Senior Security Analyst

Salary: £55,486 - 60,898 per year

Requirements:

• We will consider applications that clearly evidence the minimum shortlisting criteria for this Senior Security Analyst role.
• We are looking for a motivated cyber professional with the ability to strengthen operational security and support risk reduction across a hybrid cloud and on-premises environment.
• You should be able to triage and investigate security alerts, support incident response, operate vulnerability management processes, and translate threat intelligence into practical defences.
• You will need to work effectively with IT colleagues, suppliers, and partner teams, and provide specialist guidance, coaching, and support.
• You should be able to prepare clear security reporting, gather evidence for audits, and contribute to policy, standards, and operating procedure development.

Responsibilities:

• We will rely on you to strengthen our cyber resilience across our hybrid cloud and on-premises environment.
• You will proactively monitor security, triage and investigate alerts, and support coordinated incident response activities.
• You will operate our vulnerability management processes and help reduce exposure windows across critical systems.
• You will translate threat intelligence into actionable defences and contribute to improving detection content and security controls.
• You will work closely with IT colleagues and suppliers to address risks, gather evidence for audits, and produce clear reporting on security posture and emerging trends.
• You will provide specialist guidance, coaching, and support to colleagues across IT&D and partner teams.
• You will contribute to improving incident response readiness through playbooks, scenario testing, and lessons learned.
• You will help uplift monitoring coverage and the effectiveness of SIEM, EDR, and NDR tooling through tuning and detection improvements.
• You will support supplier assurance processes, especially for cloud and SaaS services.
• You will assist in developing updated cyber security policies, standards, and operating procedures.

Technologies:

• Cloud
• Support
• Security
• Windows

More:

We are Surrey County Council, recruiting a Senior Security Analyst to join our fantastic team based at Woodhatch Place in Reigate. We offer a hybrid working model with a minimum of two office days per week. The role starts at £55,486 per annum for 36 hours per week. Our offer includes 26 days holiday, rising to 28 days after 2 years service and 31 days after 5 years service, the option to buy up to 10 additional days of annual leave, a generous local government pension, carers leave, paid volunteering days, family leave, an Employee Assistance Programme, learning and development resources, and wellbeing and lifestyle discounts. We are a disability confident employer and are committed to inclusion, support, and reasonable adjustments throughout the application process and into your first day.

last updated 30 week of 2026