Gsg Cyber Operations Vulnerabilities Lead - London, United Kingdom - Cabinet Office

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- £41,412 - £44,767-
Job grade:
  • Senior Executive Officer
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • CO
  • Government Security Group
    Type of role:
  • Operational Delivery
  • Risk Management
  • Security
  • Strategy
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
    Number of jobs available:
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Job summary:


The UK government processes a mass of sensitive data, provides a critical service to the public, operates an extensive and complex IT estate, and faces a significant and growing cyber threat.

In response we invest in a well funded and innovative cyber-security programme and we are looking for talented individuals who can bring a range of skills and experience to the department.


The Cyber Directorate within GSG(also known as GSG Cyber) sits within Government Security Group(GSG) and covers all aspects of Defensive Cyber Security for Government from strategy, policy and standards to the operational deliverables of incident, risk, threat intelligence and vulnerability management.

We manage investment from the National Cyber Security Programme, outreach and engagement across government and the wider public sector among much else.


The Cyber Operations team provides GSG with reporting cyber operational risk across the government sector, working closely with the Cabinet Office National Security team and the NCSC.

The team is responsible for coordinating and understanding operational cyber risk across government.


If you're passionate about protecting government, want to be part of a security evolution, have a grounding in cyber security and want to learn more, this is the team for you.

Come and help make government stronger.


Job description:

As the Cyber Operations vulnerabilities manager within GSG you will help protect HMG against systemic vulnerabilities.


The Cyber Operations vulnerabilities manager plays a key role in defining cross government risk and works closely with our threats role to deliver the operational cyber risk picture.

The vulnerability manager will triage vulnerabilities by relevance and criticality to the organisation.

The post will work closely with NCSC and CDDO on the identification of critical vulnerabilities which impact government and management of these vulnerabilities across government prioritising, drafting and promulgating protective advice.

You will be responsible for coordinating and understanding vulnerabilities which significantly impact cross government operational capability.


You will play a significant role in developing capabilities to increase government awareness of its cyber vulnerabilities such as the expansion of the NCSC's Vulnerability reporting service to secure government digital infrastructure.


As part of the wider cyber operations team, you will also support the delivery of the Government Cyber Coordination Centre(GCCC) by driving collaboration across the vulnerability management community, working with NCSC and CDDO in developing innovative ways to work with government data and processes, in support of the Government Cyber Security Strategy(GCSS) and the requirement to "Defend as One.

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Person specification:


Responsibilities:


  • The role will also act to support GSG's cyber incident response function as and when required.

Essential Skills/Experience:


  • Experience of working in cyber security, ideally within a SOC/Operations environment.
  • Communicate effectively at all levels and present technical information to senior stakeholders in concise business focused language, supplementing own knowledge with research where needed.
  • Producing wellwritten, wellstructured, timely and impactful products and notifications in clear English, with mínimal support that meet the requirements of stakeholders.

Desirable Skills/Experience:


  • Experience of working in National Security is desirable.
  • Engagement in information sharing forums(internal and external) to enhance understanding of vulnerabilities within HMG.
  • Experience of working with a range of stakeholders is desirable.
  • Developed knowledge and understanding of approaches and tooling for performing vulnerability assessment against large and complex infrastructure.

Behaviours:

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Seeing the Big Picture

Technical skills:

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


Benefits:


  • Learning and development tailored to your role.
  • An environment with flexible working options.
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
  • A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 27%.
  • A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing
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