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NHS England leads the NHS in England to deliver high quality care for all. We support NHS organisations to deliver better outcomes for our patients and communities, work to get the best possible value for taxpayers, and drive improvement across the NHS.

Through our seven regional teams, NHS England supports local integrated care systems, made up of public services that provide health and care – NHS organisations, primary care professionals, local councils, social care providers and the community, voluntary and social enterprise sector – to improve the health of the population, improve the quality of care, tackle inequalities and deliver care more efficiently.

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Ref: 990-TDD-CY-603-E Vacancy ID: 7796005

Cyber Security Advisor (SIEM Engineering)

Accepting applications until: 25-Feb-2026 23:59

Open

Accepting applications until: 25-Feb-2026 23:59

Location

Wellington Place, Leeds; Hexagon House, Exeter; Wellington House, London
Leeds/Exeter/London
LS1 4AP
West Yorkshire

Contract type & working pattern

Permanent
Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

£57,372 - £65,652 per annum (this includes a RRP payment of 20%) Exclusive of HCAS
Yearly

(NHS AfC: Band 7)

Specialty

Cyber Operations

Our Organisation

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.

As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.

As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

We are an accredited Living Wage Employer which means that every colleague working for our organisation and third-party contractors will earn a real Living Wage.  We are one of over 15,000 organisations, who voluntarily chose to pay the real Living Wage.

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Cyber Operations purpose is to support safe care and build public trust by building NHS England’s cyber resilience and enabling the wider health system to be cyber resilient, supporting Transformation Directorate’s purpose of delivering the best care and outcomes for the NHS.

The Cyber Operations sub-directorate consists of four operational areas:

  • Cyber Security Operations Unit (CSOU & SIO)
  • Cyber Delivery Unit (CDU)
  • Cyber Improvement Programme
  • Chief Information Security Office Function (CISO)

This role is in the Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) which is part of CSOU and provides centralised security monitoring across both NHS England and the wider health and care system in England. The CSOC teams work closely together to improve NHS cyber resilience and enable a “Defend as one” strategy across the health and care system.

The Security Advisor SIEM Engineering provides new and enhanced SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) system and tooling capability for the CSOC, including deploying feeds from data sources, building cyber detection capability, improving the automation of security monitoring and managing the SIEM environment.

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The Security Advisor SIEM Engineering is responsible for:

  • Deploying feeds from data sources into NHS England’s SIEM system and ensuring compliance with the SIEM’s data modelling, for both newly developed services and existing services being updated.
  • Maintaining the SIEM data feed infrastructure to ensure the timely delivery of security logs into the SIEM without loss of data fidelity.
  • Managing the technical relationship with services and customers during the deployment and updating of data feeds into the SIEM.
  • Managing and developing the SIEM configuration and the SIEM’s interfacing with other SOC tooling.
  • Working closely with the Cyber Monitoring teams to build cyber detection capability and improve the automation of security monitoring.
  • Identifying and delivering continuous improvements to enrich, refine and optimise SIEM capabilities.
  • Investigating, troubleshooting and resolving CSOC tooling service incidents.
  • Collaborating and conducting knowledge transfer with architects, engineers and subject matter experts.
  • Implementing organisational standards for design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance and documentation.
  • Providing clear and accurate SIEM status reporting for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Mentoring and coaching junior staff within the Cyber Security Operations Centre.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

We lead the NHS in England by:

  • Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities
  • Making the NHS a great place to work, where people can develop and make a difference
  • Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
  • Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
  • Delivering value for money

Earlier this year, the Government announced that NHS England will gradually merge with the Department of Health and Social Care, to create a smaller, more strategic centre that reduces duplication and waste.

If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role and responsibilities.  

Please ensure your supporting statement includes demonstratable evidence and specific examples on how you meet the criteria for each of the key skills specified. This will be used in both the shortlisting and interview processes.

Important: Please be aware there are residency requirements you need to meet:

All NHS England Cyber Security personnel must hold Security Clearance level as a minimum. To meet National Security Vetting requirements, SC clearances require 5 years continuous UK residency. In certain cases, this can be reduced to three years continuous UK residency, with additional overseas checks for the previous two years. Candidates who were posted abroad for service with HM Government, Armed Forces or within a UK government role - will still be considered.
Please make sure you meet these requirements before applying for this role. You don’t need to have SC already, however, failure to achieve the requirements for SC after offer will result in the job offer being withdrawn. For further advice please check https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels#security-check-sc

Please be aware that should you be successful in this position, you will be hired to the job title of Security Advisor/Analyst, and this job title is advertised to attract the right skills needed for the role.

The post of Security Advisor/Analyst has been awarded a Recruitment and Retention Premia (RRP) in response to current labour market conditions. In recognition of this, the role attracts an additional monthly RRP payment equal to 20% per annum.
Please be aware that RRP is non-contractual and subject to review.

If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!

Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

Person specification

Knowledge

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Demonstrable knowledge of technologies and technology-based solutions dealing with information security issues; ability to apply these in protecting information security across the organisation.
  • Working knowledge of concept, procedures and processes of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM); ability to utilise related applications to protect organisational networks from cyber risks.
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Working knowledge of modules, processes and technologies of Information Security Operation Centre (ISOC); ability to detect, response and utilise related platform and applications to perform cyber security initiatives.

Skills and Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Demonstrable knowledge of the processes, tools and techniques of information security management, ability to deploy and monitor information security systems, as well as detect, resolve and prevent violations of IT security, to protect organisational data.
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Demonstrable knowledge of and ability to investigate, troubleshoot, resolve and prevent the recurrence of incidents that interfere with the normal delivery of IT services.

Qualifications

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Post-graduate level degree or equivalent level of experience.

Documents

Further details / informal visits contact

Enw
Daryl Kayes
Teitl y swydd
Head of Security (Lead)
Cyfeiriad ebost
[email protected]
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