Locations: Manchester, London, or Cardiff

 

To ensure that DCMS can deliver its mission, the department has established the DCMS Cyber Security Group (DCMS-Cyber). A new multidisciplinary cross-departmental cadre of cyber security and intelligence specialists, DCMS-Cyber leads activities to understand, identify and respond to cyber threats.  From cyber threat intelligence analysts, to operational policy experts, DCMS-Cyber plays a central role in ensuring that vital services are protected from current and near-future threats.

 

This is an incredibly exciting time to be part of a new cyber security capability. As a security or intelligence professional, you will have an unparalleled opportunity to apply your skills, shape team activities, and gain significant exposure to senior decision-makers. What's more, your work will make a real difference in protecting both UK citizens and society as a whole, through the use of your skills to protect vital services.

 

Are you ready for a challenge?

Like many parts of government, DCMS is wholly reliant upon technology to meet its mission requirements and deliver vital services to the public. Due to the nature of the organisation and broad range of credible threats faced, seeking to exploit its services for financial or political gain, it is crucial the department maintains a strong defence.

This is a highly visible role. Working closely with internal and external partners, you will act as the front line against such threats, leading vital work that seeks to identify and respond to potential compromise through the monitoring of key systems.

Working with technical expertise, you will proactively lead efforts to identify key vulnerabilities associated with departmental devices and infrastructure, before they can be exploited.

You will also lead the department's cyber incident coordination activity, establishing clear processes that will be at the heart of DCMS's cyber response effort.

Essential Requirements:

• Cyber Security Operations. Practitioner. Develops security operating procedures for use across multiple information systems or maintains compliance with them; Applies routine security procedures appropriate to the role, such as patching, managing access rights, malware protection or vulnerability testing with autonomy; Develops and tests rules for detecting violations of security operating procedures with autonomy
• Information Risk Assessment and Risk Management. Practitioner. Has a good understanding of how assessed risks are addressed as part of an approach to risk treatment
• Legal & Regulatory Environment & Compliance. Awareness. Maintains understanding of regulations that will impact the role; Follows documented procedures for compliance.
• Protective Security. Awareness. Maintains an up-to-date understanding of fundamentals of other areas of cyber security.
• Threat Intelligence and Threat Assessment. Practitioner. Applies threat intelligence to model threats and protects organisational assets and goals, including informing the selection of security controls, developing indicators of compromise, detecting illicit behaviour providing context for undertaking investigations and responding to events.
• Threat Understanding. Practitioner. Proactively identifies, interprets and leverages a range of relevant sources of threat information, using a variety of techniques, to understand the threat environment (local and strategic), including its nature, capability, focuses of interest and other factors associated with relevant threats
  
  

Desirable Skills:

• A strong existing network, or the ability to forge a network of contacts across government and external organisations.
• Experience of using Microsoft security platforms and technologies, in particular Sentinel and Defender.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to work across organisational boundaries and cultures. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate, summarise and describe technical issues for non-technical audiences.
  
  

We fully recognise that the requirements for our cyber roles are demanding and difficult to attain. We encourage candidates to apply, even if it is felt that not all the essential requirements are met. DCMS-Cyber are seeking candidates that demonstrate good values and a willingness to learn.

We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted by the Head of Cyber Security , and will take place on:

• Wednesday 30 April, 2pm - 2:45pm 
  
  

The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.

Please register your interest by filling out this Registration form here by 11pm on Tuesday 29 April and you will be sent an invitation. 

Please note that the session will not focus on the DCMS recruitment process - please direct any queries that you have on this topic (timelines, reasonable adjustments, onboarding etc) to [email protected]

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Changing and Improving
• Delivering at Pace
  
  

Alongside your salary of £52,082, Department for Culture, Media and Sport contributes £15,088 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

DCMS values its staff and offers a wide range of benefits to everyone who works here. We're committed to developing talent, and supporting colleagues to have great careers in our department. To support with that, some of the benefits we offer include:

• Flexible working arrangements and hybrid working - DCMS staff work on a flexible basis with time spent in offices, and time spent working from home

• 26.5 days annual leave on entry, increasing to 31.5 days after 5 years' service

• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

• Access to the Edenred employee benefits system which offers discounts to popular retailers and access to various useful resources such as financial and savings advice

• 3 days of paid volunteering leave

• Up to 9 months maternity leave on full pay + generous paternity and adoption leave

• Staff reward and recognition bonuses that operate throughout the year

• Occupational sick pay

• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme which offers staff 24/7 confidential support and resources such as counselling, debt guidance and management advice

• Active and engaged staff networks to join including the LGBT+, Ethnic Diversity, Mental Health and Wellbeing and Gender Equality Networks

• Exceptional learning and development opportunities that you can explore alongside your day to day work

• Season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme and much more!

Terms and conditions at SCS grades will vary. Those applying for SCS roles should refer to the candidate information pack for more information on terms and conditions.

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

 

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Job contact

• Name: Al Wareham
• Email: [email protected]
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email: [email protected]