ATM Security Technical Lead

About NCR Atleos

NCR Atleos, headquartered in Atlanta, is a leader in expanding financial access. Our dedicated 20,000 employees optimize the branch, improve operational efficiency and maximize self-service availability for financial institutions and retailers across the globe.

Role: ATM Security Technical Lead

Location: Dundee (Hybrid)

Grade: 13

Salary: £64,000 - £80,000 + Bonus + Benefits

We are looking for an experienced technical lead to coordinate ATM security activities across NCR Atleos products and solutions.

This is not a traditional cybersecurity role and it is not purely a physical security role. The position sits across multiple engineering disciplines and covers everything from encryption and authentication technologies through to physical attacks against ATMs, fraud devices and emerging criminal attack methods.

The successful candidate will work with subject matter experts across mechanical engineering, electronics, firmware, software, encryption, safes, locks and fraud prevention technologies to investigate threats, assess vulnerabilities and help define future security solutions.

We’re looking for someone with a broad technical background spanning multiple engineering disciplines, strong problem-solving skills and a genuine interest in understanding how products work, how they fail and how they can be protected.

You do not need to be the expert in every area, but you should be capable of bringing the right experts together, challenging assumptions and helping drive effective technical solutions.

• Lead ATM security and fraud prevention activities across NCR Atleos products.
• Coordinate investigations involving subject matter experts from multiple engineering disciplines.
• Provide technical leadership on security-related product decisions and trade-offs.
• Support the development of security roadmaps, future technology direction, and the definition and verification of detailed security requirements for new products and features.
• Act as the technical lead and primary point of contact for complex security and fraud-related issues.

• Investigate current and emerging ATM attack and fraud techniques.
• Assess threats including:
  Card skimming PIN capture devices
  
  Cash trapping
  
  Shutter fraud
  
  Malware attacks
  
  Physical tampering
  
  Safe attacks
  
  Forced-entry techniques
• Support root cause investigations and development of effective countermeasures.
• Monitor industry trends and emerging criminal attack methods.

• Review and assess ATM security architectures, working with internal and external security specialists, penetration testers and subject matter experts where required.
• Evaluate encryption, key management and authentication technologies.
• Assess risks across hardware, software, firmware, electronic and mechanical systems.
• Support threat modelling, vulnerability assessments and risk analysis activities.
• Ensure security considerations are incorporated into product development activities.

• Work closely with product management, engineering teams, service organisations and customers.
• Engage with suppliers and industry groups on ATM security and fraud prevention topics.
• Support security-related industry standards, certifications and compliance activities.
• Provide guidance and training on security best practices where required.

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Mechatronics, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or a similar technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Significant experience working within engineering, product security, ATM, payments, embedded systems, electronics or related technical environments.
• Experience working in…