Cyber Security Business Analyst (80016)

80016 - Cyber Security Business Analyst

This Cyber Security Business Analyst will report to the Cyber Security Portfolio Lead and will work within the Strategy Regulation and Support Services directorate based in our London office. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of up to 60000.00 and a bonus of 7.5%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote.

Close Date: 20/06/2025

We also provide the following additional benefits

• 25 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays.
• Reservist Leave Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid
• Personal Pension Plan Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme Season Ticket Loan
• Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work Home & Tech and Green Car Leasing Schemes
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products
• Discounted gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme

Job purpose:

You will sit within the Cyber Portfolio Team with a primary focus of supporting our cyber projects.

As a Cyber Security Business Analyst you will be someone who wants to not only understand the cause of a business or end user problem/opportunity but to understand the drivers asking the right questions at the right time. You will be a critical friend collaborating with and helping partners make informed decisions based on sound analysis. You will translate the businesss needs to provide the best value outcome for UK Power Network ensuring agreement to strategic aims.

You will help develop and work within the Business Analysis Service Framework to deliver a range of services that support the business in cyber enabled change. This will help us maintain and progress our security posture. You will also be encouraged to help support the progression of the Business Analysis Service being an advocate for it promoting new relationships to grow its use and suggesting new ways of working to ensure it remains aligned to our needs.

Dimensions:

UK Power Networks is working to uplift our defences against cyber-attacks and increase our cyber security posture with ongoing continuous improvement building our capabilities within UK Power Networks. You will support the Cyber Security Projects Manager and the PMO Manager in developing and delivering a range of services supporting the business to ensure we undertake analysis to understand how a department works considering the people organisation processes information data and technology to support the continuous improvement of our cyber posture.

Principal accountabilities:

Undertake analysis to understand how a department works considering the people organisation processes information data and technology

Identify and elaborate user and need to ensure development and business change

Ensure new solutions and services meet business and user needs and are aligned with organisational goals

Understand any business and policy constraints that need to be considered and assess the possible effects

Identify areas for improvement explore possible options analyse the effects of change and define success measures

Improve your own knowledge of business analysis methods and tools and play an active role within the BA practice and wider community in sharing knowledge and supporting other members

Experience skills and education:

Business analysis. You can apply structured approaches to identify analyse and communicate complex business problems and opportunities within a defined project. You can analyse our goals functions and processes using relevant data to help define requirements. You can conduct options analysis assess feasibility and operational impact measure potential business benefits and contribute to business case development. You can help to ensure proposed solutions meet business and user needs.

Requirements definition and management. You can identify analyse challenge and validate business and user requirements. You can co-ordinate and review the prioritisation of requirements. You can use appropriate requirements management life cycle methods to complete tasks and outputs related to the project.

Partner relationship management. You can manage relationships with all partners. You can work under limited supervision to communicate with partners clearly and regularly clarifying mutual needs and commitments through consultation and consideration of impacts while focusing on user and needs.

Business modelling. You can model different elements of the business. You can understand the effect of potential changes and how business processes systems structures data and roles and responsibilities work with one another.

Business process improvement. You can identify opportunities to improve business performance within a defined project. You can lead the analysis identification design prioritisation and implementation of process and business changes to improve business operations and services. You can support the implementation of proposed business improvements.

Experience of collaborative working. You can work effectively and collaboratively alongside colleagues in a multidisciplinary team. You are able to empathise and be considerate of colleagues needs while at the same time understand and be clear on your own needs to complete a task.

Experience supporting the delivery of transformational cyber security projects

Desired

Experience working within a regulated environment preferably Energy sector Critical National Infrastructure (CNI)

Qualifications

One or more of the below qualifications would be desirable:

BCS Diploma in Business Analysis

IIBA Certified Business Analysis Practitioner

PMI Professional in Business Analysis

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken i.e. public visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment and where there are legal requirements employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

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If you have any queries in connection to this vacancy or your application please contact us at quoting the vacancy reference number and a member of the team will get in touch with you as soon as possible.