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Job summary

DWP is looking to fill a Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst role in the Financedirectorate. This is a key role in the strategic team in the Threat Intelligence Group (TIG). We are looking for an individual who will help us deliver timely threat intelligence to support stakeholders across the department.

Cyber threat intelligence plays a key role in the Department’s effort to protect vital services that make a difference to the lives of so many living in the UK. Delivering almost £250 billion in payments annually, while maintaining one of the largest repositories of personal information in Europe, DWP is an attractive target for a broad range of malicious actors. Consequently, it is vital for DWP to identify and adapt to current and near-future cyber threats so that we keep our customers and their data safe.

The Threat Intelligence Group (TIG) is part of the Cyber Resilience Centre (CRC), and is a dynamic, innovative and service-oriented team that delivers intelligence-led security to defend the department. You will be working with government and private sector partners to build and mature this capability, detect malicious behaviour, and respond to threats.

As a Cyber Threat Intelligence Senior Analyst, you will play a leading role in the production of timely and impactful threat intelligence in the strategic team. The strategic team produces a range of intelligence assessments that identify, define, and explore threats to Departmental interests. Employing intelligence tradecraft and operating to the highest professional standards, the team provides a robust and authoritative position on current and near-future cyber threat activity, empowering executive, operational, risk and policy decision-making.

Your work will range from providing intelligence support to high-tempo cyber incident response activity, to the production of comprehensive assessment products on high profile cyber-related issues. Additionally, you will handle more challenging assessment activities, working with a range of internal and external partners. Your work will also include leadership activities across key intelligence functions, where you will have significant opportunity to use innovation to improve how the Department produces strategic intelligence. You will have significant opportunities to build both your skills and reputation as both a cyber security and intelligence professional. You will have access to a range of high quality internal and external training and development activities, as well as the opportunity to work with colleagues across the community.

Job description

As a Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst, you will be responsible for:

• The production of a wide variety of intelligence products, both individually and in conjunction with internal and external partners.
• Identifying, collating and analysing strategic intelligence from multiple sources.
• Modelling threats and adversary TTPs in line with industry frameworks and standards.
• Disseminating reports and the collection of feedback.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to understand and refine intelligence requirements
• Delivering briefings to internal and external stakeholders when necessary.
• The management of assigned internal and external relationships with both stakeholders and counterparts.
• Some line management and mentoring responsibilities for junior staff.
• Building, managing and developing capabilities in line with team use cases and requirements.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

• Experience of producing high-quality intelligence assessments and analysing information from a range of sources to identify and communicate threats.
• Experience working in an intelligence, analytical, or investigative environment (e.g. policing, military, government, or similar).

Desirable Criteria

• Formal intelligence analysis training (Suitable examples include) New Analyst Programme (NAP) / Defence Intelligence Analyst Module (DIAM) / Government Intelligence Analysis Techniques (GIAT) or an alternative Professional Head of Intelligence Analysis (PHIA) approved qualification.
• A good understanding of the current cyber threat landscape, including adversary tactics, techniques, procedures and capabilities, and the intrusion lifecycle.
• Experience analysing open-source, commercial and government information in order to generate a comprehensive understanding of the cyber threat landscape.
• Experience of effectively communicating threat intelligence through the appropriate use of high-quality written reports and verbal briefings.
• Experience of working in an operationally-focused and high-pressure environment.
• The ability to learn quickly and grasp essential details and be comfortable utilising others expertise to inform decision making and assessments.
  

Behaviours

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Communication of Intelligence Assessment
• Gathering, Organising and Evaluating Intelligence and Information

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £50,044, Department for Work and Pensions contributes £14,497 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

DWP have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

DWP Employee Benefits: Discover what we offer

• Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
• Generous annual leave – at least 23 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro–rata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.
• Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.
• Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year’s continuous service.
• Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes.
• An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Women’s Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.Assessment at sift and interview will be based on meeting any defined skill requirements along with a Success Profile element assessment, as detailed in the job advert. The Success Profile elements to be assessed will be outlined within the job advert. The Civil Service Success Profile Framework is available here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles

Candidates will need to provide a Personal Statement (750 Words) including evidence of the essential and desirable criteria requested within the job advert. It will explain how your knowledge, experience and skills, relevant to the purpose and main objectives of this role, have been applied to achieve outcomes. The selection panel will use your Personal Statement to assess your potential suitability for this role.

At sift, applicants will be assessed against your Personal Statement.

At interview, applicants will be sifted against the following Civil Service Behaviours:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Communicating and Influencing

Candidates invited to interview will also be required to complete a presentation exercise assessing your communication of intelligence assessment skills and gathering, organising and evaluating intelligence and information skills. Full details of the exercise will be made available to shortlisted candidates in the invite to interview.

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting.

See our vetting charter.

People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

Further Information​

At the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce.

Find out more about working for DWP on the DWP Careers Hub.

Reserve List

A reserve list may be held for a period of 6 months from which further appointments can be made.

If you are placed on a reserve list but we cannot immediately offer you a post, please note:

• If you are later offered the role you applied for, in a location you have expressed a preference for, and you decline the offer or are unable to take up the post within a reasonable timeframe you will be withdrawn from the campaign and removed from the reserve list, other than in exceptional circumstances (e.g. a contractual Part Time Working Pattern cannot be accommodated in the initial role offered or in cases of serious ill health).
• If DWP makes an offer of an alternative role or location to that which you originally applied for, and you decline that offer, you will be able to remain on the reserve list.

Disability Confident Scheme

If high application volumes are received, the benchmark for candidates to proceed to the next stage may be raised. In line with our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), we aim to advance all candidates applying under the DCS who meet the minimum standard. However, we may only progress those candidates who best meet the required standards.

Reasonable Adjustments

We consider visible and non-visible disabilities, neurodiversity or learning differences, chronic medical conditions, or mental ill health. Examples include dyslexia, epilepsy, autism, chronic fatigue, or schizophrenia.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should contact the Government Recruitment Service via DWPRecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Complete the “Reasonable Adjustments” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

Integrity, plagiarism and Civil Service Principles

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles.

Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words.

Examples of plagiarism can include:

• Presenting the work, ideas and experience of others as your own
• Copying content or answers from an online or published source that is not your own

Disclosure and Barring Service and Internal Fraud Database Checks

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment. A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department, a criminal record check will be carried out.

Important

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

Before applying for this vacancy, current employees of DWP should check whether a successful application would result in changes to their terms & conditions of employment, e.g. mobility, pay, allowances. If you are a current employee and are successful you must be able to be released from your current post within four weeks.

Those on protected TUPE/ COSoP terms and conditions applying on promotion or voluntary permanent level move will adopt DWP’s Terms and Conditions and this may have a different impact on pay and allowances. Please review this prior to acceptance of a role.

Civil Servants that would transfer into DWP from other government organisations, following successful application, will assume DWP's terms & conditions of employment current on the day they are posted, unless DWP has stated otherwise in writing. Accepting a post will be taken to mean acceptance of revised terms & conditions.

Civil Servants applying on promotion will usually be appointed to the salary minimum or within 10% of existing salary.

Any move to DWP from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may, however, be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at the Childcare Choices Website.

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

Apply and further information

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Christopher Lynch
• Email : Christopher.Lynch@dwp.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : dwprecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact DWP by email: HR.BUSINESSASSURANCE@DWP.GOV.UK.
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission. Click here to visit the Civil Service Commission.

Attachments

Candidate Pack Opens in new window (pdf, 647kB)DWP Terms and Conditions January 2024 Opens in new window (docx, 17kB)Success-Profiles-Candidate-Overview Opens in new window (pdf, 635kB)