Security Engineer (Cyber Transformation)
Hybrid
London, United Kingdom
Freelance
22-04-2025
Job Specifications
On behalf of the Cabinet Office, we are looking for a Security Engineer (Cyber Transformation for a 6 Months contract (Inside IR35) based Hybrid in London/Bristol/Manchester.
SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.
The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government. The Cabinet Office is also the corporate headquarters for the government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas. More information about the Cabinet Office can be found on its website at: [1] www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office
As a Security Engineer, your main responsibilities will be:
* Work closely with the Cyber Transformation Programme Team to follow the approved onboarding process for systems and services within the Cabinet Office.
* Identify and select technical solutions to enable protective monitoring to or SIEM tool based on requirements from individual customers.
* Work with customer facing engineers and architects to implement solutions.
* Ensure supplier delivery aligns with technical requirements.
* Conduct functional testing of user stories, focusing on technical implementation and standards.
* Lead development and enhancement of protective monitoring for critical services.
* Collaborate with the SOC team to fine-tune alerts and priorities based on technical data.
* Aid the Cyber Engineering Team in configuration and optimisation of the SIEM platform for onboarding services.
* Develop monitoring use cases, playbooks, and detection rules with the Cyber Defence team, requiring technical expertise.
* Contribute to the creation and maintenance of incident response procedures, with a technical implementation focus.
* Provide assurance of 3rd party monitoring compliance from a technical perspective.
Essential:
* Expertise in SIEM technologies and log analysis.
* Experience in security monitoring tools like Splunk/sentinel.
* In-depth knowledge of network protocols and security controls.
* Extensive experience with threat detection and incident response processes and protocols.
* Strong understanding of compliance frameworks (NIST/MITRE Attack) and their technical implementation.
* Proficiency in incident handling and escalation processes from a technical standpoint.
* Strong stakeholder management skills to work in a broad range of technical environments across the Cabinet Office.
Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.
Disability Confident
As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, The Cabinet Office guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.
Armed Forces Covenant
The Cabinet Office guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.
In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".
References
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1. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office
About the Company
Public Sector Resourcing (PSR) is a government-let framework, managed by AMS on behalf of Crown Commercial Services (CCS) for the provision of Contingent Labour, Statement of Work and Recruit, Train, Deploy services. PSR is the largest Managed Service Programme across Europe with circa 17,000 contract workers and is supported by over 500 employees split across AMS and our key partner Brook Street (part of the Manpower group). We are currently recruiting for various Government departments so if you are interested in worki... Know more
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