ICT Infrastructure Operational Lead (x2)

Security Industry Authority

Apply before 11:55 pm on Wednesday 16th October 2024

 

Details

Reference number

373490

Salary

£41,900 - £45,500
The SIA's policy is that for all new starters are expected to start at the bottom of the grade.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

SIA - ICT Solutions - The SIA is the organisation responsible for the regulation of private security. It is an independent, arm’s length body (ALB) of the Home Office, reporting to the Home Secretary, under the terms of the Private Security Industry Act 2001. The SIA’s purpose

Type of role

Information Technology

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

2

Contents

London

Job summary

Job purpose

As one of two ICT Infrastructure Operational Leads you will jointly manage all infrastructure operations and be second-line support for incidents, problems and changes to solutions and services. You will be resoponsible for the organisation’s infrastructure and you will work alongside the Head of ICT and Service Operations Manager with internal customers and third parties to make key technical decisions on the onboarding of new services that underpin many of the SIA’s digital capabilities.

Job description

Responsibilities

  • Provide specialist technical support and assistance to projects, ensuring delivery of non-functional requirements and continual service improvement.

    • ​Lead on IT Health Checks, vulnerabiltiy assessements and remediation activities.

    • Recommend and implement changes to improve performance and security of products.

    • Liaise with the Service Operations Manager to identify incident trends and problem management activities.

  • Be responsible for preparations and support of IT operations solutions and services - physical or virtual - according to industry and organisational best practices, standards, service requirements and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) throughout the product life cycle.

    • Accountable for the technology availability, security and performance across the whole of the SIAdentify and implement opportunities for right-sizing, automation and cost optimisation through monitoring and resource usage.

    • Colloborate with technical assurance and architecture teams to implement new services based on requirements.

    • Resolving incidents in line with SLA and taking ownership of problem management related activities.

 

  • Lead the interaction with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure the services we offer are secure, fit for purpose, available and capable of being relied upon implicitly by all service users. 

    • Lead on IT Health Checks, vulnerabiltiy assessements and remediation activities.

    • Creating and maintaining technical documentation for services and related processes.

 

  • Monitor, maintain and independently develop the organisation’s virtual infrastructure, on premise applications and cloud services (SaaS) in line with the SIA Data and Digital Strategy.

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  • Identify, recommend, collaborate and deliver, new innovative services across the SIA networks to ensure that we are delivering a secure, efficient and effective network.

    • Ensure service availability, security, and performance drives the function’s activities.

    • Support in the delivery of the SIA’s Cyber Security Strategy

    • Monitor and manage our incident managment and disaster recovery process, including enhancing the systems for cyber security protection.

  • Maintain and develop the organisation’s virtual infrastructure, on premise applications and cloud services (SaaS) in line with current strategy.

    • Adopt and implement best practiuce security configuration for virtual infrastrcuture, application suites and SaaS implementations.

    • Provide effective second and third line support resolving incidents escalated from the Service desk.

    • Collaborate with third party service partners and technical colleagues to implement and support PaaS/SaaS delivery in line with current strategy. 

    • Provide guidance and coaching to other members of the team.

  • Implement technical changes in line with the change management policy to support BAU and project led activities.

    • Assist and enhance the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery approach.

    • Undertake any other reasonable duties as requested from time to time, within the job-holders capabilities.

    • Communicate with stakeholders and provide Relevant Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Person specification

Essential Criteria

Demonstratable technical experience in:

  • Virtual machine management, configuration and deployment within an IaaS enviornment.

  • Experience of Security policies, firewalls, networking, encryption and working with SIEM/MDR solutions to improve our overall security posture.

  • Azure Portal,Azure Powershell, AzureAD, Active Directory and Group Policy Management.

  • LAN, WAN and site-to-site connectivity.

  • Administering M365, implementing compliance policies, configuration profiles & conditional access policies within M365.

  • Create, design and implement infrastructure technologies, solutions and services. These can include computing, storage, networking, physical infrastructure, software, commercial-off-the-shelf software (COTS), and open source packages and solutions. They can also include virtual and cloud computing such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS)

Desirable

  • Knowledge and awareness of the security tools available within the Microsoft E5 licencing suite.

  • Azure Administrator AZ104

  • ITIL 4

  • Experience in liaising with, and monitoring the performance of external service provider.

  • Implementation of technical governance for role-based access control and cost containment

  • Experience of Mobile Device Management and Mobile Application Management policies

  • Experience of coaching and mentoring junior team members

Alongside your salary of £41,900, Security Industry Authority contributes £12,138 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
  • A welcoming and innovative work environment.
  • Continued support and development opportunities.
  • Access to training for attainment of recognised qualifications.
  • Flexible working arrangements.
  • Annual leave entitlement will be 27.5 days, rising by one additional day for every two years of service up to a maximum of 32.5 days.
  • A variety of discounts including Gymflex,
  • Civil Service Pension Scheme – Employee contribution between 4.60% and 7.35% and Employer contribution between 26.60% and 30.30%

Selection process details

To apply for this post, you will need to submit the following documentation by Wednesday 16th October at 23:55 to SIA@allenlane.co.uk.

 

  • A CV (in Word format) setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years;

  • A statement of suitability (no longer than 300 words) explaining your interest in joining the SIA and the experience you offer to the role given the criteria set out in the job description.​​

 

Once you have submitted your application, you will receive an automated email to confirm that you have applied. If you do not receive this email, please make contact with our recruitment team.

 

Please ensure you provide a daytime, evening and/or mobile telephone numbers as well as your personal email address (to be used with discretion).

 

Should you have any queries about the application process, please contact Ed Stroud at Allen Lane (SIA@allenlane.co.uk).



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 security check (opens in a new window).

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Medical

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
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.

Diversity and Inclusion

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

Job contact :

  • Name : Ed Stroud
  • Email : SIA@allenlane.co.uk

Recruitment team

  • Email : SIA@allenlane.co.uk

Further information

Complaints should be submitted to the Contact Us page on SIA website. If, after investigation by the SIA, the complainant remains dissatisfied, they may bring their complaint to the Civil Service Commission.

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