Town Hall, 160 Whitechapel Road, LONDON (On-Site)
Permanent, Full time
No DBS check required
£69,255 - £73,815
35 Hours
We are excited to be able to provide an important opportunity to join our IT Service. This role significantly contributes to the effectiveness of the service and provides candidates with the ability to help contribute and shape the future direction for the IT function within this forward looking, ambitious and dynamic local authority.
Your expertise and enthusiasm will be essential as the Council undergoes large-scale transformation and responds to the challenges and opportunities post-COVID and through the on-gong cost of living crisis, which impact our residents and businesses alike. Our borough is a microcosm of London with the fastest population growth in the country because we are a very special place where people want to live and work.
We offer good rewards and a vibrant working environment in which to advance your skills and experience, with plenty of opportunity to expand your learning and career development. Join us and help us make a difference in providing the sound IT platform that enables our front-line services to make it a safer, cleaner, and fairer place for the residents, businesses and visitors to our Borough.
The specific role we are recruiting to is:
Cyber Security Technical Architect-
The Council has fully migrated to the cloud, utilising Microsoft Azure as well as Supplier SaaS provisions for hosting of applications and data. We have also implemented the zero-trust network architecture, operating with Microsoft E5 licensing. The role is for an experienced technical expert in all aspects of secure cloud architecture, preferably Microsoft. This will be in addition to aligning the council’s cyber security strategy with the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) and leading on the various legal, regulatory, and statutory security compliance mandates.
The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of key Cyber Security mandates within services of high complexity and risks, making decisions to enable various council services to achieve their needs. You will be the authority, working closely with the solutions and technical architects to design services that are fit for purpose. You will play a key role in supporting junior colleagues, providing regular reporting on the performance of operational security and escalating risks.
Further information on the role can be found here and the attachments you will find at the bottom of this advert on the Tower Hamlets website.
Additional Information:
For the above roles candidates successful in the interview stage may be asked to undertake a test.
Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.
Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.
We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the Borough.