Job overview

The cyber security analyst is an exciting role within the cyber security team, ensuring the overall digital safety and security of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

The analyst keeps informed with the constantly changing wider cyber security environment, through a pro-active approach to understanding new threats and exploring new technologies. Technically skilled and responsible for the provision and security for all cyber security toolsets, the cyber security analyst works closely with the Trust's technical operational teams and operations teams, to report on and mitigate threats to the trust.

Main duties of the job

Working closely with technical operations teams to assess and mitigate any outstanding security risks to the trust. In addition to planning, testing and implementing specific upgrades and maintenance, with the technical operational teams.

Assessing any NHS Cyber Alerts that effect the trust, responding to and mitigating with other teams, where necessary.

Maintaining the trusts Cyber security risk register and related reports.

Co-ordinating with external security providers, including the provision of regular independent assessments of the trusts overall cyber security risk.

Providing support to assist with the trust annual data security and protection toolkit (DSPT) submission and developing additional security controls and/or policies where gaps exist as the DSPT continues to evolve.

Investigate, review, adopt and use new cyber security technologies and toolsets and advise on how the Trusts overall cyber security standpoint can be improved.

Works closely with operations teams to understand and minimise any potential service impact of system upgrades and risk mitigation strategies.

Oversee identity and access management to trust information systems, ensuring least privilege principles.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.  Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. 

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,  part time or job share.  Please talk to  us at interview. 

Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.