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Job summary
Are you ready to use your Cyber Security skills to make a positive and meaningful impact on peoples lives? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join the Cyber Security Team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Reporting to the Cyber Security Team Lead, you will play a key role in providing Cyber Security assurance, governance and compliance across the Trust. You will help ensure that our systems, services and information remain secure, resilient and compliant with relevant standards and requirements. In return, we offer a varied, rewarding and challenging role where you will work alongside a fantastic team of Cyber Security professionals. Youll receive the support, guidance and development opportunities you need to learn at pace, build your expertise and achieve your career ambitions. If youre passionate about Cyber Security and want your work to have a real-world impact, wed love to hear from you. This is a hybrid role, offering the flexibility to work remotely alongside occasional travel to our sites in Leeds.
Main duties of the job
Experience working in a large, complex virtualised computing environment. Practical experience applying data protection legislation, standards and codes of practice. Good working knowledge of the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF). Experience investigating and eliminating major virus/malware attacks within a large network infrastructure. Experience reviewing procedures and recommending improvements to hardware and network security resilience. In-depth knowledge of antivirus and vulnerability management products. Strong information risk analysis and management skills. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to resolve complex security issues. Ability to communicate complex technical security issues clearly and present compelling arguments to senior stakeholders Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities and use initiative in a complex environment. Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.
About us
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.
Details
- Date posted: 25 August 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 6
- Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 001953
- Job locations: Cross Site, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
For questions about this job, contact:
Name: Jon Legg
Position: Head of Cyber Security
Email: Jonathon.legg@nhs.net Shortlisting Date: 08/09/2026 Interview Date: 17/9/2026
Job Summary
Are you ready to use your Cyber Security skills to make a positive and meaningful impact on people’s lives? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join the Cyber Security Team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Reporting to the Cyber Security Team Lead, you will play a key role in providing Cyber Security assurance, governance and compliance across the Trust. You will help ensure that our systems, services and information remain secure, resilient and compliant with relevant standards and requirements.
In return, we offer a varied, rewarding and challenging role where you will work alongside a fantastic team of Cyber Security professionals. You’ll receive the support, guidance and development opportunities you need to learn at pace, build your expertise and achieve your career ambitions. If you’re passionate about Cyber Security and want your work to have a real-world impact, we’d love to hear from you. This is a hybrid role, offering the flexibility to work remotely alongside occasional travel to our sites in Leeds.
Why you should join our Team
DIT at LTHT is a highly motivated and inclusive place to work. We hold our Leeds Way Values in high esteem and respect all colleagues. Within the trust we are always looking to improve and give the best service possible, and we are looking for individuals with the same drive to join us.
DIT look after the Trust’s information technology, responsible for delivering and embedding the latest digital innovations, finding the right hardware and software to meet business needs, turning information into insight and everything in between. It’s an exciting time to join us, as we offer varied and rewarding opportunities.
We’d love to consider your application if you want to be a part of delivering operational services that allow patients to be treated effectively across Leeds.
What you will bring to the role
Experience working in a large, complex virtualised computing environment.
Practical experience applying data protection legislation, standards and codes of practice.
Good working knowledge of the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF).
Experience investigating and eliminating major virus/malware attacks within a large network infrastructure.
Experience reviewing procedures and recommending improvements to hardware and network security resilience.
In-depth knowledge of antivirus and vulnerability management products.
Strong information risk analysis and management skills.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to resolve complex security issues.
Ability to communicate complex technical security issues clearly and present compelling arguments to senior stakeholders
Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities and use initiative in a complex environment.
Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our Trust values
The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.
We are….
Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind
Our Trust priorities
Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time
Our priorities:
People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of, and practical experience of applying the GDPR or Data Protection Act (1998) and other related legislation, standards and codes of practice
- A good working knowledge of Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF)
- In-depth knowledge of available antivirus and vulnerability products
- Good working knowledge of information risk analysis/management
Desirable
- In-depth knowledge of penetration testing and/or ethical hacking
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a large, complex virtualised computing environment.
- Demonstrable experience in dealing with and eliminating major virus/malware attacks within a large network infrastructure.
- Experience of reviewing process/procedures and recommending change to secure hardware & Network security resilience.
- Experience of contributing to service and performance improvement initiatives.
- Extensive experience of Microsoft Desktop Operating system administration, support and deployment.
- Experience of researching and analysing new products, conducting trails and evaluations, producing and evaluating balanced scorecards
Desirable
- Thorough understanding of Backup technologies
- Detailed knowledge of using Microsoft management tools (SCCM, WSUS).
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in a computer related discipline
- Recognised qualification in computing or related subject or extensive experience in a computing environment
Desirable
- ITIL Foundation Certificate
- ITIL Practitioner Problem/Release Management
- Degree in IM&T or Health Informatics related subject
- CISSP/SSCP
- Evidence of Continuing Practice Development
Skills and Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrable customer service skills
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight timescales.
- Ability to think and plan strategically and keep track of progress towards achievement of milestones, whilst at the same time having a thorough understanding of events happening at the detail level
- Able to work in a team, demonstrate time management skills and initiative
- Ability to support and deliver change and contribute to culture change successfully and patience
- Ability to work within the policies and procedures of the department, using own initiative to achieve agreed objectives
- Must be able to present credible and compelling arguments to senior managers, own department, peers and commissioners to develop effective relationships
- Ability to make reasoned judgements in the face of ambiguous and/or conflicting information, some of which will be highly complex or contentious.
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This advert is for Senior Cyber Security Analyst with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Cross Site, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom, United Kingdom. It is listed as a Band 6 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £39959.00 to £48117.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 08 Sep 2026.
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