Cyber Security Lead - Darlington, United Kingdom - Office for National Statistics

Office for National Statistics
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Darlington, United Kingdom

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Location:
Newport, Titchfield (Fareham), London, Darlington, Edinburgh or Manchester


Salary:
£53,400 - £65,400 - Plus a skills allowance of up to £7,500


Working Patterns:
Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed Hours


Closing Date: 11:55 pm on Tuesday 9th May 2023


We are looking for forward thinking security professionals to join our the Cyber Security team within the Security and Information Management Division at the Office for National Statistics (ONS).


The last few years has seen an extensive overhaul of security and information management to meet the challenges of corporate and statistics transformation in technology, methods and practice, the Digital Economy Act and organisational risk appetite.

The capability is evolving and expanding to address changes in threat and business direction.

The ideal Cyber Security Monitoring & Threat Principal will lead the Cyber Security Monitoring and Cyber Security Vulnerability teams.

As part of this role, you will:

  • Review high-priority or high-complexity analysis of security event data to manage security incident response, making key decisions on reporting or escalations for monitoring
  • Lead complex information systems to understand and prioritise actions on Cyber Security risks, audit requirements and data value, and provide specialist or complex guidance to vulnerability management teams and external senior stakeholders
  • Establish a detailed understanding of ONS data security and architectures enabling the delivery of a consistent security advice.
  • Develops ONS security policies and procedures to meet the corporate, regulatory and legal requirements
  • Reports critical security incidents to the Head of Security Operations
  • Builds successful working relationships with key stakeholders to improve the security of ONS
The focus, outcomes and responsibilities are aligned to the Government Security Profession Framework - Monitoring role at Principal level.


Person specification
You will need a willingness to work towards or obtain relevant professional qualifications and memberships:

  • Working towards or have obtained, relevant professional membership e.g. practitioner level within the CESG Certified Professional scheme (CCP).
  • Working towards or have obtained, professional development qualifications within specialist Security discipline e.g. Certified Ethical Hacker, ISO 27001 Security Auditor etc.

Essential Criteria

  • Experience of assisting with security advice and technical security solutions.
  • Experience of using a variety of sources of information to identify, analyse and report on incidents and events.
  • Experienced in supporting and managing team in a multidiscipline environment.

In return we offer:

  • Hybrid working in an organisation voted top in the UK for worklife balance 2 years running
  • A market leading pension scheme our employer contribution rate is around 27%
  • A choice of working patterns *for every role* fulltime, parttime, jobshare.
  • Employee Assistance Programmes
  • Diversity Network Groups
  • Mental Health Allies
  • Civil Service Sports and Social club
  • Generous holiday allowance 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years service in addition to 9 public holidays
  • Protected L&D time and huge investment in certifications, training & upskilling

Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time, Permanent


Salary:
£53,400.00-£65,400.00 per year


Benefits:


  • Bereavement leave
  • Canteen
  • Casual dress
  • Company pension
  • Discounted or free food
  • Enhanced maternity leave
  • Enhanced paternity leave
  • Flexitime
  • Free parking
  • Onsite gym
  • Onsite parking
  • Paid volunteer time
  • Sick pay
  • UK visa sponsorship
  • Wellness programme
  • Work from home

Schedule:

  • Day shift
  • Flexitime
  • No weekends

Work Location:
Hybrid remote in Darlington

Application deadline: 09/05/2023

Reference ID: 279057

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