Cyber Defence Expert

5 days ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Cyber Security Jobsite Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Cyber Security Specialist to join our team in Manchester. As an Operational Cyber Developer, you will play a key role in building our new Manchester hub and contributing to the growth of our Operational Cyber practice.

Key Responsibilities
  • Understand various development methodologies and their application in different delivery approaches.
  • Factor operational security requirements into system design, development, and testing.
  • Conduct, support, and encourage constructive code reviews for peers.
  • Adept at adopting a pragmatic approach to changing customer requirements and priorities, reporting on the impact and suggesting appropriate aspects to de-scope.
  • Embrace emerging technology and language trends, evaluating beneficial emerging tools and championing their adoption and rollout.
  • Conduct software development in line with business and industry best practices.
  • Identify risks associated with software development tasks and mitigate and/or escalate as necessary.
  • Plan appropriate testing approaches and justify them according to different risk profiles.
  • Model and perform analysis on problems and solutions.
  • Design, code, and document software from a logical design.
  • Overcome development obstacles to deliver quality code within time and budget constraints.
  • Collaborate with team members to integrate developed code seamlessly into the solution.
  • Implement continuous integration where appropriate.
  • Define and write test scripts and unit, integration, and system tests for developed software.
Requirements
  • Essential:
    • Familiarity with a variety of development tools (IDEs, debuggers, source control).
    • Principles of high-assurance development.
    • Development techniques such as unit testing, mocking, continuous integration, and test-driven development.
    • Understanding of how the specific customer domain affects the software under development.
    • Awareness of IT security as a major issue for companies and governments.
  • Skills:
    • Intermediate/advanced understanding of how computers work (e.g., stack/heap distinction, compiled/interpreted languages).
    • Proficient with at least one solution language (e.g., C++, Java, C#).
    • Proficient with at least one utility language (e.g., Python, Javascript, Perl, Powershell).
    • Able to use and configure more than one major operating system (e.g., Windows, OSX, Linux, FreeBSD).
    • Able to pick up new languages easily.
  • Technologies:
    • Operational developers are expected to have a high degree of flexibility.
Desirable
  • Skills:
    • Communicating technical concerns with a non-technical audience.
    • Innovative problem-solving.
    • Team working.
    • Team leadership.
  • Technologies:
    • Visual Studio.
    • Eclipse.
    • Git.
    • SVN.
    • Jira.
    • Linux.
    • Win32 API.
    • Posix.
    • Networking.
    • Mobile development.
Security Clearance

Security Clearance is required for this vacancy. If you are not currently Security Cleared, you will need to be eligible for this and willing to go through the process.

About Us

We are a leading provider of cyber defence solutions, and our team is dedicated to helping governments and organizations protect themselves against cyber threats. We offer a dynamic and supportive work environment, with opportunities for professional growth and development.



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