Senior Red Team Infra Specialist — Hybrid & Pension

Inspire People; Bickleigh; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Civil Service pension 28.97%

Flexible working hours

Learning and development

Opportunities to influence Red Team

Work on nationally important services

Occasional travel

On-call rota potential

Job summary

HM Land Registry is building a new Red Team capability and seeks a Senior Infrastructure Specialist to lead penetration testing, adversary emulation, and threat- analysis across networks, systems and applications. You will emu- late real-world attacks to test controls, improve detection, and strengthen security posture.

The role requires degree-level IT qualifications, hands-on SIEM/EDR/XDR and cloud/infrastructure expertise, and scripting skills in Python, PowerShell, or SQL.

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification in Information Technology, a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Advanced knowledge across at least three security technologies such as SIEM, EDR/XDR, CTEM, WAF/DDoS, Entra ID, IPS/IDS, PKI, SASE, AWS or Infrastructure as Code.
• Strong security data collection, analysis and investigative skills.
• Proficiency in scripting or programming languages including Python, PowerShell, SQL, Shell, Perl or Assembly.
• Experience analysing and resolving complex security issues.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM, XDR, Windows/Linux, Firewalls, Web Proxies, Active Directory/Entra ID, Containers or Virtualisation.

Responsibilities

• Conduct Red Team engagements, adversary emulation exercises and penetration testing activities.
• Simulate real-world cyber attacks to assess security controls, detection capabilities and response effectiveness.
• Identify vulnerabilities, attack paths and security weaknesses across networks, systems and applications.
• Analyse threat intelligence to understand attacker techniques and exploitation methods.
• Assess risks associated with security findings and provide evidence-based recommendations.

Skills

Adversary emulation

Threat analysis

Security operations

Python

PowerShell

SQL

Shell

Attack simulation

Investigative skills

Education

Degree in IT or related discipline

Tools

SIEM

EDR/XDR

WAF

Entra ID

PKI

AWS

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

HM Land Registry is building a new Red Team capability and seeks a Senior Infrastructure Specialist to lead penetration testing, adversary emulation, and threat- analysis across networks, systems and applications. You will emu- late real-world attacks to test controls, improve detection, and strengthen security posture.

The role requires degree-level IT qualifications, hands-on SIEM/EDR/XDR and cloud/infrastructure expertise, and scripting skills in Python, PowerShell, or SQL.