Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

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Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Oldham, Swansea

About the job

Job summary

The DVSA are continuing to strengthen security capability across the business. This role will form a part of a growing Cyber function continuing to embed and maintain an assurance and response function protecting our Services and customer data. 

Our work also supports the DVSA Data Strategy which has recently been refreshed. This sets the direction for making the Agency an evidence based and data driven organisation whilst maintaining an appropriate level of security of our services and data.

You will work with the wider Security function as well as supporting Service Owners and multi-disciplinary teams to ensure that necessary monitoring and incident response plans are in place and tested regularly as well as take part in being active in exercising these plans. You will lead the SOC team and wider groups of stakeholders to test the Playbooks in place and ensure that there is an improvement lifecycle in place to support our incident response practices. 

If this challenge is attractive, we’d love to hear from you!

Job description

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Leading, managing and co-ordinating cyber security incidents with a coordinated and Develop career pathways within DVSA and also the wider DfT Family for incident response and related roles in the Cyber Profession, including working with Data Profession colleagues.
• Leads discussions with relevant internal Services to ensure that security monitoring needs of the service are being met and processes tested.
• Structured approach across stakeholders.
• Ensuring all necessary evidential steps are taken to document response actions, observations, intelligence, and any potential evidence.
• Assess the need for (and co-ordinate) forensic activity within the overall response initiative, including managing a team, ensuring that forensic services are deployed appropriately.
• Identify opportunities for improvement in technical controls, tooling, and processes to more effectively resolve future cyber security incidents.
• Demonstrate leadership by providing influence, direction and guidance to staff to support the delivery of objectives.

For further information, please see the attached Role Profile.

Government Digital and Data Profession Pay Framework

This role is part of the Government Digital and Data profession and utilises an enhanced Capability–Based Pay Framework which provides access to a Digital and Data allowance.

The base pay is £54,857. In addition to this, the role includes a Digital and Data allowance of up to £25,543.

The value of allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated through the selection process.

Please note, the new Capability–Based Pay Framework came into effect on 1st August 2024.

Here are more details on the pay framework.

Person specification

About you:

As a Lead SOC Specialist you are inquisitive and enjoy exploring new technologies to ensure we get the best data to support the monitoring and ability to respond to incidents across the DVSA Services. You have a good ability for planning and continuous improvement as you work with the SOC Team as well as Services and Infrastructure colleagues to test response plans and playbooks, continuing to provide DVSA with a level of resilience required. You are able to keep calm and respond to events in a manner that is supportive of your team and the Agency, whilst also being systematic in approach. 

Additional Information:

This role can be based in Bristol, Swansea, Leeds, Nottingham, Newcastle, Oldham or Birmingham. Your presence at one of these locations will form part of the working arrangements agreed with you. We operate a hybrid working model giving you greater flexibility about where and when you work. Our expectation is that you will spend a minimum 60% of your time at your base location. Visits to other DVSA sites or work locations count towards this. 

About Us 

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably.

We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.

We’re working hard to: 

• Make roads safer.
• Improve services for our customers.
• Make road transport greener and healthier.
• Harness the potential of technology and data.

We’re committed to giving all our colleagues purpose, professionalism and pride in what we do. We work in supportive, diverse and inclusive teams where everyone is valued. You can grow, develop and progress, and make a real difference to society.

We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice and welcome and encourage applications from everyone, such as ethnic minorities, women, disabled people and those who identify as LGBT+.

To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace and making DVSA a great place to work visit our Careers website.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Government Security Profession Information risk assessment and risk management – Skill level – Practitioner
• Government Security Profession Intrusion detection and analysis – Skill level – Expert
• Government Security Profession Forensics – Practitioner
• Government Security Profession Incident Management, incident investigation and response – Skill level – Expert
• Government Security Profession Threat Intelligence and threat assessment – Skill level – Practitioner
• Government Security Profession Threat Understanding – Skill Level – Practitioner

Benefits

• An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
• Exceptional pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Generous Annual Leave - 25 days holiday, increasing by 1 each year of service, up to 30.
• 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday.
• Latest IT and Tech devices.
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues.
• Excellent learning and development tailored to your role including paid apprenticeships up to Masters level.
• Wide range of discounts schemes on high street names.
• Employee assistance program for health and wellbeing.
• Cycle to work scheme and Gym membership offers.
• For more information see visit our careers page.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Digital Resourcing Team
• Email : DigitalResourcing@dft.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

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