Threat Assessment Lead
| Posting date: | 09 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £60,300 to £66,330 per year |
| Additional salary information: | New entrants to the Civil Service will start their role on the salary band minimum: £60,300 for National Roles. You may be eligible for an additional non-pensionable allowance, pending a Capability and Skills assessment, with a value of up to £20,100 (lo |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 July 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 415688/1 |
Summary
The Threat Assessment Lead plays a critical role in the success of the Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) by overseeing all threat intelligence activities. This includes defining intelligence requirements, managing collection and analysis, and ensuring timely dissemination of insights. The role supports protective monitoring, contributes to incident response, and leads the development of team members through line management and professional development.
Your day-today responsibilities will be to:
- Lead the delivery of cyber threat intelligence processes, ensuring outputs align with organisational policies and effectively communicate findings.
- Analyse complex threat intelligence to assess risk, prioritise vulnerabilities, and inform strategic mitigation efforts.
- Define tools and policies to assess the threat landscape and advise on risk reduction strategies.
- Maintain and enhance the Threat Intelligence Platform to support automated intelligence and incident investigations.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to develop tactical threat management plans and oversee their execution.
- Apply advanced knowledge of threat assessment tools and methodologies to develop templates and test scripts.
- Manage the Threat Intelligence team, aligning their work with CSOC operational goals and strategic direction.
- Oversee the use of information systems to prioritise cyber risks and support the vulnerability management team with expert guidance.
Due to the requirements of the role, the successful candidates will be required to work full-time (37 hours per week).
If you're interested in finding out more, we are holding a Home Office Cyber Security candidate information event on 14th July 2025. You will find out about working for the organisation, hear from a member of staff on their experience working in a Home Office Cyber Security Role and learn more about our recruitment process. Please use the following link to register. https://bit.ly/4kg71J2
Hybrid Working
DDaT is geographically spread across multiple locations with most staff working in line with the Department’s hybrid working arrangements (a minimum of 60% of time in an office location, with the remainder working from home).The successful candidate will be based at Manchester Soapworks and there may be a requirement for occasional travel to other locations.
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