Cyber Security Consultant

The Government Security Centre for Cyber (Cyber GSeC) develops and provides, consultancy and advice services to government departments to build their cyber security resilience, and the cyber security posture across HMG. We work directly in support of the Government Cyber Security Strategy (GCSS).

The Cyber GSeC is hosted by, and sits with HMRC Security, which is part of the Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDIO) area of HMRC. Though the GSeC sits within these functions, it is a distinct entity that is separate from the day-to-day HMRC security function.

The Project

Cyber GSeC also has the responsibility for delivering projects on behalf of the Government Security Group (GSG) within the Cabinet Office and has commenced work to build a new service capability helping government departments build and improve their cyber incident response plans and exercising.

We are seeking a Senior Cyber Security Professional to provide subject matter expertise across cyber incident response planning and exercising to support to this project and build the service capability.

Deliverables will include the production of artefacts to support departments in the formation of their cyber security incident response plans, including guidance documents, templates, plans and procedures for handling cyber security incidents or carrying out exercises.

The role will also include liaison with senior cross-government stakeholders including National Technical Authorities, third party service providers and department leads to ensure transfer of knowledge and alignment to government policy, and industry best practice and standards, regarding this specialism., As a Senior Cyber Security Professional leading service delivery within Cyber GSeC, you will play a key role in improving the cyber security posture of His Majesty’s Government. Championing the outcomes of the Government Cyber Security Strategy you will oversee the design, implementation, uptake, and continued improvement of Cyber Security best practice and Cyber GSeC services that provide tangible improvement to the cyber security of Lead Government Departments and their underlying ALBs. You may also be required to contribute to other outcomes of HMRC’s Cyber Security Technical Services function.

You will be assigned to one of our technical services or projects, delivering against project plans and milestones. You will be confident in your ability to engage at senior levels across the UK security community and will be expected to be involved in our engagement with a wide range of key stakeholders that may include the Government Security Group (GSG), National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO).

The core element of the Senior Cyber Security Professional role will be to provide targeted, expert and risk-based technical security advice and guidance across the breadth of HM Government. The successful candidate will be able to evidence their technical skills and experience in cyber security fields relevant to the services we deliver.

Responsibilities can include:

• Delivering outcomes against one of our service lines or projects in support of the Government Cyber Security Strategy (GCSS).
• The development, implementation, delivery, and continuous improvement of Cyber GSeC advice and guidance services across circa 400 government organisations, ensuring alignment to relevant cyber security standards and architectural requirements.
• Selecting suitable security techniques, tools, and test strategies to confirm compliance with relevant HMG security standards, providing suggested remediation actions.
• Leading the development of Security Principles, Policies and Technical Standards aligned to business context and risk appetites and curating communication campaigns for a wide range of stakeholders to encourage an improved cyber security stance and the uptake of Cyber GSeC services.
• Supporting the delivery of balanced and efficient cyber security risk management decisions, identifying vulnerabilities and resolutions in sophisticated technical environments.
• Recognising when security measures impact on users or business needs, providing targeted and expert advice to inform business decision making, and handle partner concerns.
• Identifying, raising, and advancing cyber risks in keeping with HMG risk appetite and delivering effective cyber services from our catalogue.
• Research, identify, validate, and lead the adoption of new technologies and methodologies and engage with and contribute to a wider security technology and tooling strategy providing direction to the organisation and HMG.

• Minimum 5 years’ experience working as a Cyber Security Consultant or IT Security Consultant, ideally within an Incident Response Team or related role.
• Demonstrate extensive senior stakeholder management across partner organisations, clients, and suppliers, using strong communication skills to communicate effectively at all levels to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Having a deep subject matter knowledge across key incident response specialist areas and demonstrating understanding of the technical and procedural concepts, and their application.
• Communicating with all different stakeholders to convey the relevant points about incident response and cyber security, whilst being sensitive to stakeholders’ knowledge levels, role within organisation and experience in a way that builds trust and confidence.
• Developing and managing cyber security response plans and building exercises that are credible and robust, this could also include experience of being a key member of a Cyber Incident Response Team.
• Providing sources of reference to resolve problems and help mentor team members and having suitable knowledge to answer questions directly regarding a broad range of technical matters.
• Security and privacy risks and associated threats with a solid understanding of key considerations such as confidentiality, integrity, availability, non-repudiation, and privacy.
• Successful delivery of security aspects of major projects, demonstrating professional credibility and authority.
• Crafting and conveying information security and risk management guidance aligned to corporate risk appetite across several enterprises.
• Working with leading standards such as NIST, ISO, CIS, and Cyber Essentials
• Extensive experience consulting on security assurance and conducting audits, It is desirable that candidates hold some relevant qualifications., * NCSC Certified Cyber Professional (CCP)
• Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)