IT Security & Compliance Lead

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Our reward package

The Met Office is recruiting for a IT Security & Compliance Lead based at our Exeter HQ.

As our IT Security & Compliance Lead , the starting salary will be £37418.00 with opportunities to progress to £41159.00 over time. New joiners to the Met Office will start on the salary band minima.

This role attracts a market forces supplement of £2,250 per annum paid quarterly, pro-rated from the date of taking up the appointment to 31 March 2022 - this scheme is currently under review.

Our total reward package is potentially worth up to £55216.00 per annum, which includes basic salary, market forces supplement, potential corporate bonus, employer pension contributions. We also offer: - Outstanding Civil Service Pension - Flexible hours and homeworking - Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years - Option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave - Cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel - Access to discounted shopping on a range of retail, leisure and lifestyle categories

We operate hybrid working. That means 40% of your time will be in office to work collaboratively with colleagues, and 60% deciding with your manager what works best for you. If that means working from home we will support you to do so; and if you work better together with colleagues then you can choose to work in our extraordinary office for up to 100% of the time. If you are interested in being based at a different location, or if you would like to enquire about part time hours please get in touch with us before applying.

Who we are

We are the Met Office. The UK national meteorological service. We provide critical weather services and world-leading climate science, helping people make better decisions to stay safe and thrive.

The UK Government has invested £1.2B for a new supercomputer capability that will help us to increase and improve our climate predictions and weather forecasting capabilities and we are looking for IT Security & Compliance Lead to help us exploit this.

A career at the Met Office opens a wealth of opportunities to not only work with world class partners, such as Microsoft, ESRI, Amazon and many others, but also to challenge them to create solutions for Met Office problems.

Our values - it's who we are:

We're a force for good

We're experts by nature

We live and breathe it

We're better together

We keep evolving

We're the Met Office, come and join us and help us to make a difference.

Job Purpose

The Digital Workplace team is transforming how it focuses its resources to better deliver outcomes for our services that in turn benefit our customers. Providing a proactive, efficient, and reliable IT service that is fit for purpose but agile enough to respond to the fast-changing cyber security landscape is essential to our IT service continuity.

Essential Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

Technical knowledge of Microsoft security and identity technologies such as Active Directory, Azure Active Directory and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Knowledge of security standards, policies, and governance frameworks such as the Cabinet Office Minimum Cyber Security Standard, Cyber Essentials, ISO/IEC 27001

Technical knowledge of Microsoft Operating Systems

Technical knowledge of environmental management systems or controls to implement and maintain secure configuration such as Ivanti Security Controls, System Center Configuration Manager and Group Policy

Technical knowledge or awareness of infrastructure monitoring solutions such as System Center Operations Manager and Tenable.IO

Knowledge and working practice with IT Service Management tools such as ServiceNow

Desirable Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

We encourage you to apply if you believe you meet our essential criteria, but your application will be even stronger if you have:

Technical knowledge or awareness of Microsoft 365 Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) tooling and capabilities

Technical knowledge or awareness of Microsoft Certificate Services

How to apply and additional information

To apply, please click on the link below and attach the most recent version of your CV, along with a cover letter which briefly states your experience against each essential and desirable criteria. Closing date 31/10/2021 with interviews commencing from 15/11/2021 . We update all applicants once the vacancy has closed and applications have been reviewed. At present, all interviews are taking place remotely via Microsoft Teams.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recognise that Great Minds Don't Think Alike and are committed to being a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We are a Disability Confident, Mindful Employer and we hold an Athena Swan Bronze award for our work on gender equality. We apply the Civil Service Code to ensure that everyone is recruited on merit, fairness, and open competition.

If you are considering applying and need assistance to do so, please contact us via . You can request adjustments either within our application form or via email.

We offer disabled applicants the option of requesting their application is considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the minimum criteria for the role. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. Our roles sometimes require higher level Security Clearance, which generally requires living in the UK for at least three out of the last five years, but applicants not meeting this criteria may be considered.