Ict Support Officer - Stafford, United Kingdom - Staffordshire County Council

Staffordshire County Council

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Stafford, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job Introduction
This is a really exciting time to be joining the ICT team here at Staffordshire.

Using state of the art network equipment, we are about to embark on a redesign of the wider network with our partners and you will be key to making that happen.

As an ICT Support Officer in our network and security team, ,you will have the knowledge and drive to help us secure our networks.

The role will require an understanding of network and communications technologies and securing networks both on premise and in the cloud.

In addition, you will be working alongside other technical staff within ICT as well as suppliers and various partners.

Main Responsibilities
Administration of security tools including Tenable (vulnerability scanning), Bulwall (ransomware scanning) and Solarwinds (network monitoring).

Support the Cyber Manager to provide compliance assurance with annual schemes including PSN Compliance and Cyber Essentials. Review NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) recommendations and ensure standards are adhered to.

Be part of an incident response team when necessary.

Working with the wider ICT teams to ensure security standards across ICT are adhered to, including End User Compute, Infrastructure and Development.

A recent technology graduate who has an understanding of Cyber principles and a willingness to learn and develop network and security skills on a large infrastructure that includes both on premise and cloud hosted environments.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation.

Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together.

This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people.

We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do.

We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to a range of benefits.

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.