Army - Army Digital Services (Ads) Compliance Eo

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

- 299250**Salary**:

- £27,080- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Army - Directorate of Information, Army Digital Services (ADS)**Type of role**:

- Information Technology
- Security**Working pattern**:

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

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Andover, South East England, SP11 8HJAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants. Within that, the Army Top Level Budget (TLB) employs around 9,000 MOD Civil Servants located at over 300 locations. Ours is a diverse workforce, with roles ranging from trainers, human resources, teachers, firefighters and psychologists to storekeepers, financiers, project and programme managers, and policy secretariat staff. There are many different functions and professions delivering key outputs for the Army. As such using data to aid understanding of our workforce is vital.

The Army’s Information Directorate provides the Chief Information Officer function for the Army, leads the Army’s digitalisation, delivers information exploitation services and orchestrates the delivery of digital programmes. The directorate also provides leadership and coherence across the Cyber and Electro-Magnetic Activities (CEMA), Intelligence and Security functions in the Army. The Director’s vision is: Information is valued, exploited and protected as a critical Army asset to maximise advantage in a trusted Single Information Environment

These positions are advertised at 37 hours per week

We are passionate about Smarter Working and believe that a combination of flexible working practices, digital technology and modern work-spaces will give you the opportunity to enjoy a healthy work-life balance, while ensuing you deliver your outcomes effectively and efficiently.

We expect you to use your judgement to know where to be to have the most impact, balancing your individual needs with that of your team and the organisation. The Directorate of Information is operating under guidance for hybrid working which states approximately 60% (3 days per week) of time in the Andover office.

**Job description**:
SO3 Compliance fulfils a significant role in the security of the Army Hosting Environment (AHE) and Joint Server Farm (JSF) and is directly responsible for all operational security aspects of the systems; ensuring day-to-day management functions are accurately delegated. The system security officer is a crucial function for ensuring that the AHE and JSF are not susceptible to attack. This includes identifying possible vulnerabilities, reviewing documentation and auditing logs and personnel to ensure an attack has not occurred.

The role will provide an excellent opportunity to develop strong behaviours, as well as develop and improve system security professional skills in a challenging environment. Working as part of the ADS Security team, you will have the opportunity to work with other security professionals across the Army and Defence to ensure the successful implementation of new technology and ways of working. You may be required to travel.

**Essential Criteria**:
In this role, it is important to:

- have effective written and verbal communications skills;
- be comfortable working with all stakeholders and with data;
- be comfortable delivering projects using common methodologies;
- be able to establish credibility and work collaboratively across team and organisational boundaries;
- be willing to challenge established procedures and processes; and
- be able to respond and adapt to changing priorities and make effective decisions under testing conditions.

**Person specification**:
Specific responsibilities will include:

- Point of contact with regard to operational security matters relating to AHE and JSF;
- Ensuring that the AHE and JSF facilities are operated and configured in accordance with RMADS/Security Joining Rules requirements;
- Ensuring that those with AHE and JSF operational responsibilities are aware of security risks and requirements;
- Ensuring that system alerts, system logs are appropriately monitored and checked in accordance with RMADS requirements;
- Ensuring that there are no unauthorised changes to the AHE and JSF environment;
- Recording, investigating all security incidents relating to AHE and JSF and ensuring all significant security incidents are reported to the JSyCC through the Army HQ Warning and Reporting Point (WARP) as mandated in JSP440;
- Conducting local compliance reviews and audits and reporting the results of non-compliance and incidents to the Accreditor and Army HQ SWG;
- Regularly review system privilege allocations (especially Administrator level privileges) and to ensure these are appropriately assigne