Entry Level Cyber Security Analyst

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Working pattern: This is a full-time post working 35 hours/part-time. We’re committed to supporting staff to achieve a healthy work-life balance and are happy to talk about flexible working. This is a hybrid role, working from Holyrood, and from home. 

About the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body is responsible for providing the Parliament with the property, staff and services required for the Parliament’s purposes.  We place a high value on excellence, and we are continually looking to improve how we can deliver the Parliament's core purpose of representing the people of Scotland by debating issues of national importance, passing legislation and holding the Scottish Government to account.  We are a diverse workforce, and our embedded values shape the way we work and treat each other. We have a culture of respect and inclusion, and everyone has the ability to make a difference. For further information about working for the Scottish Parliament, please see our website.

About the role

This is an excellent opportunity to join Digital Services as an Entry Level Analyst focusing on Cyber Security. To see where the office sits within the organisation, you can view our organisation chart here.

Digital Services is responsible for developing and maintaining the IT services and underlying infrastructure that support and enable the business of the Parliament and its Members.

The office supports approximately 1700 network users across Holyrood and the remote support of constituency and regional offices. Our environment is predominantly Windows and Microsoft Office 365, with bespoke business applications in use by the parliamentary service. 

The office organisational structure has three main elements: Infrastructure, Business Applications and Resources/Governance. The role is located in the Infrastructure function of Digital Services in the Cyber Security team. This team is responsible for the first, second and third-line delivery of high quality, customer focused support and contains specialisms in IT Helpdesk, Desktop Support, Telephony, Servers, Networks and Mobile Devices.

Digital Services is placing an increased emphasis on strengthening and enhancing cyber security to address the growing and evolving risks presented online. Throughout the COVID‑19 pandemic, we successfully demonstrated our ability to maintain the core functions of Parliament while ensuring a secure working environment across both Holyrood and remote locations. We now aim to build on this progress to effectively support future hybrid working.

As an Entry Level Analyst you will provide first line support for incidents, monitor security alerts, investigate incidents, and remediate, ensuring security best practice, and support colleagues across Digital Services and the wider organisation to ensure a secure and resilient environment.

You’ll encourage a culture where your team members are empowered to deliver high quality work which will enhance the reputation of the Parliament. You’ll also champion collaborative working with colleagues across the parliamentary service, promoting positive and open communication, as well as our commitment to diversity and inclusion.

We offer a great range of benefits including: 41.5 leave days (including public holidays), flexible working, paid professional subscriptions, family-friendly policies, Season Ticket advance loans, an onsite gym, Health and Wellbeing Schemes including discounted gym membership, a confidential counselling and information service, and the Cycle to Work Scheme.

You’ll also have the opportunity to join the Alpha Civil Service pension scheme, where we’ll offer you an employer contribution of 28.97% of your basic salary.

We are a values-based organisation. Our values are a central part of our working culture and our people management processes. We use these to recruit, manage and develop our staff. For more information on our values and behaviours framework, please visit our values pages in our Employee Handbook.

About you

The successful candidate will be experienced in providing effective technical advice to customers. Though demonstrable experience is more important than formal qualifications, you will have a thorough understanding of IT infrastructure in general and cyber security in particular.

You will be responsible for the prioritisation and progress of day to day tasks within the Cyber team, investigating incidents, analysing, tracking, and documenting. You will be familiar with the associated terminology, tools and techniques. You will be required to communicate well verbally and in writing, and an ability to respond calmly and efficiently under pressure will be required and you may have to respond quickly to urgent events and without complete information to hand.

The nature of the role is such that you may need, from time to time, to carry out confidential investigations.  You will need to be able to demonstrate a record of reliability, honesty, discretion and personal integrity.

You will have a solid understanding of the legislative and regulatory environment relating to information management and governance (for example data protection legislation).

The successful candidate will provide feedback to colleagues working on the IT Helpdesk to help them to improve their performance and the service that they provide, sharing information and assisting others with calls.

For further information about the role please see the attached job description. You can also contact the Chair of the recruitment panel, Laura Lewis, laura.lewis@parliament.scot

We particularly welcome applications from candidates from a Minority Ethnic background and Disabled candidates. All appointments will be made on merit. We have a values-based culture of respect and inclusion embedded in our organisation, and everyone has the ability to make a difference.

How to apply

Stage 1

Please apply before 12:00 noon, Wednesday, 17 June 2026.

To find out how to apply and for further information about our recruitment process, please see our recruitment process pages on the website.   

Please note that only your statement will be submitted to Hiring Managers, without any personal details. Hiring managers will then select candidates for further assessment or interview based on their statement which addresses the values within the job description.

Stage 2

If your application is successful, you’ll be invited to attend a virtual interview.  As part of the interview there will be an assessment.  The Interview and Assessment will be held on Thursday 30 July 2026, although this is subject to change.

Offers will be awarded based on merit. For this role, the following weighting is used to come to a final score on which offers will be based. Application 20%, Assessment 30%, Interview 50%.  

All new starts will be appointed to the first scale point of the grade for their role. For information on progression through the scale points, see our Pay and Reward Policy Statement.

Feedback will only be provided on request to those who attend interview.

If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please email: careers@parliament.scot