across Brentwood and Rochford offices, supporting security governance and awareness initiatives while ensuring services remain safe, reliable and compliant with UK standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in cyber security operations, including incident response, vulnerability management and security monitoring.
• Ability to explain technical issues clearly to colleagues, suppliers and senior stakeholders.
• Knowledge of cyber risk assessment, security risk registers and cyber security governance.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, investigate and respond to cyber security alerts, threats and incidents.
• Maintain incident response plans and playbooks, coordinating containment and post-incident reviews.
• Lead vulnerability management activities and track remediation through to completion.
• Maintain and improve information security policies, standards and procedures.
• Support cyber risk management and maintain the security risk register.
• Assist with Cyber Essentials Plus, audits and security assurance activities.
• Provide secure-by-design advice for new systems, digital projects and cloud services.
• Advise on identity and access management, MFA and Conditional Access.
• Review supplier security arrangements and assess technical security evidence.
• Support Data Protection Impact Assessments and UK GDPR compliance.
• Deliver security awareness activities and phishing simulations.

Skills

Cyber security operations

Incident response

Vulnerability management

Security monitoring

Identity and access management

Multi-factor authentication

Conditional Access

SIEM

Cloud security

Third-party security risk

Security awareness

Cyber risk assessment

Security governance

Tools

Microsoft 365

Azure

Entra ID security

SIEM technologies

Job description

Brentwood Borough Council is seeking an IT Security Analyst to protect information assets and technology services across Brentwood and Rochford councils. You will lead incident response, vulnerability management and security monitoring, providing practical advice to projects and teams.

You will work in a hybrid arrangement across Brentwood and Rochford offices, supporting security governance and awareness initiatives while ensuring services remain safe, reliable and compliant with UK standards.