Cyber Security Engineer

  • Reference icon Reference Number: 438633
  • PublishDate iconJob Published: 12/05/2026
  • JobType iconForm of employment: Permanent
  • salaryRate iconSalary: £50000 - £60000 Per annum
  • domain iconIndustry: IT
  • type iconJob Type: Full Time

Cyber Security Engineer -Risk & Assurance Christchurch £50,000-£60,000+Over time & Benefits

My client are looking for a Cyber Security Engineer to join their Christchurch site in Dorset

The cyber security engineers work closely with security stakeholders from both the business and the customer communities, throughout the whole project lifecycle and at all classifications.

Core Duties:

  • Help projects to understand the cyber security risk context
  • Work closely with stakeholders to identify and propose architectures, develop secure designs and identify and implement security controls which provide value driven risk reduction
  • Produce clear and concise technical documentation
  • Occasional travel to customer sites to support meetings and investigations
  • Identify cyber security risks and the commensurate controls and achieving assurance / accreditation at the highest classifications and within the UK defence domain
  • Understand the current trends and developments in cyber security
  • Ensure compliance with the NIST Risk Management Framework and NIST Cyber Security Framework or similar frameworks and be responsible for planning or participating in CHECK/penetration tests

Essential Skills:

  • You will have experience of MOD policy in JSP440 and knowledge of NCSC guidance
  • You will have experience of working on MoD Secure by Design (SbD) projects
  • You will have knowledge in one or more security processes - such as security risk assessment, risk treatment using security control baselines etc
  • You will have experience in applying security architecture principles to small or large integration projects

The Cyber Security Team:

The Cyber Security Team supports the project and complements the existing 45 strong development team that provides support to a fully integrated command and control system for the MoD. This exciting systems & software programme covers many disciplines including design, development, installation, implementation, integration, acceptance, training and logistics support - it is run solely from our Christchurch site for delivery to our customer at various MoD locations.

To apply for this role please send your CV to Peter Bibby on the email address below...