Security Analyst

NatWest Group; Belfast; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Northern Ireland seeks a motivated Security Analyst. In this role, you'll proactively identify security events and collaborate with various stakeholders to address security requirements. You will provide end-to-end security responses and ensure cost-effective decisions. Ideal candidates possess strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills, along with a good understanding of banking security controls and Agile methodologies. This position offers significant career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts clearly.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Anticipating and identifying security events, incidents, and trends.
• Collaborating with colleagues on third-party security requirements.
• Providing end-to-end security response including triage and escalation.
• Ensuring decisions are based on data and value measures.
• Building relationships focused on long-term value.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving capabilities

Written and verbal communication

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Job description

Join us as a Security Analyst

• This is an opportunity for a driven analyst to take on an exciting new career challenge
• You’ll be able to build and maintain a wide network of stakeholders of varying degrees of seniority
• It’s a chance to have a tangible effect on our function, put your existing skills to the test and advance your career

What you'll do

As a Security Analyst, you'll play a proactive role in anticipating and identifying security events, incidents and trends that could adversely impact the bank, our customers, employees or assets.

You’ll be collaborating with internal and external colleagues, specialists and stakeholders to make sure activities relating to third parties security requirements and controls are completed in line with standard operating procedures and to a high standard.

You’ll also be:

• Providing end to end security response, including triage, response, escalation, and coordination of events and incidents
• Making sure decisions made are based on robust data, return on investment and value measures that demonstrate thoughtful and intelligent cost management
• Encouraging the identification of ideas and driving the delivery of initiatives that will reduce cost and simplify the bank
• Building and leveraging relationships with colleagues across the bank, and with third parties, to make sure decisions made are commercially focused and create long term value for the organisation

The skills you'll need

To succeed in this role, you'll need good written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts clearly to your peers and management level colleagues. You’ll also have good collaboration and stakeholder management skills.

Additionally, you’ll need:

• Analytical skills and strong problem solving capabilities
• An understanding of banking security controls
• A good understanding of Agile Methodologies with experience of working in an Agile team
• Risk management and security controls experience