Senior Information Security Analyst

Aegon UK; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company is seeking a Senior Information Security Analyst in Edinburgh to enhance security operations and protect digital assets. The role includes risk assessment, incident response, and providing security consultancy across business units. The ideal candidate has proven experience in security analysis, strong communication skills, and familiarity with various security tools and regulatory frameworks. A competitive salary and benefits package are offered, including a generous pension scheme and private medical cover.

Benefits

Non-contributory pension (8%-12%)

Discretionary bonus

34 days leave per year

Private medical cover

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a security analyst or similar role.
• Strong understanding of security operations, vulnerability management, risk assessment, threat detection, and incident response.
• Hands-on experience with DLP, SIEM, EDR, and PAM tools.

Responsibilities

• Respond to business requests relating to Information Security.
• Support undertaking of Information Security risk assessments.
• Assist with development of departmental procedures.

Skills

Security operations

Risk assessment

Incident response

Vulnerability management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Relevant degree or qualification (e.g., CISSP, CEH)

Tools

DLP

SIEM

EDR

PAM tools

Job description

Senior Information Security Analyst

Permanent

Location: Edinburgh (We believe in the power of in-person collaboration, and our hybrid model requires colleagues to be in the office a minimum of 40% of their time)

Expected starting salary: £35,840 - £39,000

Closing date: 7th October 2025

Global Technology Services (GTS) is Aegon s global IT partner that provides infrastructure services, information security and global/corporate application support for Aegon s businesses around the world.

From 6 locations in the US, the Netherlands, UK, and Hungary, we support 20+ country units and 24,000+ employees in the world. Our support consists of a wide range of centralized global IT services such as programming, database management, project management, agile/dev/ops, and more.

We continue to maximize the value from having a clear digital and data technology platform strategy that extends our ecosystem, as an approach to digitisation, enhancing customer experience, and improving operational efficiency.

All these teams work closely together to provide innovative and digital solutions as well as critical technology support. This is essential for enabling Aegon s businesses around the globe to be innovative, digital, and competitive, efficient, and effective, and to provide the best solutions and customer experience for our customers and shareholders.

As a Senior Information Security Analyst, you will be critical in protecting the organisation's digital assets and ensuring robust security operations across incident response, data and applications security, privileged access control, and internal guidance and consultancy to Aegon business units. This role may suit someone with experience at Analyst level looking to progress their career.

Key Responsibilities

• Respond to business requests relating to Information Security.
• Support the undertaking of Information Security risk assessments.
• Assist with development of departmental procedures and processes.
• Support the undertaking of compliance assessments, audits, reviews and workshops.
• Assist in assessing Information Security policy exceptions.
• Develop and maintain Information Security documentation.
• Provide consultancy, advice, guidance and training to all areas within AEGON UK.

We'd love to hear from you if you have

• Proven experience in a security analyst or similar role.
• Strong understanding of security operations, vulnerability management, risk assessment, threat detection, and incident response.
• Hands-on experience with DLP, SIEM, EDR, and PAM tools and control processes.
• Familiarity with penetration testing methodologies and vulnerability management.
• Familiarity with security in software development lifecycle (SSDLC).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

It'd also be great - but not essential - if you've got

• Analytical mindset with attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and mentor junior analysts.
• Comfortable working in high-pressure environments.
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks (e.g., GDPR, Sox, PCI-DSS, FSA regulations).
• A relevant degree or qualification is desirable (e.g. CISSP, CEH, GIAC).

What's in it for you?

• A non-contributory pension between 8%-12%. We're enhancing our pension from November 2025. If you put in 7% of your salary, we'll top it up by a further 13%.
• A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance
• 34 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time)

We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our staff live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments.

Don t miss out on this opportunity to grow with us. Apply today!

The legal bits

We'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.

Cifas Short Fair Processing Notice (applies to UK based candidates only).

The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by visiting www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.