Cybersecurity Analyst

We are seeking a highly skilled Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist to join our team at Police ICT. As a key member of our Threat Intelligence team, you will play a critical role in developing awareness for the policing community of the cyber risks to critical services.

• Develop and Maintain Threat Intelligence: Continuously assess the threat landscape and inform stakeholders of potential cyber risks.
• Reporting and Analysis: Report cyber risks to service, executive, and operational stakeholders for mitigation decisions.
• Threat Mitigation: Limit the impact of known cyber risks by engaging forces in pre-incident planning and preparatory activities.
• Attack Surface Reduction: Constrain attack surfaces through proactive threat intelligence working directly alongside the threat hunting and malware service.

• Security Clearance: Ability to acquire SC and NPPV3 level clearances.
• Threat Landscape Knowledge: Knowledge of current threat landscape including specific awareness of adversarial cyber actors, including their TTPs.
• Open-Source Intelligence: Experience in utilising open-source intelligence and the development of tools to assist with this.
• Malware Analysis: Experience in conducting malware, phishing, and SIEM log analysis.
• Cyber Threat Intelligence Sources: Knowledge of relevant cyber threat intelligence sources.
• Customer Relationship Management: Demonstrated ability to manage customer relationships.
• Communication Skills: Proven ability to translate cyber threats to the relevant audience, both verbally and written.
• Reporting and Presentation: Ability to generate clear and concise reports and presentations for stakeholders, from technical analysts to management and senior leadership teams.
• Stakeholder Management: Experience in internal and external stakeholder management and engagement.
• Intelligence Environment: Experience of working in an intelligence environment, ideally as an intelligence researcher or analyst.
• Independent Work: Ability to work independently within a cyber environment with limited oversight and/or guidance.

• Analytical Experience: 3+ years of experience in an analytical role with specific focus on cyber threats.
• CREST Registration: CREST Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst.
• Cybercrime Recommendations: Demonstrated experience in developing and delivering cybercrime or risk reduction recommendations and/or strategies.
• Intelligence Analysis Course: Completed Intelligence Analysis course (e.g., NIAT, RISC UK or similar).
• UK Police Cyber Environment: Understanding of UK Police cyber and IT environments.

We are committed to equal opportunity for all and will not discriminate on any grounds. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible span of experience.

We offer a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to work from our modern office environment and from home. Please note that in Q3 of 2025, the NMC will be relocating to offices in the Wigan area.

All applicants must be eligible for NPPV3 and SC clearances. Successful applicants will require NPPV3 clearance to have been approved before starting with PDS.