Head of Security

6 months ago

London, United Kingdom Government Digital Service Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 309482**Salary**:

- £64,700 - £90,000-
**Job grade**:

- Grade 6**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- GDS - Identity Services**Type of role**:

- Security**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed Hours**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- Bristol, London, ManchesterAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Government Digital Service (GDS) is part of the Cabinet Office. We’re here to make digital government simpler, clearer and faster for everyone. Our work is user-focused, dynamic and forward-looking, making our organisation an exciting and innovative place to work.

The GOV.UK One Login for Government Programme represents a once in a generation opportunity to simplify and widen access to all digital government services. Sitting at the heart of the government, we are building one simple, safe and secure way for users to Log in and prove who they are that will work across all government services.

GOV.UK One Login is being designed and built for the many, not the few. It will unite services across government, revolutionising the way government departments digitally interact with users. One Login will deliver an accessible and essential function that will change lives and help millions. We are an ambitious and visionary team so if you want to be at heart of this truly groundbreaking programme keep reading

The GOV.UK One Login programme is full of talented and passionate people who are consistently delivering high quality products for services and individuals. We’re half way through our build phase and features are being shipped almost weekly as we work to mature our product set so that we can expand the range of services and departments benefitting from our work.

The right person will join a well motivated and dynamic multi disciplined delivery team working to deliver on our commitments and roadmap.

Sometimes described as the most strategic programme in government, GOV.UK One Login represents a once in a career opportunity to work on a software product that will be used by the majority of the people living in the UK. It’s a fast paced, dynamic and challenging environment that is sure to offer you career satisfaction as well as a chance to develop and enhance your skills.

If this sounds like the next role for you on your career journey then we’d love to hear from you.

**Find out more at the GDS** **Blog**.**:
**Job description**:
As Head of Security you will play a central role in protecting the UK’s current and future digital identity ecosystem. At scale, One Login will be the front door for millions of users to access digital public services. Security, reliability and resilience are absolutely critical to delivering our mission. This is a high profile role, suited to an experienced security leader with a track record of setting direction on overall security strategy and operations for a complex area of work.

As Head of Security you will have oversight for ensuring that One Login is secure by design, building security awareness and embedding a robust security culture across Digital Identity, alongside responsibility for the operational security of One Login and incident response. In addition, you will:

- act as a champion for security across DI, setting out a vision and strategy with appropriate governance for proportionate and effective security monitoring defined in relation to the programme’s risk appetite and tolerance, ensuring the relevant internal and external controls are aligned to threats/risks and implementing regular opportunities for review and testing
- define, coordinate and have oversight for the delivery of operational cyber requirements, working with teams across DI as well as wider partners across GDS (Privacy, Information Assurance, Security Architecture, Cyber), CDIO Cyber, NCSC and other government departments. Take responsibility for the maintenance of system health, proactive threat monitoring
- take responsibility for embedding a robust security culture across the programme; ensuring that security is embedded with delivery
- have oversight for the development and maintenance of robust incident management processes, and creation of incident playbooks, working across GDS to ensure that the programme has well defined business continuity, resilience and disaster recovery plans
- develop and evolve security controls in line with changing requirements and an evolving threat landscape. Ensuring security controls are proportional and cost effective
- proactively engage with Programme governance processes to ensure that risk and security are considered in all approvals and Assurance requirements
- work in partnership with peers in Digital Identity, such as Head of Fraud, Architecture, Engineering, Product and Live Service, to define and coordinate requirements
- collaborate across the Cabinet Office and

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