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About
NHS England’s purpose is to create the conditions for an ambitious and high quality NHS. We empower our people and partners to solve problems, provide outstanding care for every patient and improve the nation's health.
Our 7 regional teams work directly with systems and NHS providers across the country. Each region acts as the interface between national strategy and local delivery, overseeing performance, supporting improvement and enabling transformation at scale.
Contact
- Address
- Wellington House
- 133-155 Waterloo Road
- London
- SE1 8UG
- Contact Number
- 0300 330 1369
Cyber Security Analyst - Threat Intelligence
Accepting applications until: 06-May-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 06-May-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Wellington Place, Leeds / Hexagon House, Exeter/ Wellington House, London
- Tref
- Leeds/Exeter/London
- Cod post
- LS1 4AP
- Major / Minor Region
- West Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Cyflog
- £59,264 - £67,818 per Annum (this includes a RRP payment of 20%)
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS AfC: Band 7)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Cyber Operations
Our Organisation
We share the core values set out in the NHS Constitution, which all colleagues are expected to demonstrate.
We support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you and your colleagues. 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.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
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)
The role sits within the CSOCs Threat Intelligence team within NHS England CSOC comprised of four primary functions:
- Intelligence Collection & Analysis – Perform collection, aggregation, analysis and contextualisation of healthcare and security information to produce actionable CTI.
- Cybersecurity Threat & Risk Assessment – Perform high-level risk assessments of current and emerging threats to the health & social care estate.
- Intelligence Dissemination & Reporting – Produce stakeholder-specific intelligence reporting for stakeholders.
- Specialist CTI Support - Provides specialist CTI support to CSOC during high complexity incidents.
Advert
The Cyber Security Threat intelligence Analyst represents acts as a threat intelligence specialist within the CSOC aimed at analysing and identify potential security threats facing NHS England as identified by the CSOCs threat intelligence collection and analyses capabilities.
You will be a threat intelligence analyst reporting to the threat intelligence senior analyst your core responsibilities will be to:
- Interrogate threat intelligence sources to identify items of interest for triage and analysis.
- Collect and process information from threat intelligence sources to aid the identification of potential cyber threats.
- Contextualise and interpret threats via the use of intelligence models and frameworks.
- Accurately identify indicators of compromise within intelligence items as well as potential detection opportunities.
- Carry out investigations into intelligence items of significance, identifying opportunities for further lead development.
- Provide specialist CTI support to protective monitoring teams during high complexity incidents.
- Create intelligence products in the manner most appropriate for the audience, taking care to quote sources and state confidence.
- Contribute to the continuous development of the Threat Operations pod.
- Delivering against CSOC security requirements as directed by senior leadership.
- Lead in-depth CTI investigations.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
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.
In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.
If you currently work within the NHS and 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 our offices.
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!
Our commitments to you
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes.
We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that.
We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
We ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process. This includes considering reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent.
We welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate how you meet the requirements of the role. While we appreciate you may have had some support with your application (for example, using AI technology or guidance from a trusted individual), it’s important all the information you provide in it reflects your own knowledge, skills and experience and we trust that you apply on that basis.
If you’re applying for this role on a secondment basis, please get agreement from your current line manager before you apply.
We don’t accept applications via recruitment agencies, and we cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
To comply with the HM Government Functional Standard GovS 007, and specifically the Personnel Security Standards 2024, individuals employed or contracted by NHS England may be required to undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standards check, dependent on the role.
NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for processing your application; our privacy can be accessed directly on the application page when you select to apply.
If you are appointed to a post, your information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
If you have a query about your application, please contact the recruitment team: [email protected] or 0300 330 1369.
NHS England
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Knowledge
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Proven knowledge of techniques, approaches and processes of digital threats; ability to detect, monitor, analyse and prevent digital threats.
- Demonstrable Knowledge of vulnerability assessment tools, techniques, models, and systems; ability to utilises the knowledge to identify vulnerabilities on network, operating system, mobile application, etc
Meini prawf dymunol
- Introductory knowledge of technologies, methods and tools of forensics investigations for IT security violations or potential threats; ability to identify, uncover and evaluate violations, warning reports, suspected incidents and insidious events.
Skills and Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Proven knowledge of tools, techniques and processes of intrusion detection and prevention; ability to detect, resolve and prevent intrusion behaviours to protect organisational networks.
Meini prawf dymunol
- 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.
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Bachelors level degree in Cyber Security or a relevant subject, or equivalent level of experience.
Documents
- Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 368.6KB)
- Occupational Functional Requirements (PDF, 113.0KB)
- NHSE - Verification of ID and RTW Guide (PDF, 306.6KB)
- Guide to Completing Your Application (DOCX, 42.7KB)
- Note for Existing NHS Employees applying for Fixed Term vacancies (DOCX, 26.2KB)
- Redundancy Clawback (PDF, 16.7KB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Francis Taylor
- Teitl y swydd
- Security Lead (Analyst)
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
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