Security Analyst
| Posting date: | 28 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £41,055 to £44,415 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 September 2025 |
| Location: | Cardiff |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 424852/3 |
Summary
We are transforming the way the Civil Service works by creating great places to work, leading the largest commercial office programme in the UK, working towards halving carbon emissions from government offices, and achieving greater value for taxpayers. And we are looking for innovative, solutions-focused people to join our team.
Representing the best covenant in the UK – His Majesty’s Government – we are leading transformational programmes such as the Government Hubs Programme, Whitehall Campus Programme and Net Zero Programme, as well as delivering modern, cost-effective real estate service solutions.
Innovation and progress are at the heart of our behaviours. We foster a culture of lifelong learning, where curiosity and self-improvement are encouraged. And we’re dedicated to becoming a leading, inclusive employer both in the external market and throughout the Civil Service. Our strong emphasis on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is not just about driving inclusion across our organisation, it is also about ensuring our services meet the needs of government departments and the civil servants who use our spaces.
Join our dynamic and diverse team that leads with purpose, improving sustainability, nurturing social value, driving inclusivity and flexibility, and kickstarting economic growth. We are driven by purpose, and you can be part of it too: where you make a meaningful impact; where you influence; where your voice really matters; where you help to shape our future direction.
The GPA is committed to representing the communities we serve by making Diversity, Equality and Inclusion part of everything we do.
To ensure that we are always recruiting and retaining a diverse mix of talent, we are particularly inviting applications from candidates who are disabled, ethnically or gender diverse, and people who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community.
The GovPass Programme within the GPA is modernising Access Control Systems across HMG. Delivering a new UK government standard for card encryption improving building security and enabling greater interoperability through its innovative technology.
GovPass is operating across the UK in HMG Estate and in some of the most iconic buildings and departments, with an ambition to expand this further over the coming years.
The Security Analyst is a critical role in the GovPass Product Team and will be responsible for designing and developing security for the GovPass Service and Products, maintaining security documentation and developing security approaches to new technologies. The role will support the Product Manager by offering technical solutions and advice to ensure the product remains secure and aligns with business objectives.
Working wider across the GPA, this role will also be pivotal in shaping and influencing cross directorate product management practices and strategies as part of the wider GPA agenda. As the GovPass product stabilises or as the needs of government change over time, there is scope to take on other product related responsibilities in the future.
Key Responsibilities:
- Recommend security controls and identify solutions that support a business objective
- provide specialist advice and recommend approaches across teams and various stakeholders
- Communicate widely with other stakeholders, agencies and National Technical Authorities
- Advise on important security-related technologies and assess the risk associated with proposed changes
- Inspire and influence others to execute security principles
- Help review other people's work
- Recommend a security risk assessment approach and vulnerability analyses recommending mitigation strategies from the results
- Identify areas for improvement within existing security frameworks and recommend enhancements
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