Security Analyst, Shift Work

Join our digital revolution in NatWest Digital X

In everything we do, we work to one aim. To make digital experiences which are effortless and secure.

So we organise ourselves around three principles: engineer, protect, and operate. We engineer simple solutions, we protect our customers, and we operate smarter.

Job description

This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.



Join us as a Security Analyst, Shift Work

• We'll look to you to provide an end-to-end security response, including triage, response, escalation, and coordination of events and incidents
  
• You'll undertake a proactive role to anticipate and identify security events, incidents and trends that could adversely impact the bank, our customers, colleagues or assets
  
• Joining a collaborative team, you'll be able to build and maintain a wide network of stakeholders of varying seniority
  
• We're here for our customers, whatever the time of day or night, so you'll need to be flexible in working a rotating shift pattern over 24 hours a day that will cover weekends and bank holidays
  
• This role does not meet Skilled Worker sponsorship requirements
  
• You'll be expected to occasionally attend another site near Edinburgh when required
  

What you'll do

As a Security Analyst, you'll assess, triage and respond proactively and effectively to security related threats, incidents, requests and events to defend assets, information, and protect systems from unauthorised access, misuse or damage.

You'll be collaborating with internal and external colleagues, specialists and stakeholders to make sure activities relating to incident response, alert monitoring and root cause analysis are completed in line with standard operating procedures and to a high standard.

You'll also be:

• Carrying out and contributing to root cause analysis on security incidents and events, and conducting training and scenario planning to prepare for and anticipate future events
  
• Providing assurance of security posture through monitoring security system status
  
• Monitoring security alerting and analysis service within the function
  
• Giving advice during an incident response and any subsequent reviews
  
• Identifying security incidents while helping to handle them in a timely manner, in accordance with security best practice
  

The skills you'll need

We're looking for someone with security incident and event management experience, along with good knowledge of transmission control protocol and internet protocol.

You'll also demonstrate:

• Knowledge of networking protocols, routing and Network intrusion detection analysis
  
• Understanding of threat detection techniques and an understanding of attack vectors that present business risk
  
• Knowledge of malware analysis techniques