Cyber Security Operations Support Analyst

Salary: £61,000 - 101,000 per year

Requirements:

• We are looking for someone with an interest in cyber security.
• We need a proactive approach to investigating data in a work or educational environment.
• We need demonstrable ability to analyse and interpret data.
• We need effective verbal and written communication skills.
• We need knowledge of Common Security Vulnerabilities (CVEs) and remediation techniques.
• We need solid operational knowledge of working with Threat Intelligence Platforms, SIEM appliances, or intelligence feeds acquired in large organisations.
• We need experience with large LANs and cloud environments, preferably AWS or Azure.
• We will require you to meet the security clearance requirements for the role.

Responsibilities:

• We will expect you to monitor, triage, and investigate security alerts on protective monitoring platforms to identify security incidents.
• We will expect you to analyse security event data to support response, reporting, and escalation where appropriate.
• We will expect you to design, develop, and support automated monitoring processes using SIEM and network analysis tools, techniques, and procedures.
• We will expect you to carry out response policies and processes in line with appropriate standards.
• We will expect you to provide standardised advice on mitigation and escalate to a team leader where appropriate.
• We will expect you to triage and prioritise vulnerabilities, implement mitigating measures, and support the vulnerability management lifecycle.
• We will expect you to communicate common mitigation strategies such as patching and basic configuration changes.
• We will expect you to support forensic readiness policy and work with other teams to help implement it.
• We will expect you to analyse evidence to identify breaches of policy, regulation, or law.
• We will expect you to build strong operational relationships with internal cyber security, technology, and privacy teams.
• We will expect you to work flexibly in a fast-paced, reactive cyber security operations environment.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Support
• Network
• Security
• AI
• Incident Management
• LESS

More:

We are the UK Health Security Agency and our Cyber Security Operations team protects the operational cyber security of our organisation. This is an opportunity to join a growing team of outstanding cyber security professionals working on services that matter and affect the lives of millions of citizens. We offer hybrid working based at our Core HQs in Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London, with a minimum of 60% of contractual working hours spent on-site where business needs allow. We provide flexible working opportunities and a healthy work/life balance, and our modern, newly refurbished offices have excellent city centre transport links and are co-located with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care. We are an inclusive employer committed to equality of opportunity and to creating a culture where differences drive innovative solutions.

last updated 33 week of 2026