Senior Internal Assurance Analyst Department for Work & Pensions

Reference

73440

Location

Leeds, London, Manchester and Newcastle

Salary

£35,310 — Up to £45,018

Work hours

37 per week

Employment type

Permanent

Job benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension
• An employer pension contribution of up to 27%
• A generous annual leave allowance

Closing date

31 October 2020

Job description

You will work join DWP’s brilliant Cyber Resilience Centre as an Internal Assurance Analyst and play a vital role in securing the DWP IT Estate.

The team operates in a dynamic environment at the forefront of the DWP’s cyber protection capability. You’ll play a key role for the UK’s largest government department, ensuring that DWP service delivery is not affected as a result of potential malicious activity from internal threat factors.

You and your role

Working as the Senior Internal Assurance Analyst in the Operational Capability Team you will be part of an innovative and service-orientated team.

You will focus on the detection and investigation of potential indicators of compromise or malicious activity across the whole of CRC.

You’ll provide comprehensive analysis of assurance alerts as well as proactive analysis of activity captured in system logs to quickly determine if any behaviour and activity warrants closer attention, and systems may have been compromised.

You will collaborate with stakeholders across CRC and in the wider security community to ensure an effective response to alerts and risks as they are identified.

The successful candidate must have or be willing to undergo appropriate Developed Vetting (DV) as this is a requirement for this role.

What skills, knowledge and experience are we looking for?

Desirable qualifications

Where will you work?

You’ll join our team in a brilliant DWP hub, in your choice of Leeds, Manchester, London, or Newcastle.

Find out more about our hubs here: https://careers.dwp.gov.uk/our-locations

Our Offer & Details

In return for your skills we offer competitive salary of up to £45,018, a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 27%, and a generous leave package.

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

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