Senior Cyber Engineer - SC Cleared

Whitehall Resources Limited; West of England, Luton; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Part time

Job summary

Whitehall Resources Limited is seeking a Senior Cyber Engineer with active SC clearance for a hybrid role in the UK, with one day per week onsite in Bristol or Luton. The contract runs to the end of the year initially, with responsibilities spanning security delivery across the engineering lifecycle.

You will join a team of consultants and engineers to ensure products meet customer requirements and regulatory expectations, while managing cyber risk and supporting ongoing operations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years delivery experience in a Cyber/Engineering role.
• Experience managing risks and services to customer/regulatory expectations.
• Exposure to OT and IEC62443 standards; embedded/firmware knowledge beneficial.
• Experience with diverse architectures including hardware, software and hardware interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Deliver security aspects to core products for external stakeholders across the engineering lifecycle.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure designs meet security requirements and risk appetite.
• Support in-service operations and maintenance of cyber security controls.

Skills

Independent work

Stakeholder communication

Client relations

Adaptability

Reliability

Flexible hours & locations

Team player

Education

Engineering or Cyber Security degree

Job description

Whitehall Resources are looking for a Senior Cyber Engineer - SC Cleared. This role is hybrid working with 1 day per week onsite in either Bristol or Luton, on a contract running to the end of the year initially.

Due to the nature of the client, this role requires candidates to hold active SC Clearance

Inside IR35

Job Description:

This role is focused on supporting the delivery of security aspects to the company’s core products to external stakeholders. This requires engaging with engineering teams and delivery of all facets of cyber and information security related to the delivery across the engineering lifecycle – from requirements all the way through to in-service support and maintenance.

What you’ll bring

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of significant programmes, during which you will ensure that products meet the highest standards, in accordance with customer’s requirements and risk appetite. You will be supported in this role as part of a larger team of consultants, engineers and product domain specialists.

Skills

• Ability to work independently without supervision and be able make sound decisions based on information available.
• Ability to communicate effectively, written and verbal, with internal and external stakeholders.
• Core consulting skills – building client relations; adaptability to changing schedules; reliability and quality of task delivery; flexibility in working hours and locations; team player.

Qualifications

• A degree in an engineering discipline and/or degree in a cyber security discipline, OR equivalent recognised professional cyber security certification.

Knowledge and Demonstratable Experience

• 3+ Years delivery experience in a Cyber/Engineering Role.
• Managing risks and services in accordance with customer, regulatory and legislative expectations.
• Experience outside of traditional enterprise IT scenarios extending to proprietary and open-source software, firmware and electronic hardware.
• Exposure to product architectures, encapsulating technologies such as electro-optics, radars, lasers.
• Exposure to Operational Technology (OT) (in alignment to standards such as IEC62443).
• Developing, evaluating and analysing design constraints, and detailed system and security designs as they pertain to the cyber domain.
• Experience working with cyber and security requirements down to the system control level.
• Experience conducting cyber and information security risk assessment activities including threat modelling, vulnerability analysis and analysis of mitigations.