Senior Cybersecurity Analyst

Oxfam; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Generous pension scheme

Annual leave

Additional leave allowances

Sick pay

Life assurance

Job summary

Oxfam is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst to lead incident response and strengthen security across Oxfam GB and Oxfam International. You will monitor systems and networks for threats, guide secure design and deployment of new technologies, and work with IT and Digital teams to embed security across the lifecycle.

The role emphasizes proactive threat management, continuous improvement, and alignment with our feminist principles and humanitarian mission.

Qualifications

• Experience in incident response and security monitoring.
• Understanding of cloud security principles including secure design.
• Experience with automation and orchestration.
• Experience protecting modern technology platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead incident response across Oxfam environments.
• Proactively monitor systems and networks for threats.
• Provide cybersecurity guidance across the technology lifecycle.

Skills

Cloud security

Automation & orchestration

Threat detection

Security posture

Job description

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

The Role:

As a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst, you will be responsible for delivering essential cybersecurity activities across Oxfam GB and Oxfam International environments, helping to safeguard our people, partners, and operations worldwide.

In this role, you will lead the response to cybersecurity incidents, ensuring threats are identified, investigated, contained, and resolved effectively. You will proactively monitor systems, networks, and user activity to detect and mitigate security risks, while also contributing expert cybersecurity guidance to the design, development, and implementation of new technologies and systems.

Working closely with colleagues across IT, Digital, and the wider organisation, you will help strengthen Oxfam's security posture, support continuous improvement initiatives, and ensure that cybersecurity considerations are embedded throughout the technology lifecycle. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced cybersecurity professional to make a meaningful impact within a globally recognised humanitarian organisation.

What we are looking for:

We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam's mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do.

• Understanding of modern cloud security principles including secure and privacy by design.
• Experience in automation and orchestration.
• Demonstrable curiosity, initiative, and a commitment to keeping up to date with emerging threats, and defensive techniques.
• Experience protecting modern technology platforms.

Desirable

It would be an advantage if you have:

• Experience working within international, humanitarian, development, charity, or complex global organisations.

We offer:

We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits.

From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more.

You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here.

Flexfam:

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you.