Computer Network Exploitation

Department Cyber

Location(s) Samlesbury

Hours of Work Full Time

Salary of £35,134, plus an additional concessionary payment of £2,758, bringing the total to £37,892. In addition, you’ll receive a £7,000 specialist skills bonus, with £3,500 paid upon joining and a further £3,500 upon successful completion of probation.

Flexible working: We recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance and offer a range of flexible working options, including part-time, compressed and flexible hours. Due to the nature of these roles, home working is not available.

GCHQ is an intelligence, cyber and security agency with a mission to keep the UK safe. We use cutting-edge technology, ingenuity and partnerships to identify, analyse and disrupt threats. Working with our intelligence partners, MI5 and MI6, we protect the UK from terrorism, cyberattacks and espionage. At GCHQ, you’ll do varied and fascinating work in a supportive and inclusive environment that puts the emphasis on teamwork.

This role will be based in Samlesbury, working with the NCF. The National Cyber Force (NCF) is a partnership between Defence and Intelligence. We operate in and through cyberspace to counter, disrupt, degrade and contest those who would do harm to the UK and our allies, helping to keep the country safe and to protect and promote the UK’s interests at home and abroad.

Join our Computer Network Exploitation (CNE) team and use your technical skills, creativity and curiosity to help protect the UK. Working on unique and varied challenges, you’ll contribute to meaningful work that has a real operational impact. As part of a community of technical specialists, you’ll use technology and innovation to tackle complex problems, while receiving the support, training and development needed to grow your skills and fulfil your potential.

In CNE, we have the ability to do things that wouldn’t be possible elsewhere. Using bespoke technology and operating under strict legal safeguards and oversight, we lawfully infiltrate the devices and networks of terrorists and criminals to gather intelligence and disrupt threats. It’s fascinating, challenging work that offers opportunities across a range of specialist areas.

Working at a deep technical level, this role is about making and breaking things. As an Exploit Developer, you’ll identify weaknesses in target network environments and software, producing the tooling and bespoke solutions needed to exploit those weaknesses. As an implant Developer, you’ll use your deep platform knowledge and research skills to create covert software that enables enduring access and intelligence collection.

To be successful in this role, you’ll need excellent technical aptitude, proficiency in multiple programming languages, and a genuine interest in computer networking, reverse engineering, and cybersecurity.

provide the technical foundations that underpin all CNE activity, from capability development through to deployment of operations. Working across a range of disciplines, including networking, cloud technologies, cyber security and automation, you’ll design, document and deliver new infrastructure while supporting existing projects. You’ll work closely with customers to capture requirements, resolve technical challenges and help deliver efficient, scalable solutions. To succeed in this role, you’ll need technical aptitude, curiosity and an interest in infrastructure, networking and cloud technologies.

you’ll work at the forefront of operational activity, helping to pursue targets and deliver mission outcomes. Working closely with Exploit Developers, Intelligence Analysts and other specialist teams, you’ll use a range of…