Security Analyst, Shift Work - NatWest Group

Closing date for applications: 04/08/2026

Location Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Salary £32,895 – £46,440

Job typePermanent | Contract typeFull Time

On-site

You’ll be working at your allocated office or hub, collaborating in-person and digitally with your colleagues.

Experienced

This is a general indication and doesn’t always reflect day-to-day responsibilities. Check the job description for full details.

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Join our digital revolution in NatWest Digital X

In everything we do, we work to one aim. To make digital experiences which are effortless and secure.

So we organise ourselves around three principles: engineer, protect, and operate. We engineer simple solutions, we protect our customers, and we operate smarter.

Job description

This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.

Join us as a Security Analyst, Shift Work

We’ll look to you to provide an end-to-end security response, including triage, response, escalation, and coordination of events and incidents

You’ll undertake a proactive role to anticipate and identify security events, incidents and trends that could adversely impact the bank, our customers, colleagues or assets

Joining a collaborative team, you’ll be able to build and maintain a wide network of stakeholders of varying seniority

We’re here for our customers, whatever the time of day or night, so you’ll need to be flexible in working a rotating shift pattern over 24 hours a day that will cover weekends and bank holidays

This role does not meet Skilled Worker sponsorship requirements

You'll be expected to occasionally attend another site near Edinburgh when required

What you'll do

As a Security Analyst, you’ll assess, triage and respond proactively and effectively to security related threats, incidents, requests and events to defend assets, information, and protect systems from unauthorised access, misuse or damage.

You’ll be collaborating with internal and external colleagues, specialists and stakeholders to make sure activities relating to incident response, alert monitoring and root cause analysis are completed in line with standard operating procedures and to a high standard.

You’ll also be:

Carrying out and contributing to root cause analysis on security incidents and events, and conducting training and scenario planning to prepare for and anticipate future events

Providing assurance of security posture through monitoring security system status

Monitoring security alerting and analysis service within the function

Giving advice during an incident response and any subsequent reviews

Identifying security incidents while helping to handle them in a timely manner, in accordance with security best practice