Information Security Assurance Manager
London, United Kingdom
Genomics England
Genomics England analyses sequenced genomes for the NHS and then equips researchers to use data to help find the cause of disease.Company Description
Genomics England partners with the NHS to provide whole genome sequencing diagnostics. We also equip researchers to find the causes of disease and develop new treatments – with patients and participants at the heart of it all.
Our mission is to continue refining, scaling, and evolving our ability to enable others to deliver genomic healthcare and conduct genomic research.
We are accelerating our impact and working with patients, doctors, scientists, government and industry to improve genomic testing, and help researchers access the health data and technology they need to make new medical discoveries and create more effective, targeted medicines for everybody.
Job Description
We are currently recruiting an experienced Information Security Assurance Manager to join our growing Security Assurance team.
The InfoSec Assurance Manager will play a pivotal role in our overall cyber security strategy. They will be responsible for developing comprehensive information security policies, procedures, and controls to mitigate risks and safeguard our data against unauthorized access, disclosure, and manipulation.
They will provide expert advice to the Director of Assurance and SIRO on cyber security matters and information risk. In addition, they will work cross functionally with different teams and squads to ensure we meet the necessary security requirements and standards. .
Responsibilities:
- Assure that our delivery of cyber security is in accordance with Government IT security policy and best practice
- Carry out regular auditing and evaluation of the effectiveness of security policies and practices
- Challenge and review across the organisation to identify areas of weakness and make recommendations for improvement
- Work closely with technical teams to lead on strategic reviews of cyber security incidents and play a key role in the delivery of root cause analysis
- Represent the Assurance Chapter at architecture and design meetings to ensure that "cyber security by design" is implemented on all our new and existing services
- Provide Information Security reporting and metrics to drive effective decision making
- Lead on the continuous development of our penetration and vulnerability testing programme
- Lead on the continuous development of our internal cyber security training strategy to ensure that a culture of security awareness exists among staff and key stakeholders
- Demonstrate a strong conceptual understanding of security operations, network, cloud, email, application, and enterprise security is essential
Qualifications
- Cyber Essentials
- NIST.
Additional Information
Salary from: £70,000
Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself, but in order to support our people, we’re continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals, as well as offering a benefits package including:
- 30 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays), with additional days for long service awards
- A generous pension scheme of up to 15% combined contribution
- Individual learning budgets for every colleague, a Blinkist account and a wide variety of courses on our portal
- A wide variety of wellness benefits including Gympass, a Headspace account, free weekly Yoga classes
- Enhanced maternity & paternity benefits
- Blended working arrangements
Talk to our Talent Team and find out how a career with Genomics England will benefit you.
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Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, or social background.
Genomics England’s policies of non-discrimination and equity and will be applied fairly to all people, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, being pregnant or recently becoming a parent, race, religion or beliefs, sex or sexual orientation, length of service, whether full or part-time or employed under a permanent or a fixed-term contract or any other relevant factor.
Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work. Such behaviour is contrary to our virtues, undermines our mission and core values and diminishes the dignity, respect and integrity of all parties.
Genomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility. We expect most people to come into the office 2 times each month as a minimum. However, this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. There is no expectation that staff will return to the office full time unless they want to, however, some of our roles require you to be on site full time e.g., lab teams, reception team.
Our teams and squads have, and will continue to, reflect on what works best for them to work together successfully and have the freedom to design working patterns to suit, beyond the minimum. Our office locations are Canary Wharf, Cambridge and Leeds.
As part of our recruitment process, all successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We therefore require applicants to disclose any previous offences at point of application, as some unspent convictions may mean we are unable to proceed with your application due to the nature of our work in healthcare.
Tags: Audits Cloud NIST Security strategy Strategy
Perks/benefits: Career development Equity Fitness / gym Health care Parental leave Wellness Yoga
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