Cyber Security Analyst - Threat Hunting | NHS England in Leeds

Overview

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 4 operational areas:

• Cyber Security Operations Unit (CSOU)
• Cyber Delivery Unit (CDU)
• Cyber Improvement Programme
• Chief Information Security Office Function (CISO)

Role

To support our strategy to improve NHS England’s cyber resilience, we are recruiting for a Cyber Security Analyst who is a Threat Hunting specialist. This role is within the Cyber Security - Threat Hunting team, one of three core pillars of the Threat Operations pod within NHS England’s CSOU. The Threat Hunting team is responsible for several key functions:

• Multi-Platform Threat Hunting at Scale – Run hunting queries and analytics across large datasets using a variety of cloud-based and hybrid security solutions.
• Custom Analytic and Detection Development – Writing and reviewing custom rules to deploy against national monitoring solutions to provide specialised monitoring to NHS bodies against common threat actor tactics and techniques.
• Specialist Incident Support – Providing technical support to CSOU IM function and NHS organisations where appropriate during high complexity incidents.

Main duties

• Threat Hunt in Extended Detection and Response (XDR) and SIEM tooling.
• Deputies for the Cyber Security Senior Analyst (Threat Hunting) in their absence.
• Develop capability in support of Threat Operations requirements, including coding and technology development.
• Act as a technical support in advanced forensic investigations in support of Security Operations function.
• Simulate adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures in support of detection development.
• Perform dynamic & static analysis of malicious programs and tools where relevant in support of detection development.
• Development of automation workflows and playbooks to support threat hunting team workload.

Organisational purpose

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care.
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation.
• Delivering value for money.

Additional information

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit the NHS England website.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

If you are successful at interview, an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) in the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR) will be run. This transfer gathers information from a previous or current NHS employer to support the onboarding process, including statutory and mandatory competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You will have the opportunity to inform us if you do not consent.

You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Please ensure your supporting statement includes demonstrable 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.

Residency and security

Important: Residency requirements relate to National Security Vetting. 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. If you do not meet these requirements after offer, the job offer may be withdrawn. For further advice see the UK government security vetting guidance.

You will be hired to the job title of Security Advisor/Analyst, and this title is advertised to attract the right skills for the role.

Compensation and arrangements

The post of Security Advisor/Analyst has been awarded a Recruitment and Retention Premia (RRP) in response to current labour market conditions. The role attracts an additional monthly RRP payment equal to 20% per annum. RRP is non-contractual and subject to review.

Secondments: Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

Please note that the reason for the fixed term of this contract is short term vacancy.

Advert closes on Tuesday 16 Sep 2025.