Crypto Custodian

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

- 311704**Salary**:

- £27,620 - £32,163- Salary is dependant on experience and skills. Dstl Lvl 4: £27,620 - £32,163- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer- Dstl Level 4**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DSTL - Operations Division**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery
- Security**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury - SP4 0JQAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Technical and Crypto Assurance Officer as part of a small team, shares the responsibility and is accountable to the United Kingdom Defence Association (UKNDA) and Head of Establishment (HoE) for the effective receipt, supply, safe custody, whole-life accounting and control of all cryptographic items held on charge for all units under Dstl Porton Down.

This is a unique and interesting role. Working as a security specialist, who will provide a through life accounting system to ensure, and checks to assure, that Dstl’s most sensitive activities and holdings and world class science are compliant and secure, you will be providing a critical service in a fast paced and dynamic environment.

The Technical and Crypto Assurance Officer shares responsibility, but is personally accountable to the Head of Establishment (HoE) and United Kingdom National Distribution Agency (UKNDA), for the safe custody, registration, mustering, amendment, issue, safe handling and disposal of Cryptographic items held for all units under Dstl Porton Down.

The Technical and Crypto Assurance officer provides advice on risks to information (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (CIA)) relating to Crypto-use and shares the duties with the Custodian in respect of the Cryptographic material held on charge including local SLAs. Thus, the Custodian, and Officer, are the principal advisers on all aspects of Cryptographic security and the methods necessary to provide the correct level of protection relevant to their Cryptographic holdings.

Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.

**We particularly welcome female, ethnic minority and those from the LGBTQI community, as they are under-represented within Dstl at these levels.**

**Job description**:
**In this role you will**:

- Maintain the Crypto account in respect of all Crypto material (physical & electronic) supplied by UKDNA held within the Dstl Porton Down area of responsibility to ensure continued compliance with Joint Service Publication (JSP) 490.
- Conduct whole-life accounting of Crypto assets for the Dstl business and effective delivery a range of service lines relating to Crypto services.
- Maintain an accurate and up to date system of central accounting for all cryptographic items issued to their location maintaining disposition records for all items issued. This requirement includes the annual mustering of cryptographic items to UKNDA for external audit.
- Undertake regular periodic Crypto auditing of Crypto holders.
- Authorise, re-certify annually, and debrief Crypto holders.
- Be thoroughly familiar with the minimum national and departmental baseline measures for the secure storage, handling, movement and routine destruction of cryptographic items.
- Understand the nature of Dstl’s business and delivery requirements to ensure procedures are in place to allow the smooth running of the Crypto requirements across the business.
- Proportional response and advice relating to Crypto procedures and incident management to all Crypto users.
- Strive to deliver an improved and cutting edge service to Dstl and its stakeholders by keeping in front of all technological advances and opportunities.
- Liaise confidently with all areas of Security within Dstl to mitigate risk and grow opportunities

**Person specification**:
**We are looking for someone who has ability to demonstrate experience of**:

- Maintaining an accurate asset accounting system using IT based tools.
- Proven experience in a customer facing environment and effective stakeholder engagement.
- Experience and understanding of working within a secure Ministry of Defence environment.
- A background in providing innovation in delivering Security assurance.

**Important Information***

This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.

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

- Making Effective Decisions
- Seeing the Bi