The Senior Associate Analyst sits within the Cyber Security Group and is focused on operating enterprise security services for the organisation. The Cyber Security Analyst will have expertise within a given domain and will be the subject matter expert (SME) / point of contact for that work.

What you will be doing (the role)

• Involvement in Security incidents and ensuring outcomes align with business priorities and policy
• Provide BAU Security Operations support to business processes to ensure access and change are aligned with FCA guidelines and processes.
• Supporting the security BAU operations, IGA, PKI & PAM

What you will get from the role

• Access to a wide range of innovative cybersecurity tools and applications 
• Exposure to multiple cloud providers and security suites 
• Development opportunities across a multi-technology Cyber team 
• Cyber Operations and Incident Response - Comprehensive management and execution of our proactive and reactive measures designed to detect, respond to, and mitigate the impact of cyber threats and incidents on our organisational assets and operations
• Identity & Access Management Business Support - Strategic implementation and ongoing maintenance of systems and processes that control user access to critical resources, ensuring secure authentication, authorisation, and compliance with regulatory requirements across the business
• Incident Investigations and Remediation - Examination of security incidents to uncover their root causes, followed by the development and application of effective strategies to eliminate vulnerabilities and prevent future occurrences

Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifecycle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash.  

Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:   

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
• Private healthcare with Bupa  
• A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of your basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)  
• Life assurance of eight times your basic salary  
• Income protection  

We support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in one of our three office locations.  

The skills and experience you will have  

Minimum

We are a signatory to the Government’s Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, should they meet the minimum criteria for a role.  

• Security Incident Management Experience – Coordinating incidents from start to finish
• Familiar with NIST Cybersecurity Framework - Proficiency in all stages of the incident lifecycle, including preparation, detection, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident activities
• Network and Systems Security- Familiarity with network protocols, systems, data, cloud, and endpoint security

Essential

• Familiar with Security Incident Response and Handling
• Stakeholder Management: Capability to work with different teams and manage expectations during and after an incident
• Soft Skills and Communication
• Vulnerability Management

About the FCA   

The FCA regulates the conduct of nearly 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found here.

The FCA's Values & Diversity  

Our ambition is to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.  

The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisation. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from women, disabled and minority ethnic candidates for our Senior Associate role.   

Flexible working

We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements.  Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares.  We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we won’t judge you for asking. 

Multi-location

As part of the FCA’s ongoing commitment to develop our national presence, most of our vacancies are now open to working in our Edinburgh, Leeds, or London offices.  This means that as part of the application process you will be able to select your preference of which office location you would like to work from.   

Useful information    

• Applications for this role close at 23:59 on the 2nd December 2024
• This role is graded as Senior Associate - Regulatory  

Got a question?    

If you are interested in learning more about the role, please contact: 

For internal applicants, please contact Michael Wood, michael.wood@fca.org.uk  

For external applicants, please contact Asha Gladis, asha.gladis@fca.org.uk 

What to expect from our interview process  

This will involve a one-stage technical and competency-based interview.

Application support  

We want to remove any possible barriers and are committed to providing a wide range of reasonable adjustments so that you can keep the focus on your conversations and be at your best.  

If you have an accessibility requirement, disability, or condition that means you might require changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter to discuss this further. Our aim is to make your application as easy and comfortable as possible, and your recruiter will be happy to work with you to make any necessary arrangements where possible. 

Security Clearance/Vetting  

The successful candidate will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting.  

Please note that all applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.