JOB SUMMARY

The Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) is a new shared corporate service, launched in July 2023. It provides corporate services (HR, Finance, Digital, Commercial, Security and Estates) across the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT).
Our team of just over 300 professionals will be leading the way in how these functions will be delivered in the future. Our ambition is to be the leading provider of integrated corporate services for government and set the standard for quality, efficiency, and innovation in our field.
We offer great working benefits including a world-class pension, flexible working options and a career where your learning and development is taken seriously. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is
found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Join ICS Digital, where innovation meets expertise to create digital solutions. We are a cohesive digital community who work in the open, solving problems together and fostering a culture of transparency and collaboration. Our commitment to user-focused design and data-driven decision-making ensures that we deliver accessible services tailored to the needs of our customers.
The ICS Cyber team are a cohesive digital community who work in the open, solving problems together and fostering a culture of transparency and collaboration. Our commitment to user-focused design and data-driven decision-making ensures that we deliver accessible services tailored to the needs of our customers.
The ICS Cyber teamwork within ICS Digital to monitor and protect the systems and services we provide to our customers in DSIT and DESNZ.
We are seeking a Junior Security Analyst. You will be at the forefront of safeguarding our digital assets and data. With a good understanding of the complexities of cyber security, you will be a key part of our cyber team, working with the team to monitor the ever-evolving threat landscape.
The role is critical in monitoring, detecting, analysing, and responding to security incidents and threats with precision. You awareness in security technologies and incident response procedures will be pivotal in protecting our critical systems and data.
Leveraging Azure cybersecurity tools, especially Azure Sentinel, you will ensure vigilant incident and event monitoring. Working with a dedicated team of cyber analysts, you will collaborate closely with our Security Architects and Threat Intelligence Team to maintain and enhance our security posture.
Visit our blog to learn more about us and our work: https://icsdigital.blog.gov.uk/

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)
• 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

Further information on nationality requirements

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The main aspects of the role will be:

• Participate in security testing and monitoring.
• Manage security logs, identifying log sources, collect and store logs.
• Correlate and triage security incidents.
• Cyber Incident response planning and preparation.
• Cyber Incident detection, investigation and analysis.
• Cyber Incident containment, eradication and recovery.
• Cyber Incident post incident activity and reporting.
• Development and implementation of Automation techniques.

And your key responsibilities will involve you:

• Monitoring and updating the Department’s Cyber Security toolsets providing recommendations for improvements.
• Working closely with our Senior Security Analysts to identify threats and affect appropriate remediation and configuration / policy changes as a result.
• Assisting Senior Security Analysts in mapping the current security controls and tools and planning for future states.
• Assisting the Senior Security Analysts in their role as key technical contacts with external vendors and the NCSC.
• Assisting in the creation of timely, regular, high-quality reports for all levels of the business that provides information about the effective management of information security in IT systems.
• Supporting the work of the Security Architect’s in demonstrating appropriate compliances for internal and external auditors.