Job summary
- Main area
- ICT
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-AC505-1224
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Information Communication Technology Dept,
- Town
- Tonypandy
- Salary
- £37,898 - £45,637 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Cyber Security Officer
Band 6
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Job overview
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is seeking to employ a Cyber Security Officer. The successful candidate will support the Health Board’s Cyber Security Programme. This role will be specifically focused on dealing with the management and monitoring of key security related systems. This will particularly focus on secure configurations, data and information security, and governance.
Main duties of the job
As part of a busy team, the main responsibility of this post is to work with the multi-disciplinary teams within the Informatics Department, the wider organization and national service providers supporting the use and development of monitoring and management of relevant systems management toolsets - relating to telephony, networking servers and endpoints.
Applicants should be educated to degree level, preferably in a computer science related subjects, or have appropriate / equivalent experience. Previous experience with core cyber security and leading application vendors is desirable.
Experience within an NHS environment would be advantageous.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant BSc or equivalent experience, with evidence of specialist knowledge acquired through training and experience.
- Commitment to continuing professional development for self.
Desirable criteria
- Relevant Technology (eg Microsoft, Cisco) training and/or qualifications
- ITIL Foundation Certificate.
- Cyber Security training and/or qualifications
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a technical support role and proven experience in the development and support of IT systems.
- Experience of taking a lead role in developing and implementing IT systems and services (including security elements).
Desirable criteria
- A variety of cyber security software - please describe
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Thomas Evans
- Job title
- Head of Cyber Security Operations
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01685724434
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