TRADECRAFT & ANALYSIS SPECIALIST

Job Req ID: 50520
Posting Date: 11 Sept 2025
Function: Security
Unit: Business
Location:Cheltenham, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Salary: Competitive Salary + Benefits

WHY THIS JOB MATTERS

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Tradecraft & Analysis Specialist to join our team. This role is at the forefront of innovation, solving complex customer problems by developing cutting-edge capabilities that exploit data at scale. You will be performing data analysis and leading on the design and delivery of bespoke solutions to customer problems. You’ll be innovating and constantly looking out for new ways to stay one step ahead of our adversaries. You’ll be generating cutting-edge intelligence relating to significant threats from all over the world. Above all, you’ll be making a real difference and you’ll be protecting the UK.
You’ll be working alongside our customers, understanding their problems, and leading on the design and delivery of world class solutions. You’ll also be working alongside colleagues from all over our business to ensure we keep pace with new opportunities and draw on the skills and experience of others.
You will own problems end-to-end—from requirement gathering and feasibility assessment and data analysis to development, and deployment. Working in a fast-paced, agile environment, you’ll collaborate closely with customers, iterate rapidly, and deliver impactful solutions that push the boundaries of what’s possible with data.
This job role can be based in Cheltenham, Ipswich, London, Manchester. Onsite (5 days office based). Monday-Friday 37.5 hours per week. You will need to be eligible to obtain DV Security Clearance before starting this role. You will need to have lived in the UK for 10+ years to be eligible.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

Programming/Scripting
Data Quality
Data Analysis
Decision Making
Growth Mindset

EXPECTED SKILLS

We expect our Tradecraft & Analyst Specialist to:

• Have experience working in a cyber security or investigative profession.
• Demonstrate technical leadership and ownership of complex engineering challenges.
• Be a passionate, self-driven individual willing to engage with the team and our customers to help solve their most challenging problems.
• Have experience building relationships with key customers at various levels of seniority.
• Exhibit strong problem-solving skills, with a pragmatic and customer-focused mindset.
• Communicate clearly and effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Embrace agile principles, promoting rapid iteration and continuous improvement.
• Encourage and adopt engineering best practices, including testing, documentation, and code quality.
• Mentor and support less experienced colleagues, fostering a culture of learning and innovation.
• Stay current with emerging technologies, bringing fresh ideas and approaches to the team.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

You might even:

• Have in-depth knowledge of network protocols and can interpret network event data.
• Have in-depth knowledge of mobile/telephony networks.
• Have experience gathering and exploiting open-source intelligence.
• Have experience working in a specialised data science role.
• Have experience with big data and writing highly scalable analytics.
• Have experience in data ingestion and ETL tools like Kafka, NiFi, Airflow
• Familiarity with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with infrastructure as code and automated deployments

YOUR EXPERTISE

We’re looking for expertise in:

• Programming Languages: Python, Scala, Bash
• Big Data Technologies: Apache Spark, Hadoop ecosystem
• Data Science: Zeppelin notebooks, Impala / Trino SQL queries
• Operating Systems: Linux
• DevOps & CI/CD: Git, Jenkins, Terraform
• Data Formats: JSON, Parquet, Avro
• API Development: RESTful services
• Testing Frameworks: PyTest, ScalaTest

DON’T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.

As a Tradecraft & Analysis Specialist, you will:

• Utilise your analytical skills daily and leverage your passion for problem solving to generate and share intelligence relating to complex and critical events.
• Lead the development of innovative data-driven capabilities, including software, APIs, services, and data processing pipelines.
• Build trusting and long-lasting relationships with key customers to enable you to understand and contribute to their purpose.
• Triage and assess customer problems, translating them into technical requirements and feasible solutions.
• Continually seek opportunities both internally and externally to improve our capabilities.
• Select and architect the most appropriate technologies and components to meet business needs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, gather feedback early, and iterate quickly.
• Own the solution lifecycle, from design through to delivery and operational handover.
• Work with big data ecosystems, including real-time and batch processing.
• Identify and mitigate risks early in the development cycle.