Cyber Secure by Design Lead

The MOD's digital teams ensure we remain among the most technologically advanced Armed Forces in the world. We develop and lead in cutting-edge data science, automation, and cyber security solutions to protect the UK and its interests, at home and abroad.

Our mission also goes beyond the battlefield by leading humanitarian efforts and driving innovation that impacts lives across the globe.

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The Cyber Service Delivery and Practice Management Team is at the forefront of building and maintaining cutting-edge cyber security services, assessing specialist Information and Communication Technology (ICT), providing assurance, support and advice across the organisation.

As Cyber Advisory Services Secure by Design Lead, you’ll lead a diverse team of cyber security professionals, delivering a generational change programme in Secure by Design, providing effective advice and guidance on cyber security policy, governance and technology; using your experience and expertise to help shape the team’s development, ensuring that it is equipped to tackle any challenges.

You’ll lead on key aspects of strategic development and process improvement, and the growth and publication of high-quality analytical reports.

Responsibilities

• Manage a programme of activities to continue delivery of Secure by Design, as a major change programme across Defence.
• Enable an efficient and effective team through the facilitation of timely, impartial, and consistent assurance, assessment and advisory services, across the Department.
• Contribute to the future development of business processes and portfolios, aligned and prioritised to deliver strategic objectives.
• Build and strengthen relationships with other Cyber Security bodies and business functions across Defence.
• Lead and line-manage a team.
• Deliver comprehensive end to end task management, from enquiry through to completion.
• Play a leading role in delivering communications and awareness activities relating to key cyber security initiatives and services, including to senior boards and stakeholders.
• Provide contingency support for security queries, collating and communicating necessary policies, procedures and guidance to deliver a ‘front door’ and service desk.

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:

Behaviours

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

• Information risk assessment and risk management
• Applied security capability
• Protective security
• Threat understanding

The Government Security Profession Career Framework and the Cyber Security Advisory - Risk Manager 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.