Thanet District Council is seeking a Cyber Security Analyst to help safeguard our landscape and strengthen our resilience against evolving threats.

An outline of the key responsibilities, skills and experience is given below, however please refer to the job description for the full list of required attributes.

Job Purpose:

As a Cyber Security Analyst you will be working directly with the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), you will provide technical expertise in information security governance, risk, and compliance. You will be a key player in developing our security frameworks and will step up as the subject matter expert in the absence of the CISO.

Key Responsibilities

Incident Management: Act as the primary triage for information security incidents and assist Senior Information Risk Officers (SIROs) with follow-up activities.
Technical Oversight: Manage firewall configurations, firmware upgrades, anti-virus administration, and ensure timely security patching.
Governance & Compliance: Assist in maintaining formal certifications (such as ISO27001, PSN, and PCI-DSS) and manage the technology cyber risk register.
Communication: Articulate complex security threats to senior executives and non-technical staff, while promoting a culture of security awareness across the council.
Monitoring: Assist with vulnerability management, web application security, and auditing processes for devices and software.

About You

We are looking for a candidate who combines deep technical knowledge with the ability to engage stakeholders effectively.

Skills and Experience:

Demonstrable experience in an information security environment, identifying risks and proposing viable solutions.
Deep and broad understanding related to security encompassing control technologies, policies and standards, risk and compliance, audit, data privacy.
An understanding and experience of applying and implementing the following: Platform Security, Data Security, Network Security, Perimeter Security, Physical Security, Security Assessment Tools and Security Monitoring Tools.
Experience of technology management, including implementing technology best practices and understanding of the requirements of ISO standards and the practical application of them.
Experience of achieving and maintaining PSN compliance

Requirements

This post requires a Standard DBS check.
Occasional travel outside the East Kent area may be required for supplier meetings or training.

For more information about this post please contact Dan Evans daniel.evans@thanet.gov.uk