Data Analyst (Cyber)

Role Overview

Help shape how the ICO uses data to understand and respond to cyber risk. As a Data Analyst specialising in cyber data, you’ll transform complex information into clear, actionable insight that supports regulatory decision-making.

What You Will Do

From analysing cyber breach data and developing innovative reporting products to supporting information sharing with key partners, you’ll help strengthen the ICO’s cyber analytics capability and its position as a leading public-sector collaborator.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You’ll contribute to cross-team discussions, provide insight and options to senior stakeholders, and identify opportunities to improve how we use data across critical areas of our work.

Requirements

• Experience of delivering against a data strategy within a medium-sized or large organisation.
• Experience of creating data analytics reports, dashboards and visualisations in support of a wide range of contexts and use cases.
• Experience of data analytics and related technologies (PowerBi, SQL or similar)
• Experience of applying data governance, data ethics and data protection principles to analytics.
• Demonstrable experience of building products in support of cross-office teams for a variety of stakeholders and uses.
• Knowledge of statistical methodologies and data analysis techniques.
• Understanding of wider data profession practices and experience of delivering using adaptive methodologies such as Agile.
• Knowledge of the cyber and privacy landscape, regulations and related compliance obligations
• Knowledge of the public sector and regulatory environment, or clear appreciation of specifics and complexities and how they would influence the role.
• Actively keeps informed of industry developments to make cost-effective use of new and emerging tools and technologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills including the ability to explain technical matters to a non-technical audience.
• Personally effective – excellent organisational skills, ability to prioritise and delegate. Communicating effectively across organisational boundaries, understanding the context.
• Excellent problem-solving ability and an ability to deal with ambiguity, develop innovative solutions and make decisions on high profile and complex issues.
• An awareness of the cyber security landscape and key stakeholders.

Benefits

• Pay progression scheme.
• Hybrid and flexible working options.
• 25 days paid holiday per year, plus privilege and public holidays.
• Flexi leave (up to 26 additional days leave per year).
• Pension (employer contribution around 28.9%).
• Online discount scheme to save money at major supermarkets, retailers, gyms, restaurants, insurance providers and many more.
• Health Cash Plan.
• Fantastic development opportunities to learn and progress.

Tagged as: Data Analysis, Power BI, SQL