Cyber Security Officer

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 four operational areas:

• Cyber Security Operations Unit (CSOU & SIO)
• Cyber Delivery Unit (CDU
• Cyber Improvement Programme
• Chief Information Security Office Function (CISO)
The CSOU, part of the Cyber Operations function, provides centralised monitoring and response across NHS England, and the system. The CSOU consists of Threat Operations (ThreatOps), Security Operations (SecOps), Incident Management & response, Service Operations (ServiceOps) and Development Operations (DevOps)., As a Security Advisor, you will work in the Incident Management team as an Incident Manager within the CSOC, investigating potential security threats facing NHS England as identified by the monitoring and detection capabilities as well as information obtained from other sources. You will be reporting to the Senior Incident manager and be responsible for:
• Supporting incident managers and apprentices, with a variety of internal and external enquiries.
• Work within the Security Operations pillar of the CSOC (Cyber Security Operations Centre) managing a range of security incidents.
• Use advanced analytic tools and data to determine emerging threat patterns and vulnerabilities.
• Generate reports for technical and non-technical stakeholders, creating documentation or detailed reports.
• Stakeholder management. Engaging internal and external stakeholders from a wide variety of backgrounds.
• Design processes and innovate to improve the Incident Management Team.
• Provide advice and guidance to NHS organisations following a security incident using effective communication.
  
  NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services. In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department. If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process. Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices. Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.