Incident Response Handler at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Services, London/Remote, 5 Months, £Contract Rate

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) pursues our national interests and projects the UK as a force for good in the world. We promote the interests of British citizens, safeguard the UK 's security, defend our values, reduce poverty, and tackle global challenges with our international partners.

 

As an Incident Response Coordinator, your main responsibilities will be:Essential:Provide status updates to relevant parties who are not members of the CSOC team.This position requires active DV Clearance. Provide expertise where necessary by either offering guidance from personal knowledge and experience or by channeling such information from the subject matter expert.Support the production of weekly and monthly incident states and reports.Record and track the progress of all active security incidents.Support the initial triage of security incidents.Coordinate the actions of other CSOC team members, disseminating information as necessary, ensure a wide range of stakeholders are engaged.Gather post incident evidence and support post incident analysis and lessons learnt.The IR coordinator's overall responsibility is to make sure the IR response process is moving forward.Desirable:Previous experience working within GovernmentPrevious experience working within an incident management or SOC environmentExperience of Incident handling and/or co-ordinationRisk management experienceSplunkMS DefenderQualys (or other SIEM/ vulnerability tools)MS AzureServiceNow.

 

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.Disability Confident As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, FCDO guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.Armed Forces CovenantFCDO guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.