Cyber Threat & Vulnerability Analyst
Job Ref: 45391 | Division: Digital | Location: Reading – Clearwater Court, RG1 8DB
Contract type: Permanent Full-time | Salary: Competitive up to £65,000 per annum, depending on experience | Closing date: 12/06/2026
Responsibilities
* Support end-to-end vulnerability management across IT and operational technology environments
* Help shape and improve threat and vulnerability management processes, frameworks, and ways of working
* Work with technical and business teams to prioritise and remediate vulnerabilities based on risk
* Investigate new vulnerabilities and recommend clear, practical mitigation actions
* Support integration of vulnerability scanning tools into existing systems and processes
* Build and maintain dashboards that show cyber risk, trends and remediation progress in a clear way
* Contribute to threat assessments and support proactive threat hunting activities
* Help ensure alignment with standards such as GDPR, PCI DSS, NIS, and ISO 27001
* Monitor vulnerability management tools and processes, identifying ways to improve effectiveness and reduce risk
Requirements – Essential Criteria
* Experience supporting vulnerability management, patching, or cyber risk reduction in a complex environment
* Understanding of cyber security concepts, including vulnerability management and threat assessment approaches
* Ability to work with technical teams to support remediation of security issues
* Experience or understanding of security tooling such as vulnerability scanners or similar technologies
* Ability to communicate technical issues clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences
* Awareness of how security risks are managed across different technology environments such as cloud, servers, end‑user devices or operational systems
* A relevant cyber security qualification or industry certification such as CISSP, CISM or CCSP
Preferred – Extra Qualities
* Experience working with large enterprise or critical infrastructure environments
* Familiarity with threat intelligence or threat modelling approaches
* Experience supporting or improving security processes and governance
* Exposure to operational technology or legacy infrastructure environments
* Additional cyber security certifications such as CTIA, CVA, OSCP or similar
Benefits
* Competitive salary up to £65,000 per annum depending on experience
* Annual leave: 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 days with length of service (plus bank holidays)
* Performance‑related pay plan linked directly to company performance measures and targets
* Generous pension scheme through AON
* Access to a wide range of benefits to support health, wellbeing and finances – annual health MOTs, access to physiotherapy and counselling, Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance
Location & Working Pattern
Base location: Reading – Clearwater Court.
Working pattern: 36 hours Monday to Friday, hybrid working.
Must be eligible to obtain Counter Terrorist Check security clearance.
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