Senior Technical Specialist (Cyber)

Tameside Council; Tameside; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Tameside Council is seeking a Lead Cyber Security Specialist to shape delivery of cyber security across the council. The role covers monitoring, detecting, analysing and responding to security incidents to protect key business assets.

Based at Tameside One, Ashton-under-Lyne, 36 hours per week, permanent contract. You will provide expert advice on security architecture across projects, drive security initiatives, coordinate information sources, and support audits and reviews to ensure compliance

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in the design and overall management of cyber security solutions and processes.
• Strong up-to-date cyber security knowledge and qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, detect, analyse and respond to security incidents to protect business assets.
• Lead and deliver security initiatives to improve cyber security capability.
• Provide expert advice on security architecture across projects and programmes.
• Assist in management of security audits and reviews and ensure compliance with standards.

Job description

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade I. Scale 35 - £46,142 to Scale 37 - £48,226

Hours Per Week: 36

Base Location: Tameside One, Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6BH

Assessment Date: To be arranged

The Role

We are looking to recruit a highly skilled individual who will be responsible for shaping the delivery of cyber security in line with associated legislation, standards and best practice. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and protecting the key business assets from threats and risks by monitoring, detecting, analysing, and responding to security incidents.

As Lead Cyber Security Specialist, you’ll drive and deliver security initiatives to manage and improve our overall cyber security capability. You’ll have the ability to co-ordinate and manage a variety of sources of information and produce action plans, security certification submissions and be able to develop and provide a dynamic monitoring and incident response capability for the business.

You will provide expert advice and support on security architecture across projects and programmes to help to build more collaborative and constructive relationships.

In addition to this you will provide technical expertise to advise and guide IT projects to deliver secure solutions which meet our compliance and business standard requirements.

You’ll work closely with senior management and be integral to helping deliver the Council’s cyber security strategy along with assisting in the management of security audits and reviews.

About You

You will have extensive experience in the design and overall management of cyber security solutions and processes.

The right candidate will have strong up to date cyber security knowledge and qualifications and be able to manage conflicting priorities and deadlines.

About Us

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel.

For further information about this role please contact recruiting manager David Dudson on 0161 342 4038 [e-mail]

Supporting Documents

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