Join us as a Cyber Threat Hunting Analyst

Take on a new challenge and use your specialist knowledge to support the wider organisation in building and operating secure services that protect both colleagues and customers

You’ll act as a subject matter expert in a Cyber Defence, making sure that the security implications of the remediating actions are understood in the right way, building security early into design

You’ll be joining an exciting and fast-paced area of the bank, where you can expect great exposure both for you and your work

You’ll work from home some of the time, but you’ll also spend a minimum of 1 day per week working from the Edinburgh or Manchester office

What you'll do

As a Cyber Threat Hunting Analyst, you’ll work at a domain level to understand and ensure robust security is continuously considered and incorporated at every stage, programme increment and feature team delivery throughout the development lifecycle and through to support.

You’ll collaborate with feature teams and participate in story refinement, sprint planning and retrospective sessions, establishing a culture of innovation and strategic thinking that makes sure that the bank has knowledge of, and opportunities to exploit, the latest developments in your area of specialism.

You’ll also be:

Conducting threat hunts to proactively hunt for the presence of threat indicators across the Natwest Group estate

Working with threat intelligence to understand the key threats to Natwest Group and establish methods for detection of identified threat groups

Use knowledge to support the wider organization in building and operating secured services that protect both out colleagues an customers

Supporting with the identification of risks, while contributing to risk management strategies to achieve business objectives and customer outcomes

Understanding and implementing Agile methodologies and actively contributing to finding opportunities to build security early into design

Making sure that decisions made are based on robust data, return on investment and value measures that demonstrate thoughtful and intelligent cost management

Actively contributing to your centre of excellence (CoE) specialism by cross sharing learnings and best practice with CoE and community of practice colleagues

Building and leveraging relationships with colleagues across the bank and third parties to ensure decisions made are commercially focused and create long term value for the organisation

The skills you'll need

To be successful in this role, you’ll need knowledge of one or more security subject areas and experience of setting risk appetites. You’ll also demonstrate experience of, or a willingness to learn risk management frameworks.

Additionally, you’ll need:

A background of working in an Operation Security role

A good understanding of the latest threats and various disciplines across Security and bring a wealth of knowledge in Security related topics

Exposure to cloud security technologies

The ability to communicate clearly and concisely, translating technical issues into business terms