Digital Security Specialist

On behalf of DfE, we are looking for a Digital Security Specialist (Inside IR35) until 31/03/2027 contract based Hybrid in either London Manchester or Sheffield two days per week.

As a Digital Security Specialist, your main responsibilities will be: . Able to engage authoritatively on Workday security and impact with DfE stakeholders . Clear, deliverable plan in place in response to last year's reviews. . Leading discussion with Tech colleagues to obtain clear understanding of what splunk would bring to the team, effort required to deploy, ownership and ongoing monitoring effort understood. . Ability to draft comprehensive yet digestible summaries of security impacts, and being able to convey complex principles in a manner that it simple to understand. . Write a comprehensive Service Operating Model document. . Ability to understand and document security impacts for Workday integrations

Essential: . Workday experience . Previous experience working with SPLUNK

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer,DfE encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates. Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

DE&I Commitment

DfE guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

As a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, DfE welcome applications from veterans, service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners. Applications from eligible candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".