Job summary
- Main area
- Cyber Operations
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: There are 2 roles available
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-TD-CY-6434876-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Any NHS England Office Base
- Town
- Leeds/Exeter
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Cyber Security Trainee
NHS AfC: Band 5
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
About the role
Cyber Operations purpose is to support safe care and build public trust by building NHS England’s cyber resilience and enabling the wider health system to be cyber resilient, supporting Transformation Directorate’s purpose of delivering the best care and outcomes for the NHS.
The Cyber Operations sub-directorate consists of 4 operational areas:
• Cyber Security Operations Unit (CSOU).
• Cyber Delivery Unit (CDU).
• Cyber Improvement.
• Chief Information Security Office Function (CISO).
The CSOC, part of the CSOU, function provides centralised monitoring and response across NHS England, and the system. The CSOC consists of Threat Operations (ThreatOps), Detect and Respond, Incident Management, Service Operations (ServiceOps) and Development Operations (DevOps).
Main duties of the job
As a Security Trainee, you will:
• Join the Protective Monitoring team to be in the Analyst Pool where you will be involved in triaging and responding to alerts through a SIEM tool.
• Work within the Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC), rotating through different teams in the CSOC to learn different Security Operations and Threat Operations specialties.
• Provide an initial analysis on security data to identify potential threats and formulate recommendations and actions to consider in order to remediate and respond.
• Support senior colleagues in assessing, planning, and advising stakeholders on security measures that will help protect us from security breaches and attacks on its computer networks and systems.
• Keep up to date with the latest security and technology developments, including researching and evaluating emerging cyber security threats and ways to manage them.
Working for our organisation
What's in it for you
• A role as part of a dynamic team using data and digital technology to transform health and care.
• A range of opportunities to build your experience in an environment where your work has a direct and positive impact.
• A real commitment to your personal and professional development with access to a broad range of learning opportunities
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role and responsibilities.
Please ensure your supporting statement includes demonstratable evidence and specific examples on how you meet the criteria for each of the key skills specified. This will be used in both the shortlisting and interview processes.
Important: Please be aware there are residency requirements you need to meet:
All NHS England Cyber Security personnel must hold security clearance SC level as a minimum. To meet National Security Vetting requirements, you must have resided in the UK for a minimum of 3 out of the past 5 years for SC clearance. Candidates who were posted abroad for service with HM Government, Armed Forces or within a UK government role - will still be considered.
Please make sure you meet these requirements before applying for this role. You don’t need to have SC already, however, failure to achieve the requirements for SC after offer, will result in the job offer being withdrawn.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Information Security Management - Basic knowledge of the processes, tools and techniques of information security management, ability to deploy and monitor information security systems, as well as detect, resolve and prevent violations of IT security, to protect organisational data.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Information Security Technologies - Basic knowledge of technologies and technology-based solutions dealing with information security issues; ability to apply these in protecting information security across the organisation.
- Digital Threat Management - Basic knowledge of techniques, approaches and processes of digital threats; ability to detect, monitor, analyse and prevent digital threats.
Desirable criteria
- Information Technology (IT) Security Policies - Basic knowledge of IT security policies, standards, and procedures; ability to utilise a variety of administrative skill sets and technical knowledge to ensure cyber security compliance.
- Application Security - Basic knowledge of the tools and processes for maintaining application security; ability to design and implement security programs to prevent data loss and access intrusion from web and mobile applications.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NHS England Academy apprenticeship graduation or equivalent cyber security experience, which equates to degree level equivalent/ vocational qualification level 6 or equivalent experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Paul C
- Job title
- Senior Cyber Security Advisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
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