Vacancies

ICT Security Lead

Main Responsibility

• Take a risk-based approach to securing data and systems assessing all new and known risks, identifying mitigating or corrective action, and ensuring all related risk information is kept up to date.
• Ensure security policies cover acceptable and secure use of services and build collaborative staff training practices, systems that maintain cyber risk awareness are maintained and updated.
• Manage service asset information throughout each asset’s lifecycle identifying potential security risks or gaps that affect each one.
• Create and define security baseline builds (standards) for services and configuration items, along with ensuring those standards are maintained by carrying out regular assessments reporting on identified vulnerabilities.
• Ensure effective management processes which controls who or what can access system and data along with limiting the number of privileged system accounts.
• Establish security incident response and disaster recovery plans to potential security risks, ensuring they comply with service level agreements and objectives.

The Ideal Candidate

• Educated to degree level or have equivalent related professional qualifications and experience.
• Demonstrable experience of working in an information security framework within a medium/large sized organisation.
• Demonstrable experience of IT service and asset management systems.
• Demonstrable experience of Microsoft 365 and the Power Platform Suite.
• (ISC)2 or Microsoft: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals Certified.
• Evidenced knowledge and understanding of ISO270001, ITIL, and PRINCE II management practises.

Package Description

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of benefits including:

• Great holiday benefits - most roles include 28 days annual leave every year on top of public (bank) holidays, increasing to 32 days after five years.  In addition, there is a holiday purchase scheme allowing staff to purchase up to 5 additional days of leave each year.
• Excellent pension – everyone who works for us can join the national Local Government Pension Scheme, widely regarded as one of the best available.
• A full range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity support and a childcare subsidy.
• Access to an award-winning employee benefits programme that includes a health cash plan, a low-cost bike purchase scheme as well as high street discounts and money off entertainment and travel.
• Blue Light Card - employees working within social care can qualify for an additional range of discounts from national retailers and local businesses.

Our roles are either designated ‘site based’ or ‘home based’. ‘Site based’ roles can include up to two days a week working from home whilst ‘home based’ roles are based at home four days a week.  Of course, managers designate which category roles are in based on the needs of the service and the circumstances.

About The Organisation

Milton Keynes City Council is a large, modern and financially stable employer with around 2,500 people working across our eight areas. Together we provide local residents and businesses with a wide range of important round-the-clock services and aim to make our city a better place to live.

We work hard because of the demands placed on us, like protecting children from harm or preventing homelessness. However, working for the city is always rewarding and everyone has the opportunity to make a real difference. 

We’re very proud of our diversity and are committed to having a workforce that reflects the community we serve. Whatever your background, you will be welcome here if you share our values of being dedicated, respectful and collaborative.

We offer great training and support and because of the size and scale of the organisation there are always new opportunities to explore when it’s time for a new role.

If you’d like to know more about how we do things and what matters to us, take a look at our short booklet What makes us Milton Keynes City Council.