Principal Cyber Security Risk Manager

Role overview

Location and working pattern

• The role can be based in Bristol, Swansea, Leeds, Nottingham, Newcastle, Oldham, Birmingham Garretts Green or Uxbridge.
• The role is suitable for hybrid working.

Key responsibilities

• Lead risk management for the most complex or novel scenarios and lead regulatory or legislative compliance activities.
• Lead analysis and derivation of complex security needs.
• Lead cyber security risk assessments and provide guidance on cyber security governance arrangements.
• Provide consolidated product risk views and recommend risk acceptance aligned with defined risk appetites.
• Lead a small security-professional service group supporting assurance.
• Influence security pattern adoption through enterprise and security architecture processes.
• Guide specialist work, develop risk-management capability and share best practice widely.

Required experience

• Be a Chartered Cyber Professional or be willing to work towards becoming Chartered.
• Demonstrate cloud security experience on at least one of AWS or Azure.
• Be willing to undertake formal cloud security training and certifications.
• Make evidence-based recommendations on managed security risk to service owners and senior security leaders.
• Work in a matrix team with developers, user experience, service design and business analysis roles.
• Support development of the wider Security profession and bring strategic influence to local services and products.

Pay and allowances

• Base pay is £57,515.
• A Government Digital and Data allowance of up to £24,915 may be awarded based on skills and experience.
• Candidates based in Yeading or Uxbridge receive a £4,000 London Weighting allowance.
• Civil Service Pension employer contribution is 28.97%.

Contract and hours

• Permanent contract with flexible working.
• Full-time, job-share and part-time arrangements are listed.

Benefits

• Benefits include 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days, bank holidays and an additional privilege day.
• Professional qualifications relevant to the role may be funded by the department.
• A 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme and staff discount portal are available.