JOB SUMMARY

As part of the Head Office Cyber Security team you will be instrumental in delivery of the Head Office’s response to the MOD’s Cyber Security Strategy & Resilience programme. You’ll be actively involved in the work to understand Head Office’s cyber security, ensuring the effectiveness of proposed mitigations against an evolving cyber threat.
You’ll provide essential advice and guidance to Head Office System Owners on Secure by Design (SbD) principles thus ensuring that they remain compliant with MOD cyber security policy. You will also play a key part in all Cyber Compliance Framework audits and activities to ensure lessons are learned and improvements made.
In the course of your duties representing the Head Office cyber team, you will liaise with a variety of the MOD cyber security teams and experts, including Defence Digital and Cyber Defence & Risk to ensure Head Office remains coherent with wider Departmental work and objectives. You may also represent Head Office at various meetings including the Cyber Resilience & Oversight Board (CROB).
You will also provide invaluable cyber security advice and support to the Cyber Security Lead, Principal Security Advisor (or Deputy) or other personnel in the event of a cyber security incident or crises that is or has the potential to disrupt operational activity in Main Building.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

QUALIFICATIONS

Officially recognised UK Level 3 Cyber Security Qualification or equivalent professional membership (CISM, CISSP, ISO 27001)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Information risk management & risk assessment - practitioner level
• Protective Security - working level
• Threat understanding - working level

BENEFITS

Alongside your salary of £36,530, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,582 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Free on site gym
• Cycle to work scheme with cycle racks on site
• On site creche
• London weighting allowance, currently £3,250 per annum.
• Recruitment & Retention Allowance of up to £9,000 per annum

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
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NOTE. CANDIDATES QUALIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATES WILL BE CHECKED AT INTERVIEW STAGE.

• Example of the success profile “Behaviour” Delivering at Pace

PLEASE NOTE THAT CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT POSSESS THE REQUIRED CYBER SECURITY QUALIFICATION/S OR HOLD THE REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL CYBER SECURITY MEMBERSHIPS WILL NOT PROGRESS TO INTERVIEW.

When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

Open to UK nationals only.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

The Cyber Security Adviser will work closely with the Cyber Security lead and the Principal Security Adviser (PSYA), but will be specifically responsible for:

• Supporting Head Office IT systems and System Owners to ensure the safe and effective operation of their systems. Further support Head Office System Owners in preparation for and during annual Cyber Compliance Framework (CCF) audits, based upon NIST & NCSC audit frameworks.
• Support Head Office Governance structures to effectively manage all cyber security risks and maintain up to date cyber risk registers.
• Acting as a cyber security consultant and Security Assurance Coordinator (SAC) with respect to any new IT projects, ensuring that Secure by Design (SbD) principles are embedded in system design and configuration from the outset, including in any legal/contract documentation where applicable.
• Provide assurance support to Head Office System Owners, Defence Digital & Cyber Defence & Risk by supporting risk assessments and cyber vulnerability assessments.
• Liaise with MOD Cyber Security incident response teams to respond to and effectively manage cyber incidents impacting on Head Office systems.
• Arrange meetings with Head Office System Owners and maintain notes minutes/notes of such.
• Deliver occasional physical and online training sessions to Head Office System Owners on key cyber security topics.
• Maintain joint ownership of the cyber security teams mailboxes and SharePoint sites.
• Responding to any tasks from the Cyber Security lead or PSYA as a consequence of priorities from the Cyber Resilience & Oversight Board (CROB).