Lead Cyber Security Engineer; Identity & Payments

About the Roles

We are looking for experienced Cyber Security Engineers to lead on the secure design and operation of high‑profile and leading‑edge government common platforms. You will join a multi‑disciplinary agile team and work with the latest cloud and security technologies.

This is a great opportunity to apply a deep technical understanding of modern security tooling to extend threat detection and response, patch and vulnerability management, security automation, protective monitoring, identity and access management, and more across the entire development life‑cycle. Experience securing web‑based applications with tools such as AWS, Git Hub, Git Lab, Kubernetes, Okta, Crowd Strike, Sentinel and similar platforms will be highly beneficial.

• Identify, design, and develop cyber security solutions across a wide variety of applications and infrastructure.
• Engage with the Digital Technical Architecture team and support the design of technology solutions and architecture for a variety of projects and programmes.
• Develop security operating procedures for use across multiple information systems or support compliance with them, including vulnerability management, incident response, protective security monitoring.
• Apply routine security procedures appropriate to the role, such as patching, managing access rights, malware protection, or vulnerability testing with autonomy.
• Champion secure design principles, frameworks, and standards for a digital service or programme. Drive secure coding practices and mentor the engineering team to undertake these tasks.
• Lead and translate security requirements into application design elements including documenting specific security criteria. Design advanced audit points into digital services.
• Act as a subject‑matter expert for CI/CD pipeline, infrastructure automation and cloud security, lead software debugging and guide engineers to resolve issues. Create and deliver automated assurance against technical security guidance and configurations.

• Leadership (Level
  4)
• Changing and Improving (Level
  4)

We are committed to equality and inclusion, and we aim to recruit a diverse workforce that reflects the population of our nation.