Cyber Security Analyst
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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Role summary
The Cyber Security Analyst supports the Trust's cyber security operations by monitoring, analysing, and assuring clinical and corporate systems and patient data. This role involves identifying vulnerabilities, responding to alerts, supporting incident response, and tracking remediation actions. It is an operational position for someone developing their cyber security career within a regulated NHS Trust environment.
Key responsibilities
- Cyber Security Operations
- Vulnerability Management
- Ticket & Case Management
- Assurance & Compliance Support
- Collaboration & Communication
Essential criteria
- Degree, apprenticeship, or equivalent experience in Cyber Security, IT, or a related discipline.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional and personal development particularly with regards to remaining current with infrastructure and security technology and best practice.
- Experience working in an IT or cyber security role, with exposure to operational security activities.
- Practical experience of vulnerability scanning, reporting, or patch management.
- Experience managing tickets or cases within an IT service management environment.
- Basic understanding of cyber security principles, threats, and controls.
- Awareness of working in a regulated environment, ideally within healthcare or the public sector.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with all levels and types of staff.
- Able to communicate IT matters to non technical staff effectively.
- Experience of working in a collaborative team, sharing and supporting, working as a team to resolve and/or make improvements
- Experience of multitask working.
- Proven ability to organise self, prioritise work effectively and to deliver to tight deadlines.
- Able to work under pressure with changing and sometimes conflicting priorities, with limited supervision.
- Able to work flexibly and in partnership with others.
- Capacity for independent working.
- Able to plan, schedule and monitor own work within a limited time horizon, using applicable methods, procedures tools, equipment and standards effectively with only occasional reference to Management.
- Good understanding of Microsoft core systems (Server, AD, Exchange), O365 admin
- Demonstratable experience and understanding working with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and other Office 365 applications.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
- Demonstratable experience and understanding of PC hardware, software and associated peripherals.
Desirable criteria
- Microsoft SC-200 qualification
- CompTIA Security+
- Understanding of NHS environments and systems
- Evidence of active self progression, such as Try Hack me.
- Experience with communication to Senior staff on matters of importance
- Good understanding of networking - Firewalls, IP's and routing.
- Understanding of NHS environments and systems / clinical systems.
- Working experience of tools such as Nessus and Ivanti
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £41,957 – £50,387 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Cyber Security Analyst
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
The Cyber Security Analyst supports the Trust's cyber security operations by carrying out day-to-day monitoring, analysis, and assurance activities to help protect clinical and corporate systems and sensitive patient data. Working under the direction of senior cyber security staff, the postholder will play a key operational role in identifying vulnerabilities, responding to alerts, supporting incident response, and ensuring remediation actions are tracked and completed.
This is a hands-on, operational role suited to someone developing their cyber security career within a highly regulated NHS Trust environment.
Main duties of the job
- Cyber Security Operations
- Vulnerability Management
- Ticket & Case Management
- Assurance & Compliance Support
- Collaboration & Communication
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.
We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learnin
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