Senior Detection Engineer - (Cyber) (G7)

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Employer:
Cabinet Office Digital
Location:
London, Bristol or Manchester/Hybrid Working – 60% working in an office location
Salary:
Grade 7 - £53,400 - £69,015 (Dependant on Location & including DDaT Allowance)
Closing Date for Applications:
Sunday 21 April 2024 (23:55)
Job Ref:
GSe106994

DESCRIPTION

The Cabinet Office is undergoing a significant Digital Transformation. Over the next three years we aspire to make UK Government digital services the best in the world, meeting or exceeding the benchmark set globally by the best public or private sector standards. For us to meet this ambition we are aiming to further improve the conditions, processes and expertise we have in place to be set up for success. This means we need to go much further and faster and strengthen the delivery of DDaT in government. Did you know Cabinet Office Digital supports over 15,000 users across 40+ departments including Government Digital Service (GDS), Crown Commercial Services (CCS), Estates and Government Property Agency (GPA)?

As a senior detection engineer, you will:

• lead the development and maintenance of robust detection content in the SIEM, working with service teams across the department to understand and implement requirements
• identify and deliver opportunities for continual improvement of the threat detection capability
• work closely alongside other Cyber Defence functions, supporting the continual improvement of wider capabilities
• develop and update internal documentation, including knowledge base articles, standards, and policies
• Be able to drive automation efforts for detection content to make it as scalable as possible
• act as an escalation point for, and provide coaching and mentoring to, security analysts and detection engineers
• be responsible for leadership and line management of security analysts and detection engineers
• Develop a detection as code repository which will be a centralised location for all splunk detections and documentation