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Head of Cyber Operations

Job details
Posting date: 19 March 2025
Salary: £67,126 to £77,813 per year
Additional salary information: National - £67126 - £71,795 London - £71,730 - £77,813 - Offers above the band minimum are subject to our assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview. Salaries over the band minimum will be paid as a non-pensionable allowance.
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 11 April 2025
Location: Manchester
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 396081/4

Summary

The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government. It is also the corporate headquarters for government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas.

We are the Cabinet Office’s cyber security team, and our mission is to secure the department against cyber threats. We protect our nationwide internal IT infrastructure, and high-profile citizen-facing digital services such as GOV.UK.

In this fast-paced and diverse role you will be responsible for the Cabinet Office’s operational cyber security capabilities.

You’ll be instrumental in ensuring that the department can effectively understand, detect, investigate and respond to cyber security threats and vulnerabilities.

As the Head of Cyber Security Operations, you will:

  • work closely with the Deputy Director of Cyber and information Security (CISO) to design, and drive implementation and delivery of, the department’s cyber security strategy and roadmap;
  • deputise for the Deputy Director of Cyber and Information Security (CISO) as required, including attending the Digital Senior Leadership Team, Technical Design Authority, and programme boards;
  • lead the Cabinet Office’s cyber security operations function, by providing strategic direction and coordinating day-to-day delivery of threat intelligence, threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management and ethical hacking capabilities;
  • lead the technical response to major cyber security incidents and critical vulnerabilities impacting the Cabinet Office;
  • identify and deliver opportunities for continual improvement of the security operations function;
  • brief senior stakeholders on cyber security threats, vulnerabilities, incidents, and mitigations;
  • work closely alongside other cyber and information security functions, supporting the continual improvement of wider capabilities;
  • work with stakeholders from across the Cabinet Office to ensure an end-to-end approach to cyber security, and ensure that cyber security is embedded in other central and local functions;
  • work with Government Security Group, the National Technical Authorities (e.g., NCSC) and law enforcement to ensure knowledge sharing and collaboration;
  • contribute to the overall development of the Cabinet Office Digital and the Government Security profession.

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