Senior Security Analyst - Risk Assurance

Job summary

Student Loans Company is a non-profit making Government-owned organisation to provide loans and grants to students in universities and colleges in the UK. Since 1989, we have enabled our customers to invest in their futures by delivering secure, accurate and efficient assessment, payment and repayment services.

Job description

SLC is currently looking for a Senior Security Analyst to join our Security Risk team on a permanent basis. In this role, you will assess information and technical risks, focusing on how they affect system confidentiality, integrity and availability. You will report and escalate risk‑assessment findings, while guiding teams on security requirements and the suitability of controls for technical proposals and specification documents, all in line with our information‑security framework and assurance standards.

You will also produce security reports, risk‑review documents and other materials that support projects, BAU activity and continuous improvement. Alongside this, you will help internal stakeholders understand and follow Government security guidance.

This is your chance to shape how we protect our organisation and make a real impact on our security future.

Person specification

• Demonstrable experience in Cyber Security or Information Risk roles, with exposure to application and system‑development methods (e.g., Java, web‑service architecture)

• Ability to assess security risks using the organisation’s risk‑assessment framework, risk appetite and recognised risk‑management methodologies, including practical techniques such as gap analysis and control identification

• Excellent knowledge of key security frameworks and standards, such as ISO 27001, NIST, OWASP and MITRE

• A pragmatic, risk‑based approach to information security, balancing security needs with business requirements

• Effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical security standards clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences, and work collaboratively with stakeholders

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent demands by breaking work into clear, structured workflows and outcomes across several projects

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £45,172, Student Loans Company contributes £13,086 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

You can expect more from a career with SLC. We support colleagues to unlock their potential through our Career Pathways development programme and offer an excellent benefit and rewards package that includes:

SLC offer a blended working model which will typically be 2 days in the office and 3 days from home.

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays

• Option to buy/sell annual leave

• Flexi-time and enhanced flexible working options available

• Option to join the Civil Service pension scheme

• Life insurance cover for 4 x annual salary

• Enhanced company sick pay and family leave including maternity, paternity and adoption

• Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, access to the Civil Service Sports and Leisure Club for discounted gym memberships, and an optional dental insurance scheme

• To find out what’s it’s like to work at Student Loans Company click here SLC Careers

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Selection process details

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Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Talent Acquisition
• Email : ask_recruitment@slc.co.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : ask_recruitment@slc.co.uk

Further information

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