Cyber Vulnerabilities and Research Lead
| Posting date: | 28 January 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £42,848 per year |
| Additional salary information: | National: £42,848 - £46,631 London: £47,052 - £47,052 - £51,230 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 February 2025 |
| Location: | Leeds |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 387452/2 |
Summary
Do you have an interest in cyber security and national security?
Are you able to build and maintain relationships strong working relationships with a range of stakeholders?
Are you interested in research and have experience of running a range of projects?
If so come join the Department for Transport’s Cyber Team within the National Security Division (NSD) as a Cyber Vulnerabilities and Research Lead, where you will play a vital role in supporting the delivery of critical initiatives to enhance the UK’s transport sector's resilience to cyber threats.
DfT’s Transport Security Directorate (TSD) leads on national security matters, ranging from counter terrorism and cyber security to science and innovation. Within TSD, the National Security Division (NSD) sits at the centre of the department’s work to mitigate current and emerging threats. We work across transport modes, HMG and industry to develop policy and regulations to mitigate threats, including:
- Using policy and regulatory levers to improve cyber security awareness and standards so the transport sector remains safe, secure, and resilient to cyber threats;
- Understanding and mitigating the cyber risk to our Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) and supply chains, particularly from state threats;
- Building a supportive, diverse and inclusive National Security community across DfT.
The Cyber Team sits within NSD and is responsible for identifying, understanding and mitigating cyber threats and vulnerabilities across the Transport sector. The Cyber Team delivers regulatory assurance functions, development of new regulatory and non-regulatory cyber policies as well as support to the response to cyber incidents affecting Transport. This is underpinned by a comprehensive cyber programme that looks both at immediate and future cyber challenges.
You will run a programme of work that will provide advice on understanding cyber threats and vulnerabilities across the modes of transport and suggest and evaluate options for mitigating the threats or reducing their impact. Please note this is not an operational role.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Be a subject matter expert for a cyber security across all transport modes, providing support and advice both to compliance and policy colleagues.
- Manage the delivery and exploitation of transport cyber security research and development projects.
- Technically review and interpret data, including information on cyber vulnerabilities, to make evidence-based recommendations to policy leads.
- Develop effective partnerships with your counterparts across Whitehall Departments, academia and industry.
- Maintain awareness of, influence, and leverage relevant cyber security research taking place within the UK and internationally.
For an in-depth insight into the role please refer to the Role Profile.
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