Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
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Job Summary
DWP is looking to fill a Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst role in the Finance directorate. This is a key role in the strategic team in the Threat Intelligence Group (TIG). We are looking for an individual who will help us deliver timely threat intelligence to support stakeholders across the department.
Cyber threat intelligence plays a key role in the Department’s effort to protect vital services that make a difference to the lives of so many living in the UK. Delivering almost £250 billion in payments annually, while maintaining one of the largest repositories of personal information in Europe, DWP is an attractive target for a broad range of malicious actors. Consequently, it is vital for DWP to identify and adapt to current and near-future cyber threats so that we keep our customers and their data safe.
The Threat Intelligence Group (TIG) is part of the Cyber Resilience Centre (CRC), and is a dynamic, innovative and service-oriented team that delivers intelligence-led security to defend the department. You will be working with government and private sector partners to build and mature this capability, detect malicious behaviour, and respond to threats.
As a Cyber Threat Intelligence Senior Analyst, you will play a leading role in the production of timely and impactful threat intelligence in the strategic team. The strategic team produces a range of intelligence assessments that identify, define, and explore threats to Departmental interests. Employing intelligence tradecraft and operating to the highest professional standards, the team provides a robust and authoritative position on current and near-future cyber threat activity, empowering executive, operational, risk and policy decision-making.
Your work will range from providing intelligence support to high-tempo cyber incident response activity, to the production of comprehensive assessment products on high profile cyber-related issues. Additionally, you will handle more challenging assessment activities, working with a range of internal and external partners. Your work will also include leadership activities across key intelligence functions, where you will have significant opportunity to use innovation to improve how the Department produces strategic intelligence. You will have significant opportunities to build both your skills and reputation as both a cyber security and intelligence professional. You will have access to a range of high quality internal and external training and development activities, as well as the opportunity to work with colleagues across the community.
Job Description
As a Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst, you will be responsible for:
- The production of a wide variety of intelligence products, both individually and in conjunction with internal and external partners.
- Identifying, collating and analysing strategic intelligence from multiple sources.
- Modelling threats and adversary TTPs in line with industry frameworks and standards.
- Disseminating reports and the collection of feedback.
- Collaborating with stakeholders to understand and refine intelligence requirements
- Delivering briefings to internal and external stakeholders when necessary.
- The management of assigned internal and external relationships with both stakeholders and counterparts.
- Some line management and mentoring responsibilities for junior staff.
- Building, managing and developing capabilities in line with team use cases and requirements.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
- Experience of producing high-quality intelligence assessments and analysing information from a range of sources to identify and communicate threats.
- Experience working in an intelligence, analytical, or investigative environment (e.g. policing, military, government, or similar).
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Desirable Criteria
- Formal intelligence analysis training (Suitable examples include) New Analyst Programme (NAP) / Defence Intelligence Analyst Module (DIAM) / Government Intelligence Analysis Techniques (GIAT) or an alternative Professional Head of Intelligence Analysis (PHIA) approved qualification.
- A good understanding of the current cyber threat landscape, including adversary tactics, techniques, procedures and capabilities, and the intrusion lifecycle.
- Experience analysing open-source, commercial and government information in order to generate a comprehensive understanding of the cyber threat landscape.
- Experience of effectively communicating threat intelligence through the appropriate use of high-quality written reports and verbal briefings.
- Experience of working in an operationally-focused and high-pressure environment.
- The ability to learn quickly and grasp essential details and be comfortable utilising others expertise to inform decision making and assessments.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Communication of Intelligence Assessment
- Gathering, Organising and Evaluating Intelligence and Information
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £50,044, Department for Work and Pensions contributes £14,497 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
DWP have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:
- DWP Employee Benefits: Discover what we offer
- Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
- Generous annual leave – at least 23 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.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
Requirements
Assessment at sift and interview will be based on meeting any defined skill requirements along with a Success Profile element assessment, as detailed in the job advert. The Success Profile elements to be assessed will be outlined within the job advert. The Civil Service Success Profile Framework is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles
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Candidates will need to provide a Personal Statement (750 Words) including evidence of the essential and desirable criteria requested within the job advert. It will explain how your knowledge, experience and skills, relevant to the purpose and main objectives of this role, have been applied to achieve outcomes. The selection panel will use your Personal Statement to assess your potential suitability for this role.
At sift, applicants will be assessed against your Personal Statement.
At interview, applicants will be sifted against the following Civil Service Behaviours:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
Candidates invited to interview will also be required to complete a presentation exercise assessing your communication of intelligence assessment skills and gathering, organising and evaluating intelligence and information skills. Full details of the exercise will be made available to shortlisted candidates in the invite to interview.
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting.
See our vetting charter.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.
Important
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
Before applying for this vacancy, current employees of DWP should check whether a successful application would result in changes to their terms & conditions of employment, e.g. mobility, pay, allowances. If you are a current employee and are successful you must be able to be released from your current post within four weeks.
Those on protected TUPE/ COSoP terms and conditions applying on promotion or voluntary permanent level move will adopt DWP’s Terms and Conditions and this may have a different impact on pay and allowances. Please review this prior to acceptance of a role.
Civil Servants that would transfer into DWP from other government organisations, following successful application, will assume DWP's terms & conditions of employment current on the day they are posted, unless DWP has stated otherwise in writing. Accepting a post will be taken to mean acceptance of revised terms & conditions.
Civil Servants applying on promotion will usually be appointed to the salary minimum or within 10% of existing salary.
Any move to DWP from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may, however, be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at the Childcare Choices Website.
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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.
Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
Name: Christopher Lynch
Email: Christopher.Lynch@dwp.gov.uk
Recruitment team
Email: dwprecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
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