Cyber Security Specialist

The Service & Team:

Step into the role of Cyber Security Specialist at Cornwall Council, where you'll be at the helm of safeguarding critical systems and leading innovative security initiatives. You'll be working with a dynamic team, ensure compliance with industry standards, and drive the council's cyber resilience, making a tangible impact in a collaborative and high-stakes environment.

The Role:

Here are the key responsibilities for the Cyber Security Specialist role at Cornwall Council:

1. Advisory and Guidance: Provide expert advice and guidance to technical teams on security decisions, ensuring the effective use of common tools and patterns.
2. Incident Response: Lead efficient and effective cyber security incident responses, ensuring appropriate detection and reaction capabilities.
3. Compliance Management: Manage and retain mandatory compliance standards, including PSN, CAF and PCI-DSS, and ensure alignment with ISO22301 business continuity practices.
4. Security Architecture: Research, advise on, and apply innovative security architecture solutions to complex technical problems.
5. Policy Development: Develop, implement, and maintain security policies, standards, processes, and guidelines.
6. Training and Mentorship: Create, deliver, and maintain security training materials, and mentor other technical peers.
7. Stakeholder Interaction: Interact with customers and senior stakeholders, influencing a wide range of people across larger teams and communities.
8. System Governance: Govern specific internal systems and processes, making and guiding effective decisions on risk.
9. Business Continuity: Ensure business continuity plans are reviewed, updated, and demonstrate improvement in response capabilities.
10. Information Security Management: Maintain and update Information Security Management System records and documentation.

These responsibilities ensure the role is dynamic, impactful, and central to maintaining the security and resilience of Cornwall Council's digital infrastructure.                 

Working Pattern:

This role is for 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Expertise in maintaining the security, confidentiality, and integrity of information systems.
• Proficiency in managing compliance with standards such as PSN, CAF and PCI-DSS.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and experience in resolving technical issues.
• Effective communication skills to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of ISO22301 or equivalent business continuity practices.
• Ability to develop and implement security policies, standards, and guidelines.

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What you’ll get in return:

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

·         a competitive salary.

·         a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions

·         a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.

·         A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme

·         Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information:

Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

The full role profile is attached here

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Neil Glasson on neil.glasson@cornwall.gov.uk

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process.

Please ensure your supporting statement also includes:

Q1. Provide an example of a time when you have needed to educate non-technical stakeholders and specialists in complex security concepts?
Q2. What is the key legislation and regulations you have applied to a cyber-security review and how did the review increase the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the system in focus?

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.