Cyber Security Advisor (SIEM Engineering)

Job summary

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)

This role is in the Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) which is part of CSOU and provides centralised security monitoring across both NHS England and the wider health and care system in England. The CSOC teams work closely together to improve NHS cyber resilience and enable a "Defend as one" strategy across the health and care system.

The Security Advisor SIEM Engineering provides new and enhanced SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) system and tooling capability for the CSOC, including deploying feeds from data sources, building cyber detection capability, improving the automation of security monitoring and managing the SIEM environment.

Main duties of the job

The Security Advisor SIEM Engineering is responsible for:

Deploying feeds from data sources into NHS England's SIEM system and ensuring compliance with the SIEM's data modelling, for both newly developed services and existing services being updated.
Maintaining the SIEM data feed infrastructure to ensure the timely delivery of security logs into the SIEM without loss of data fidelity.
Managing the technical relationship with services and customers during the deployment and updating of data feeds into the SIEM.
Managing and developing the SIEM configuration and the SIEM's interfacing with other SOC tooling.
Working closely with the Cyber Monitoring teams to build cyber detection capability and improve the automation of security monitoring.
Identifying and delivering continuous improvements to enrich, refine and optimise SIEM capabilities.
Investigating, troubleshooting and resolving CSOC tooling service incidents.
Collaborating and conducting knowledge transfer with architects, engineers and subject matter experts.
Implementing organisational standards for design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance and documentation.
Providing clear and accurate SIEM status reporting for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Mentoring and coaching junior staff within the Cyber Security Operations Centre.

About us

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.

We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Please ensure your supporting statement includes demonstratable evidence and specific examples on how you meet the criteria for each of the key skills specified. This will be used in both the shortlisting and interview processes.

Important: Please be aware there are residency requirements you need to meet:

All NHS England Cyber Security personnel must hold Security Clearance level as a minimum. To meet National Security Vetting requirements, SC clearances require 5 years continuous UK residency. In certain cases, this can be reduced to three years continuous UK residency, with additional overseas checks for the previous two years. Candidates who were posted abroad for service with HM Government, Armed Forces or within a UK government role - will still be considered.Please make sure you meet these requirements before applying for this role. You dont need to have SC already, however, failure to achieve the requirements for SC after offer will result in the job offer being withdrawn. For further advice please check https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels#security-check-sc

Please be aware that should you be successful in this position, you will be hired to the job title of Security Advisor/Analyst, and this job title is advertised to attract the right skills needed for the role.

The post of Security Advisor/Analyst has been awarded a Recruitment and Retention Premia (RRP) in response to current labour market conditions. In recognition of this, the role attracts an additional monthly RRP payment equal to 20% per annum.Please be aware that RRP is non-contractual and subject to review.

If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Demonstrable knowledge of technologies and technology-based solutions dealing with information security issues; ability to apply these in protecting information security across the organisation.
Working knowledge of concept, procedures and processes of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM); ability to utilise related applications to protect organisational networks from cyber risks.
Demonstrable knowledge of the processes, tools and techniques of information security management, ability to deploy and monitor information security systems, as well as detect, resolve and prevent violations of IT security, to protect organisational data.

Desirable

Working knowledge of modules, processes and technologies of Information Security Operation Centre (ISOC); ability to detect, response and utilise related platform and applications to perform cyber security initiatives.
Demonstrable knowledge of and ability to investigate, troubleshoot, resolve and prevent the recurrence of incidents that interfere with the normal delivery of IT services.

Qualifications

Essential

Post-graduate level degree in Cyber Security or relevant subject, or equivalent level of experience.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Wellington Place, Leeds; Hexagon House, Exeter; Wellington House, London

Leeds/Exeter/London

LS1 4AP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/

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