Crypto Custodian Assistant

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The Crypto Custodian Assistant post sits within the MOD Corsham Security and Business Resilience team. Reporting to the Crypto Custodian, you’ll support the Custodians and their responsibilities, for all Cryptographic activities and advice.

Cryptography is the practice and study of methods for protecting and securing data. Cryptography utilises mathematical techniques to prevent unauthorised access to information, whilst allowing defined communities to continue to use that information.

You’ll support the Crypto Custodians in respect of the discharge of all duties, regarding the cryptographic material held on charge. You’ll be responsible for the safe custody, registration, mustering, amendment, issue, safe handling and disposal of Cryptographic items held at their locations and provide advice on risks to information relating to Crypto use.

Please note, this role currently operates from an underground location. Work toward re-locating to an above-ground location in the future is underway.

Responsibilities

• Support the Crypto Custodians in accounting, management and maintenance of three large Communication Security (Comsec) accounts.
• Provide support in issuing cryptographic material, to all individuals who have a requirement to use crypto.
• Checking individual’s clearances with UK Vetting Service prior to briefing and issuing Cryptographic Authorisation Certificates.
• Support regular ad-hoc auditing checks on site and at other MOD locations.
• Support annual Crypto Services for Defence (CSD) audits and musters of all holdings within the specified time and prepare for annual audits.
• Support the Crypto Custodians with destruction of material in accordance with policy.
• Attend all power outages at Corsham, and other designated sites, as required.
• Complete on-call requirements, either pre-arranged outages or urgent incidents, conducted on a rota basis and attracting an on-call allowance.

Open to UK nationals only.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

At application, candidates will be required to provide:

• A CV detailing your job history and previous skills and experience. Review the essential criteria above and evidence how you meet them with clear and relevant examples.
• A personal statement (no more than 500 words). Applicants should use their personal statement to demonstrate how their skills, knowledge and experience align with essential criteria 1 & 2, as detailed in the Person Specification.

The sift will be conducted on your CV and personal statement. To progress beyond the sift stage, applicants must achieve a minimum score of 4 on every essential criterion. This means that even if your overall average score is 4 or higher, you will not progress if you score below 4 on any individual essential criterion.

Interviews

We'll assess you against these behaviours and technical skills during the interview process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating & Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

• Threat understanding (Level: Awareness)

The Government Security Profession Career Framework and the Corporate Enabler - Process Associate professional role, used in this vacancy, can be found at: Government Security Profession career framework (publishing.service.gov.uk)

In the event of a tied score at interview, the order of merit will be distinguished based on the ranking of the assessed Behaviours and Technical Skills, in the order listed above.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.