Social Security Scotland
Lead Cyber Security Analyst - Vulnerability Management (4620)
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Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Cyber Security Lead – Vulnerability Management to join the Digital Risk & Security branch within Digital Delivery & Change. This role is responsible for leading the delivery and continuous improvement of Vulnerability Management services, helping to protect Social Security Scotland’s digital services, systems, and sensitive information from emerging cyber threats.
As a technical lead within the Security Operations function, you will lead a small team of specialist security professionals and provide leadership and expertise across the organisation’s vulnerability and exposure management capabilities. Working closely with infrastructure, application, cloud, and security teams, you will drive the identification, assessment, prioritisation, and remediation of vulnerabilities, ensuring that cyber risks are effectively managed and reduced across a complex, cloud-first technology estate.
You will lead the operational delivery and development of key Vulnerability Management services, including:
- Vulnerability and Exposure Discovery
- Vulnerability Triage, Risk Assessment and Reporting
- Risk-Based Vulnerability Prioritisation
- Security Configuration and Hardening Assurance
- Patch and Remediation Governance
- Asset Discovery and Attack Surface Management
- Cloud Security and Vulnerability Monitoring
- Vulnerability Metrics, Reporting, and Continuous Improvement
- Threat-Informed Risk Assessment and Remediation Planning
The role requires strong technical knowledge of vulnerability management practices, threat and risk management, and security technologies, combined with the ability to engage effectively with technical and business stakeholders. You will provide expert advice, support the development of team capability, and drive improvements to processes and tooling to ensure vulnerabilities are identified and remediated in a timely and risk-based manner.
If you are passionate about reducing cyber risk, improving security resilience, and helping protect critical public services, we would welcome your application.
GDD Pay Supplement
This post is part of the Government Digital and Data (GDD) profession and currently attracts a £4,000 annual GDD pay supplement, which is paid monthly - pay supplements are reviewed regularly.
Job Description
- Leads the identification, assessment and remediation of security vulnerabilities across infrastructure, endpoints, applications and cloud services, using threat intelligence and risk-based prioritisation to reduce cyber risk.
- Has oversight of security administration processes and checks that all requests for support are dealt with according to agreed procedures.
- Contributes to the development of cyber security policy, standards and guidelines appropriate to business, technology and legal requirements and in accordance with best professional and industry practice.
- Delivers specific pieces of work resulting from the Cyber Security Strategy, related to cyber business risk and information control/protection requirements.
- Champions incident management, incident investigation and response policy and/or incident management and investigation processes, procedures and systems.
- Performs security risk, vulnerability assessments, and business impact analysis for complex information systems or risk-based projects.
- Leads and directs Cyber Security Analysts to create test cases using in-depth technical analysis of risks and typical vulnerabilities and to produce test scripts, materials and test packs to test new and existing software or services.
- Specifies requirements for environment, data, resources and tools. Interprets, executes and documents complex test scripts using agreed methods and standards.
- Maintains current knowledge of malware attacks, and other cyber security threats.
- Maintains knowledge of specific specialisms, provides detailed advice regarding their application and executes specialised tasks.
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Person specification
Success Profiles
We use an assessment framework called ‘Success Profiles’ which lists the elements we test and provides detailed descriptions of each. Find out more about the framework here.
For this post, the following Success Profile elements will be assessed:
Experience
- Experience of designing and performing vulnerability and/or configuration non-compliance risk assessments using appropriate risk assessment methodologies to effectively and consistently manage exposure risks in complex IT environments with competing priorities.
- Experience of designing and implementing safe multi-platform test programmes for systems, products, applications or processes, selecting suitable techniques, tools and test strategies to identify vulnerabilities, and determine whether they are exploitable, adapting your testing approach based on findings.
Behaviours
- Leadership - Level 3
- Communicating and Influencing - Level 3
You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviours here.
Technical / Professional Skills:
This role is aligned to Lead Cyber Security Analyst within the Government Digital and Data Profession.
These skills will be tested during the Technical Assessment if you are successful at sift stage. They will not be assessed at application stage. Please review the following to understand the skill expectations: Cyber security: operations - gov.scot.
Benefits
- Annual Leave - You will receive 25 days annual leave on joining us. This will increase to 30 days after four full years of service. You will also have 11.5 public and privilege days of leave every year. We also offer Flexi-time. Any extra hours you've worked can be taken as leave when suitable.
- A Civil Service Pension - This job comes with a Civil Service pension. New joiners to the Civil Service will join a career average pension scheme as standard. Read more here.
- Healthy work life balance - We can offer the possibility of full-time, part-time, term-time, and job shares. We also encourage flexible working.
- Discounts - You can enjoy a vast range of retail, travel and lifestyle discounts through our benefit scheme.
- Personal support for you - Our Employee Assistance Programme gives you confidential, independent information and guidance 24/7.
- Volunteering special leave - Up to six days paid special leave a year for volunteering. We support our staff to help causes important to them.
- Great locations - Our bright and modern offices in the heart of Dundee and Glasgow have been designed with staff in mind. Both locations are ideal for public transport.
Artificial intelligence
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Selection process details
Expected Timeline (subject to change)
- Sift - w/c 24th August
- Interview – w/c 7th September
Location
- In Person in either Dundee or Glasgow
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Security
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check. 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.
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).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
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 a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
- Name : Resourcing Team
- Email : recruitment@socialsecurity.gov.scot
- Telephone : 08001577194
Recruitment team
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