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Cyber Security Engineer

Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire💼 Full-time🗓 2026-05-21 → 2026-08-07

Core

Provide operational and engineering support to maintain strong cyber security posture for classified and unclassified networks of computer systems at customer sites.

Role type

Cyber Security Engineer

Builds

Security posture for government customer sites

Domain

Government contracting / Cybersecurity

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Network and system security (firewalls, IDS/IPS, micro-segmentation, host security), Identity and access management (IAM, RBAC, ABAC, JWT, Cookie auth), Security compliance frameworks (NIST, CIS Benchmarks), Incident detection and response in MOD environments, Secure coding practices (OWASP Top 10, SANS Top 25), Security product validation and testing, Kubernetes administration

Preferred skills

Containerization security (Kubernetes security, container runtime security, image security, secure deployment patterns), DevSecOps practices

Technologies

Trellix, Ivanti, ClearSwift, Yubikey, Kubernetes, Tanzu

Responsibilities

Develop creative solutions to complex technical security issues, Work with engineering teams to ensure systems meet baseline security requirements, Collaborate with Security Monitoring teams to forward logs to SIEM, Develop new security policies, design processes, and procedures with customer agencies, Assess system vulnerabilities and implement risk mitigation strategies, Maintain and support security enforcing functions

Seniority

Mid-level to Senior, hands-on IC

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