Vulnerability Management Principle (SC Cleared) at Ministry of Justice, UK Office/Remote, 12 Months, £Contract Rate

HM Courts & Tribunals Service is responsible for the administration of criminal, civil and family Courts and Tribunals in England & Wales. Their roles support service users and colleagues within HMCTS, where people and businesses access potentially life-changing justice. We're looking for individuals who are committed to public service and making a difference in people's lives to deliver justice.

Background:

This role is needed to stand-up the new Proactive Cyber Security Team within the SOC, created as part of the ongoing re-organisation across Tech Services. SOC service area currently lacks the specialist capability and capacity to cover this specialist leadership position. This role is to provide the knowledge skill and experience as well as the capacity to focus on this task.

As Vulnerability Management Principle (G7) (SC Cleared), your main responsibilities will be:

• Reduce material cyber and technology risk across MoJ's critical systems using a risk xe2 based and prioritised approach. This includes strengthening the role of our strategic/core platforms and critical services.
• Improve visibility, ownership and accountability for cyber and technology risk at system, portfolio and enterprise levels.

Essential:

• Active SC Clearance
• Extensive experience leading enterprise-scale vulnerability management programmes.
• Strong understanding of vulnerability assessment, prioritisation, remediation, and risk-based vulnerability management approaches.
• Experience working with vulnerability management tooling and reporting across cloud and on-premise environments.
• Demonstrable ability to drive remediation activity through technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience developing vulnerability management governance, metrics, KPIs, and executive reporting.
• Good understanding of cyber threat intelligence and exploitation trends to support risk-based prioritisation.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a Disability Confident employer, MOJ HMCTS encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates. Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

As a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, MOJ HMCTS welcome applications from veterans, service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners. Applications from eligible candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

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.