Cyber Security Risk Manager - DWP Digital - Multiple Locations

Learning People; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Cyber Security Risk Manager to enhance secure solutions and support the development of secure computing platforms. This role involves collaborating with various teams to ensure alignment with security best practices and compliance requirements. The ideal candidate will have a detailed understanding of cyber security frameworks and experience in agile project methodologies. Join a dynamic team committed to maintaining high security standards and making a significant impact in the field of cyber security. This opportunity offers a supportive work environment with a strong focus on work-life balance and career development.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Flexible working patterns

Health and wellbeing support

Funded learning and development

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced maternity and parental leave

Cycle to work scheme

Interest-free season ticket loans

Qualifications

• Experience in complex IT infrastructures and multi-supplier models.
• Knowledge of security controls and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing performance against the technical roadmap.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure secure and available products.

Skills

NIST-CAF

CIS V8 Critical Controls

Agile Project Methodology

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)

Cyber Security Risk Management

Education

Relevant IT Degree

Tools

GRC Tools

Security Tools

Job description

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Job Description
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Job summary

Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'.

Are you a technically skilled professional with a passion for supporting secure solutions?

Do you thrive in a collaborative environment, assisting in the design and development of secure computing platforms, applications, and services?

If so, click that apply button now and join us as a Cyber Security Risk Manager.

As a Cyber Security Risk Manager, you will assist the Senior Technical Lead in developing secure and highly available computing platforms, applications, and services. You will support the creation of technical product roadmaps and manage product lifecycles, ensuring alignment with DWP Strategy.

In this role, you will work closely with the Security Ecosystem team, aiding in the delivery of security-related projects and initiatives. You will ensure these projects align with security best practices and compliance requirements.

Your role will involve contributing technical input into business discussions to help direct the wider DWP strategy, leveraging your experience in areas such as software development, site reliability engineering, DevOps, and solution architecture.

Join us to play a crucial supportive role in maintaining and enhancing our secure solutions.

Job description

As a Cyber Security Risk Manager, you will work towards developing a good understanding of the security tools and techniques used by DWP and to be able to contribute to core security deliverables.

Summary of the responsibilities may include: -

• Assist in providing domain knowledge and support to project teams when dealing with complex projects or issues.
• Support the management of allocated resources, helping to achieve defined objectives and assisting in performance management of those resources.
• Maintain relationships both internally and externally, assisting in reconciling priorities and agreeing on approach, tooling, or strategy.
• Provide support on problems arising from specific work programmes or from implementation of proposed changes in department policy and contribute to balanced recommendations.
• Assist in managing performance against the technical roadmap for every product within the responsible function area.
• Support senior DWP stakeholders in the development of DWP technical strategy, including viability of improvements, estimated timescales, and means needed to implement agreed strategy.
• Collaborate with production, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure highly resilient, secure, and available products.
• Work closely with the delivery team to ensure alignment to DWP standards and best practices for all product development and support.
• Improve engagement with the risk function, collaborating with delivery teams and providing advice on how best to engage.

Person specification

When giving details in your employment history and personal statement you should highlight your experience in line with essential criteria below:

• Detailed understanding of NIST-CAF, CIS V8 Critical Controls for Cyber Security or equivalent.
• Experience and understanding of working with digital projects and of Agile project methodology.
• Experience of supporting the development of organisational strategies that address information control requirements, being a point for advice and guidance on the requirements for security controls to reduce design risk.
• Experience of working on complex IT infrastructures and across a multi-supplier model, deploying best practice IT controls and GRC (Governance, Risk Management and Compliance) tools.
• Knowledge and experience in the design, implementation, and/or operation of enterprise scale GRC programmes and Cyber Security Risk Management frameworks or capabilities.
• Educate and provide guidance on the implementation of regulations.

If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact [e-mail].

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £42,614, Department for Work and Pensions contributes £12,345 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
• Generous annual leave - at least 25 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro-rata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.
• Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.
• Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year's continuous service.
• Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes.
• An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Women's Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.

This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

Salary Information

New entrants to the Civil Service will join on band minimum.

Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer should maintain their current salary.

Existing Civil Servants who gain promotion may move to the bottom of the grade pay scale or 10% increase in salary whichever would be the greater.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

Stage 1: Application

Your application will consist of three parts:

1. A Personal Details application form.
2. Employment history - this should contain your work experience and any skills, qualifications and accomplishments relevant to the jobs you have completed based on the essential criteria.
3. Personal statement - up to 1000 words. This statement should be used to provide examples of how you meet the essential criteria listed in the Person specification.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

The sift panel will use the information in your employment history and personal statement to assess your experience, skills and knowledge against the essential criteria.

You will be provided with one combined overall assessment score for both your Employment History and Personal Statement.

For Hints and Tips on completing your application visit Applying for jobs at DWP Digital.

Important Information

• You will be asked to complete your employment history any information that you would customarily share on a CV should therefore be entered onto the application form.
• Personal details that could be used to identify you including your name, contact details and address must be removed for your application to be considered.
• If your employment history/personal statement contains any personal details your application will be withdrawn.
• We recognise that AI may be helpful when applying for this role, but it is important to use it in the right way. Read the DWP AI Candidate Guide to understand how you can make the best use of GenAI while ensuring your application remains authentic and effective.

Stage 2: Interview

If you're successful at sift stage you will be invited to a video interview via Microsoft Teams. There, you will be assessed against the experiences listed in the essential criteria.

Interviews will take place from early June 2025. Interview dates to be confirmed.

Further information

Find out more about Working for DWP

If high application volumes are received, the benchmark for candidates to proceed to the next stage may be raised. In line with our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), we aim to advance all candidates applying under the DCS who meet the minimum standard. However, we may only progress those candidates who best meet the required standards.

A reserve list may be held for a period of 6 months from which further appointments can be made.

All successful candidates and those placed on reserve will be posted in merit list order by location.

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. Applications will be screened and if evidence of plagiarism or copying examples/answers from other sources is found, your application will be withdrawn. Internal DWP candidates may also face disciplinary action.

Security Clearance Requirement

You must meet the security requirements before you can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

For meaningful checks to be carried out, you will need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time, to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. Whilst a lack of UK residency in itself is not necessarily a bar to a security clearance, and expectation of UK residency may range from 3 to 5 years. Failure to meet the residency requirements needed for the role may result in the withdrawal of provisional jobs offers.

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

Reasonable Adjustment

At DWP we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce.

We consider visible and non-visible disabilities, neurodiversity or learning differences, chronic medical conditions, or mental ill health. Examples include dyslexia, epilepsy, autism, chronic fatigue, or schizophrenia.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: Contact Government Recruitment Service via [e-mail] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Complete the "Reasonable Adjustments" section in the "Additional requirements" page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a Language Service Professional.

For further information on reasonable adjustments, terms and conditions and how we recruit visit the How we recruit page.

Feedback

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

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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The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name :Natalie Selby
• Email :[e-mail]

Recruitment team

• Email :[e-mail]

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles. If you wish to make a complaint, please find further details here: https://careers.dwp.gov.uk/how-we-recruit/.

Attachments
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