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Security Analyst (Incident Response Lead)
Cabinet Office —London
- £57,204 - £74,822 a year
- Part-time
- Presentation skills
- Agile
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
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Security Analyst (Incident Response Lead)

Cabinet Office -
London

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Job details

Permanent | Part-time | Full-time
£57,204 - £74,822 a year
9 days ago

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Childcare

Qualifications

Mentoring junior staff
Incident response
Presentation skills
Splunk
Agile
Communication skills

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Reference number

473415

Salary

£57,204 - £74,822

National: £57,204 - £66,122 London: £62,988 - £74,822
Offers above the band minimum are subject to our assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview. Salaries over the band minimum will be paid as a non-pensionable allowance.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Grade 7

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

CO - Digital - Cyber Security

Type of role

Digital

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time

Number of jobs available

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Location

Bristol, London

About the job

Job summary

The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government. It is also the corporate headquarters for government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas.

The Cyber Defence team delivers cyber threat intelligence, threat detection and incident response capabilities for the Cabinet Office, and is responsible for defending both internal IT infrastructure and citizen-facing services. As an Incident Response Lead, youll take a primary role in building and delivering these core capabilities, focusing on managing and responding to incidents.

IMPORTANT: SECURITY VETTING

This role requires SC (Security Check) which will be conducted by the NSV (National Security vetting). You need to have been resident in the UK within the past five years in order to apply. Here is a short video why this is necessary.

Job description

As an Incident Response Lead, you will:

Lead the investigation of security alerts to understand the nature and extent of possible cyber incidents
Lead the forensic analysis of systems, files, network traffic and cloud environments
Lead the technical response to cyber incidents by identifying and implementing (or coordinating the implementation of) containment, eradication and recovery actions
Support the wider coordination of cyber incidents
Review previous incidents to identify lessons and actions
Identify and deliver opportunities for continual improvement of the incident response capability
Work closely alongside other Cyber Defence functions, supporting the continual improvement of wider capabilities
Develop and update internal plans, playbooks and knowledge base articles
Act as an escalation point for, and provide coaching and mentoring to, security analysts
Be responsible for leadership and line management of security analysts

Cyber incidents can and do arise on a 24/7 basis. The team operates an out-of-hours on call rota, which you will be expected to join.

Person specification

Essential criteria

Were interested in people who have:

Significant experience investigating and responding to cyber incidents
Significant experience using security tools (e.g., EDR, SIEM) to support the investigation and response to cyber incidents
Experience managing and coordinating the response to cyber incidents
Experience coaching and mentoring junior staff
An in-depth understanding of the tools, techniques and procedures used by threat actors
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Desirable criteria

Its desirable, but not essential, that you have:

Experience with Splunk
Experience working in an Agile environment
Experience with cloud environments such as AWS

Additional information:

A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. Although requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Managing a Quality Service
Delivering at Pace
Making Effective Decisions
Working Together

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Applied Security Capability
Incident Management, Incident Investigation and Response
Information Risk Assessment and Risk Management
Intrusion Detection and Analysis
Protective Security
Threat Intelligence and Threat Assessment
Threat Understanding

We only ask for evidence of these technical skills on your application form:

Incident Management, Incident Investigation and Response
Intrusion Detection and Analysis
Threat Understanding

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £57,204, Cabinet Office contributes £16,571 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

Learning and development tailored to your role.
An environment with flexible working options.
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and employer contributions of 28.97%.
A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Application process

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV, a behavioural statement and and a number of technical statements.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be undertaken using the lead behaviour, Managing a Quality Service. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

Selection process

During the application process you will be assessed on experience behaviours and technical skills whilst during interview, you'll be assessed on behaviours and technical skills. The behaviours and technical skills are listed on this vacancy advert.

Expected timeline (subject to change)

Expected sift date 08/09/2026

Expected interview date/s 15/09/2025

Interview location - Your interview will either be conducted face to face or by video. You will be notified of the location if you are selected for interview.

Reasonable Adjustment

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

Contact Government Recruitment Service via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Complete the Assistance required section in the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if youre deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Further Information

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

Any move to Cabinet Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing [email protected] stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

Please note that this role requires SC clearance, which would normally need 5 years of UK residency in the past 5 years. This is not an absolute requirement, but supplementary checks may be needed where individuals have not lived in the UK for that period. This may mean your security clearance (and therefore your appointment) will take longer or, in some cases, not be possible.

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicants details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

Feedback

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : CO Digital Recruitment Team
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commissions Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and wish to make a complaint, then in the first instance you should contact Government Recruitment Service by email at : [email protected]
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at [email protected]. For further information on the Recruitment Principles and bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission, please visit their website at: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/.

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