Lead Cyber + Systems Engineer

ScottishPower; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the utilities sector is seeking a Lead Cyber Security Engineer to enhance their global cyber security function. This role involves designing secure solutions for critical infrastructure, leading project teams, and ensuring continuous monitoring against cyber threats. The position offers a competitive salary, hybrid working options, and a comprehensive benefits package including generous annual leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

36 days annual leave

Holiday purchase

Share Incentive Plan

Electric Vehicle Schemes

Life Assurance (4x salary)

Qualifications

• Experience in deployment and operation of critical infrastructure.
• Knowledge of IEC 62443/62351 standards.
• Ability to produce reports for C-Suite level.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure network solutions.
• Support security services delivery.
• Ensure security is embedded in all deployment stages.

Skills

Cyber Security

Network Security

Risk Management

Technical Leadership

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Security Tools

Network Technologies

Job description

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Lead Cyber Security Engineer

Location: ScottishPower HQ, Glasgow

Salary: £57-72K (plus up to 15% bonus & private healthcare cover)

Flexible & Hybrid Working

Help us create a better future, quicker

The Lead Cyber Security Engineer will be integrated into an active and ambitious global cyber security function, contributing to SPEN’s cyber security purpose of delivering cyber-resilient OT and IT, to enable a safe and reliable electricity supply to customers. The role will involve working in a team alongside other security specialists and being responsible for ownership, designing, and implementing highly secure network solutions that protect against potential OT cyber-attacks.

What You’ll Be Doing

The Lead Cyber Security Engineer, will focus predominantly on substation domains - owning, designing and implementing highly secure solutions that protect against potential OT cyber-attacks. You will also help to support the design and delivery of security services to address key business requirements, providing guidance and technical leadership to project teams.

You’ll execute and delegate allocated work, recording and reporting progress to the designated project manager, whilst proactively identifying challenges in the programme. You’ll work with other senior stakeholders internally and externally to help articulate delays, risks and issues.

A key part of the role will be ensuring that security is embedded in all stages of the infrastructure/systems deployment and to ensure continuous monitoring through operations. You’ll advise on and test the efficacy of measures to build security into continuous integration and deployment pipelines, and be proactive to anticipate potential threats and data breaches against SPEN and identify how best to deal with them. You will also be responsible for planning the requirements of the organisation’s OT estate, liaising with SP Energy Networks’ internal ‘customers’, and wider stakeholders across ScottishPower and Iberdrola

What You’ll Bring

Experience/knowledge of deployment and operation in one or more of the following areas for critical infrastructure: Protection and Control Systems, Automation, Telecommunications.

• Working and practical knowledge of relevant international standards for such as IEC 62443/62351.
• Experience of implementation, development and update of Cyber Security policies, procedures and working practices, including the Directive on security of network and information systems (the NIS Directive).
• Experience with designing, implementing and maintaining security tools/applications
• Good understanding of common networking and system technologies (e.g. LAN/WAN, Linux/Windows).
• An understanding of the PURDUE model and required security controls
• Ability to produce reports to C-Suite level
  
  

What’s In It For You

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

Benefits

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more
  
  

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously. We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to [e-mail].

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

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May-27-2025

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

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• Industries

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