IT Compliance Analyst

About us

Fusion, the process that powers the sun and stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research organisations to achieve ground-breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid by developing the power stations of tomorrow and the skilled workforce to deliver them.

About the job

The IT Compliance Analyst plays a key role within UKAEA’s IT Service Management (ITSM) Group, part of the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) Unit, providing expert oversight and assurance of software licensing and IT compliance across a complex hybrid IT environment. The role ensures UKAEA maintains a robust, auditable, and cost-effective compliance position by defining and improving compliance controls, managing risks, and supporting effective service delivery. In this role, you will work collaboratively across IT operations, cyber security, procurement, and finance teams as well as with end users across all divisions, to provide specialist guidance and assurance on hardware and software compliance. Acting as a key point of expertise, you will use your knowledge and professional judgement to interpret licensing requirements, strengthen governance frameworks, and embed effective compliance practices within IT service management processes. You will play a vital role in helping UKAEA maintain a robust, auditable, and cost-effective compliance position by reducing organisational risk, improving operational efficiency, and supporting the responsible management of public funds.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own and improve IT compliance controls, ensuring accurate, auditable hardware and software licensing across EIS.
• Provide expert guidance on compliance risks, audits, governance, and remediation activities.
• Use ITSM and asset management tools to monitor licence usage, improve data quality, and provide compliance insights.
• Support licence management recording, renewals, cost optimisation, and compliance throughout the technology lifecycle.
• Collaborate with IT, cyber security, procurement, finance, and suppliers to strengthen compliance practices across UKAEA.
• Where available look to integrate automated licence retrieval, recording and re-use.

What You’ll Bring

• HND or higher in IT, STEM, or equivalent professional experience.
• Substantial experience in software compliance, licensing management, or IT audit within complex IT environments.
• Strong understanding of licence models including subscription, enterprise, perpetual, concurrent, and SaaS‑based licensing.
• Experience leading or coordinating audit and assurance activities.
• Ability to exercise professional judgement in ambiguous compliance scenarios.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influence skills across technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Working knowledge of ITIL‑aligned ITSM/ITOM environments.

Desirable

• ITIL v4/v5 Foundation or higher.
• Project or delivery framework qualifications (e.g. PRINCE2®, PMP).
• Compliance or licensing certifications (e.g. CSAM, CAMP, ISO27001 auditor).
• Experience in regulated, government, scientific, or energy environments.
• Familiarity with Microsoft hybrid platforms and compliance tooling.

Please be aware that this role is subject to achieving a UK Security Vetting (UKSV) (must have resided in the UK for the last 5 years) including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open-source data. UKAEA is an onsite organisation, and this role requires regular onsite presence (usually between 3-5 days in any given week) in line with business needs. We actively support flexible working arrangements where this is compatible with the role.

This role is advertised at Culham, but we are open to considering candidates based at other UKAEA locations.

Benefits

We have a generous range of benefits and highlights include:

• A salary of £48,290 (inclusive of a £4,000 specialist allowance)
• Up to 7% corporate performance bonus
• Final salary defined benefits pension scheme with an equivalent of 21.5% employer pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave, 2.5 privilege days and 8 Bank Holidays
• 3 days of site closure over Christmas break
• Flexible working options plus family-friendly leave provisions

Our commitment to ED&I

UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds to help us achieve this goal. We are committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility, and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions or require adjustments to help you participate fairly in our recruitment process, for example changes to the way we interview or share information. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience for all candidates. We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM, including women and people from diverse ethnic backgrounds. All appointments are made on merit.