Cyber Security Data Operations Engineer - Associate

Aplaro Ltd; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement investment tools

Education reimbursement

Health and well-being programs

Family support programs

Flexible Time Off

Job summary

BlackRock is seeking a Cyber Security Data Operations Engineer to join its Technology & Operations organization. You will help build reliable, secure data pipelines and data products that enable transparency and risk-informed decisions at scale.

In this role, you will lead requirements gathering, own a data analytics roadmap, and develop dashboards in a low-code platform. Collaboration with Cyber Security and IT teams is essential to drive features, documentation, and governance across

Qualifications

• Excellent writing and editing skills combined with strong presentation and public speaking skills.
• Basic understanding of SaaS platforms and technology systems.
• Experience with the full software development lifecycle.
• Two plus years of related experience in financial services/technology/cybersecurity in process improvement/engineering/project or product management.
• Product Management, Project Management, Business Analysis experience.
• Experience working with systems developers in external vendor organizations, preferably in an agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering sessions and align design with business priorities.
• Own and manage a data analytics roadmap and feature prioritization.
• Build KPIs, KRIs and dashboards in a low-code cyber security data analytics platform.
• Design functional solutions using best practices and governance.
• Collaborate with Cyber Security teams to prioritize features by business impact.
• Create custom reports supporting product enhancements and ad-hoc data analysis.
• Translate business requirements into architect/developer tasks and maintain docs.
• Drive feature adoption and coordinate user acceptance testing.
• Document data interfaces and provide data-flow support to users.
• Explore improvements and assist with data-related investigations.

Skills

Writing & editing

SaaS concepts

SDLC experience

2+ years fintech/cyber

PM/Proj Mgmt/BA

Vendor/Agile collaboration

Job description

About this role We are looking for a Cyber Security Data Operations Engineer to join BlackRock’s Technology & Operations organization. This role sits within a team responsible for building reliable, secure, and observable data pipelines in a highly regulated environment. You will work closely with technology, operations, and information security partners to deliver data products that enable transparency, automation, and risk‑informed decision making at scale. The ideal candidate is an engineer at heart—comfortable working end‑to‑end across ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and governance—who values clean design, strong documentation, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead requirements gathering sessions and understand business priorities for design and solutioning of applications for the Cyber Security team.
• Own and manage a data analytics application roadmap, and prioritization of features against business needs
• Build KPIs, KRIs and dashboards in a low code cyber security data analytics platform.
• Design and recommend functional solutions using best practices
• Develop cross-functional relationships with the Cyber Security teams to prioritize new features and metrics based on business impact
• Builds custom reports to support product enhancements
• Capture business requirements, translate them into requirements for architects & developers and prioritize them
• Ensure requirements evolve into user documentation such that they are simultaneously published as features get released
• Drive adoption of new features for systems by working closely with engineers along with organizing and participating in user acceptance testing
• Data Requirements and documentation
• Ensure data interfaces between all teams is fully documented and agreed
• Provide support to business users by generating ad-hoc reports, investigating potential issues with data flow, and/or researching the viability of a suggested improvement
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Excellent writing and editing skills combined with strong presentation and public speaking skills
• Basic understanding of SaaS platforms and technology systems
• Experience with the full software development lifecycle
• Two plus years of related experience working in financial services / technology / Cyber Security in business process improvement/engineering/project or product management.
• Product Management, Project Management, Business Analysis experience
• Experience working with systems developers in external vendor organization, preferably in an agile environment

Other Desirable Skills & Abilities:

• Experience with databases and writing simple SQL queries
• Strong verbal and written communication
• Ability to gather, analyze, and present data to different audiences
• Ability to understand a process at a high level, while still drilling into details
• Have a thorough understanding of process mapping, data collection, data analysis, procedure writing, and writing effective requirements documentation

Our benefits

• retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future
• access to education reimbursement
• comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well‑being
• family support programs
• and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

Guidance on AI use for candidates

At BlackRock, AI has long been part of how we work – enhancing decision‑making, improving operations, and helping us deliver better outcomes for clients. We encourage candidates to use AI thoughtfully to learn, prepare, and work more effectively; but during our interview process, we want to focus on getting to know you through your own experiences, thinking, and judgment. To support you, we’ve provided guidance on when and how to use AI during our hiring process so you can approach each step with confidence and showcase your best self.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well‑being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s