An exciting job role exists in the Principal Security Advisor's (PSyA) Team working within Cyber Risk Management (CRM). The position works to a SEO civil servant. It is an advisory role, responsible for monitoring and developing the Army’s Cyber maturity.

You will work across the strategic and tactical elements of the Army to improve awareness and reporting of cyber risks up to the 4 Star Head Quarters.   

We are seeking a dedicated Cyber Security Risk Manager to join our team, reporting directly to the SEO Cyber Risk Manager. In this role, you will be pivotal in understanding, monitoring, and mitigating cyber risks across the Army’s digital enterprise.

Responsibilities:

• Your primary responsibility will be engaging with subordinate areas of the Army Estate to ensure effective cyber risk management practices are implemented and maintained.
• You will serve as the main conduit for reporting operational process improvements and policy amendments.
• Regular meetings with senior risk owners and auditing risk registers will be essential to ensure comprehensive risk management.

Skills required:

• We are looking for a person with a Degree / HND / HNC, work experience in a relevant field, or a formal Certification (such as but not limited to CISM, CISSP).  Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential. The successful candidate will be required to:  
• Drive an overarching and consistent approach to cyber risk management 
• Conduct audits against security risk manager’s risk registers to ensure that policy is being followed correctly and to collect data to report back into the team. 
•  Conduct data analysis to highlight trends, themes and opportunities for risk interventions 
• Take the experience and lessons from throughout cyber risk management in the chain of command to put forward recommendations to iterate cyber relevant policy. 
• Provide risk or service owners with advice to help them make well informed risk-based decision. 
• Support and coordinate the director level Governance Risk and Compliance Board, including through the management of the 3 star reporting mechanism  
• Conduct threat and vulnerability assessments, risk evaluations, risk scoring, mitigation proposals and management plans for Army security risks 

The successful post-holder should be able to demonstrate:  

• Ability to communicate complex risks, implications, and mitigations to a variety of stakeholders 
• Ability to work with diverse internal and external stakeholders and build strong relationships  
• Highly organised and able to deal with multiple requests/priorities with competing deadlines 
• Knowledge of Cyber Security  

Desirable qualifications / accreditations:  

• Membership of a relevant Cyber Security or IT institution / body (e.g BCS, UK Cyber Security Council) 
• Relevant industry qualifications and accreditations (e.g. Cyber Security Professional, CISMP, Security+) 

Relevant government qualifications or accreditations:

• Experience conducting data analytics.
• We are looking for a talented and motivated individual who is a team player but is equally comfortable working on their own. Good judgement and strong interpersonal skills are required, as well as the ability to work under pressure.  

If successful, you will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) to take up this post.

For further information and to apply, please visit our civil service website www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk and search job number 392532.