Cyber Security Analyst

South West Water keeps the South West flowing with safe, reliable drinking water and wastewater services across some of the UK’s most stunning landscapes.

We’re proud to be part of Pennon Group, a leader in the UK water sector, working towards a greener future. Our goals? As well as lowering our carbon footprint, we’re working with partners to plant 300,000 trees, restore peatlands and supporting farmers and landowners to improve water quality and wildlife.

Whether you’re starting out or seeking a new challenge, our scale and ambition create opportunities for you to shape your own career.

Location:

Exeter, Devon (Hybrid Working)

Salary: £35,000 - £45000 + excellent benefits

Are you an experienced cyber security professional with a passion for designing, implementing and improving security technologies? We're looking for a Security Design & Engineering Analyst to help strengthen and evolve our cyber security capabilities across both IT and Operational Technology (OT) environments.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a wide range of security technologies, supporting the delivery of security controls, integrations and tooling that protect critical business services and infrastructure. You'll play a key role in translating security requirements into practical technical solutions, ensuring our security capabilities remain effective, proportionate and aligned with industry best practice.

• Configure, implement, integrate and support a range of cyber security technologies through to business-as-usual operation.
• Act as a technical subject matter expert for designated security platforms and controls, driving continual improvement and optimisation.
• Produce technical designs, configuration standards, implementation plans and support documentation.
• Translate security requirements into operational controls, configurations and procedures.
• Validate security monitoring, logging, alerting, access controls, system hardening and vulnerability visibility.
• Support proof-of-concept activities, product evaluations, technical testing and implementation projects.
• Develop operational runbooks, technical standards, build documentation and support procedures.
• Investigate and resolve tooling, integration, reporting and data-quality issues.
• Support vulnerability management activities, including tooling administration, remediation tracking and exception management.
• Produce technical assessments, control reviews, gap analyses, management information and audit evidence.
• Support security requirements within Operational Technology (OT) environments, including monitoring, segmentation, remote access and resilience initiatives.
• Work collaboratively with infrastructure, cloud, networking, identity, operational, project and governance teams to deliver secure solutions.

• Experience with in Security Engineering, Cyber Security Operations, Technical Security or Infrastructure Security environments.
• Hands-on experience implementing, configuring and supporting security technologies and controls.
• Experience supporting security projects through design, configuration, testing, documentation and operational transition.
• Ability to translate security requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Experience managing or supporting vulnerability management tooling, remediation tracking and reporting.
• Experience conducting technical control reviews, security assessments and producing stakeholder reporting.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across security tooling and integrations.
• Experience using scripting or automation technologies such as Power Shell or Python.
• Ability to produce high-quality technical documentation and operational…