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Job summary

Main area
Cyber Operations
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent: 2 positions available
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
990-TD-CY-6621028-E
Employer
NHS England
Employer type
NHS
Site
Leeds Wellington Place Exeter Hembury House
Town
Leeds/Exeter
Salary
£41,072 - £49,458 Per annum (this includes a RRP payment of 10%)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/09/2024 23:59

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Cyber Security Officer

NHS AfC: Band 6

Our Organisation

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.

As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.

As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

As a Security Officer, you will rotate around the CSOC into 4 main areas: Protective Monitoring, Incident Management, Threat Intelligence and Threat Hunting. As part of Protective Monitoring, you will join the analyst pool team responsible for triaging cyber alerts ranging from identity & access alerts, networking alerts and XDR. Within Threat Hunting, you will conduct daily hunting investigations using prewritten queries across a range of multi-tenant hunting platforms, including but not limited to M365D XDR, Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk. The Threat Intelligence team perform the collection, aggregation, analysis and contextualisation of healthcare and security information to produce actionable cyber threat intelligence. The Incident Management team provide end-to-end management of cyber security incidents as well as making security control recommendation and are also involved with fielding several cyber security related queries from the public and NHS staff.

The post of Security Officer has been awarded a Recruitment and Retention Premia (RRP) in response to current labour market conditions. In recognition of this, the role attracts an additional monthly RRP payment equal to 10% per annum.


Please be aware that RRP is none contractual and subject to review       

 

Main duties of the job

The main duties you would be involved with are as follows:

  • Work within the Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) with exposure to the Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, Protective Monitoring or Incident Management teams. 
  • Work as part of the Protective Monitoring team to investigate detections of potential Cyber Security incidents and to triage and raise incidents to organisations and NHS staff
    Work as part of the Theat Hunting team to investigate multi-tenant threat hunting platforms – M365 XDR, Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk and review automated threat hunt queries
  • Work as part of the Threat Intelligence team to collect, aggregate and contextualise healthcare security information to produce cyber security intelligence
  • Work as part of the Incident Management team to provide end-to-end management of incidents including the initial triage/analysis as well as to make effective security control recommendations
  • Provide an initial analysis on security data to identify potential threats and formulate recommendations and actions to consider in order to remediate and respond.
  • Support senior colleagues in assessing, planning, and advising stakeholders on security measures that will help protect NHS England from security breaches and attacks on its computer networks and systems. 
  • Keep up to date with the latest security and technology developments, including researching and evaluating emerging cyber security threats and ways to manage them.

Working for our organisation

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

  • Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
  • Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
  • Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
  • Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
  • Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role and responsibilities.  
 
Please ensure your supporting statement includes demonstratable evidence and specific examples on how you meet the criteria for each of the key skills specified. This will be used in both the shortlisting and interview processes

Important: Please be aware there are residency requirements you need to meet:

All NHS England Cyber Security personnel must hold security clearance SC level as a minimum. To meet National Security Vetting requirements, you must have resided in the UK for a minimum of 3 out of the past 5 years for SC clearance. Candidates who were posted abroad for service with HM Government, Armed Forces or within a UK government role - will still be considered. 

Please make sure you meet these requirements before applying for this role. You don’t need to have SC already, however, failure to achieve the requirements for SC after offer, will result in the job offer being withdrawn.

If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!

Person specification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of modules, processes and technologies of Information Security Operation Centre (ISOC); ability to detect, response and utilise related platform and applications to perform cyber security initiatives.
  • Knowledge of concept, procedures and processes of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM); ability to utilise related applications to protect organisational networks from cyber risks.
  • Knowledge of technologies and technology-based solutions dealing with information security issues; ability to apply these in protecting information security across the organisation.

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of techniques, approaches and processes of digital threats; ability to detect, monitor, analyse and prevent digital threats
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of methods and processes to monitor, analyse and respond to network attacks, intrusions or any unauthorised actions; ability to use techniques and tools to perform network defence.

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Post-graduate level degree or equivalent level of experience (3 years’ industry experience or apprenticeship in Cyber Security)

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Paul Carpenter
Job title
Senior Cyber Security Analyst
Email address
[email protected]
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