Senior Cyber Security Analyst

The base salary for this role is £50,243 - £59,156. This job qualifies for Digital, Data and Technology Annual Pay supplement 20% is included in the total remuneration above

28.97% (RoS contribution)

38 days annual holiday, increasing to 42 days with length of service.

Permanent.

35 hours per week. We are a flexible employer and will consider a variety of working patterns.

Home / Office hybrid working. Offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh (discuss with manager to ensure wording and expectation and location).

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18th of October 2026

Join an award-winning organisation recognised for its technology and innovation. RoS is a world-leading pioneer in land and property registration. We work to create data-led, digital solutions for the people of Scotland. Our full-stack teams design, architect, and build all our registration products in-house.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Cyber Security Analyst to join Registers of Scotland (RoS) and help protect the organisation as we continue our digital transformation journey.

Working within our Cyber Security team, you will play a key role in detecting, investigating, and responding to cyber threats and security incidents. You'll collaborate with colleagues across security, IT operations, and development teams to strengthen our security capabilities, improve processes, and deliver effective security solutions. As a senior member of the team, you'll also support and mentor colleagues while helping to shape a strong security culture across the organisation.

• Detect, triage, investigate, and respond to a wide range of cyber security events and incidents using security monitoring and analysis tools.
• Lead and support incident response activities, ensuring security incidents are investigated, contained, eradicated, and resolved in line with agreed procedures.
• Conduct detailed analysis of security alerts to determine impact, severity, and remediation requirements.
• Perform proactive threat hunting activities using indicators of compromise (IoCs), threat intelligence, and emerging threat information from government, industry, and trusted partners.
• Support the wider Security Operations function during major incidents and contribute to post-incident reviews and lessons learned activities.
• Monitor emerging cyber threats and vulnerabilities, assessing potential impacts on organisational services and systems.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, network, and development teams to investigate and resolve complex security issues.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of incident response processes, playbooks, and operational procedures.
• Participate in out-of-hours or major incident activities where required.

• Develop, tune, and optimise security monitoring solutions to improve detection accuracy, reduce false positives, and enhance operational effectiveness.
• Identify opportunities to automate routine security activities, improving efficiency and response times across Security Operations.
• Design and implement new security detections, use cases, and alerting mechanisms to address emerging threats.
• Evaluate existing security services, controls, and tooling, recommending improvements based on industry best practice and organisational needs.
• Support the onboarding and integration of new platforms, services, and technologies into security monitoring capabilities.
• Contribute to vulnerability management activities, helping identify, prioritise, and address security weaknesses.
• Develop metrics, dashboards, and reporting to support operational performance and…