Senior analyst cyber security operations

Job Description

Grade UE08: £50,253 to £61,759 per annum

Information Services Group / Information Security Directorate / Cyber Security Operations

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Open-ended (permanent)

Opportunity

Where curiosity becomes impact. We are looking for a talented cyber security specialist to join the University's Information Security Directorate within the Cyber Security Operations Team.

Join the University of Edinburgh and you'll be making a difference to everything around you. Be part of something bigger – where you'll do meaningful work, grow and progress, be rewarded and recognised, and benefit from our strong commitment to your wellbeing. There are so many reasons to join us.

Working as part of a small team of cyber security specialists, the role will be at the forefront of protecting the University digital estate from potential cyber threats and risks. Responsible for identifying, mitigating and investigating suspicious cyber activity, you will help maintain the University's ability to deliver our core teaching, learning and research digital services.

Qualifications and Skills

• Extensive technical experience gained from a similar role.
• Detailed understanding of tactics, techniques and procedures deployed by malicious threat actors.
• Technical skills in one or more of the following network and systems security. Windows/Unix/Linux systems administration, intrusion detection/prevention technologies, security information and event management tools and technologies.
• A passion to develop within a team providing key technical cyber security support to colleagues undertaking world class teaching, learning and research.
• Desire to thrive in a challenging environment, working to tight deadlines whilst gathering, understanding, interpreting and analysing multiple data sources to provide concise, actionable solutions to cyber problems.

Benefits

• A competitive salary.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, including generous annual leave entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, a wide range of staff discounts, family‑friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page and use our reward calculator to discover the value of your pay and benefits.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter, and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Right to Work

Prior to any employment commencing with the University, you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages. On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

Team Overview

The Information Security Division provides strategic ownership and leadership of the information security posture for the University. The Division helps College and Support Group staff identify and mitigate internal and external threats to IT facilities and business critical information and is responsible for providing advice on strategic current and emerging information security threats. We provide risk based advice to key strategic change activity being undertaken across the University to ensure that required controls are identified, costed and resourced to ensure that the information security risk profile of the University is not adversely impacted.

We own, manage and develop the University's information security governance framework, including the policies, procedures and control measures needed to ensure that the University's risk appetite is maintained. Management reporting is driven through the University information governance structure, with the Division being responsible for pan-University information security working groups and oversight of related information security activity.

We work in conjunction with internal departments and external stakeholders to increase user awareness and understanding of the information security threat landscape and help identify appropriate countermeasures. We undertake ongoing reviews of available training and awareness methods to provide effective, engaging and timely learning options.