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About us
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has a clear mission - to grow the economy. Our role is to help businesses invest, grow and export to create jobs and opportunities right across the country. We do this in three ways:
* Building a strong, competitive business environment, protecting consumers, and rewarding companies for treating employees properly.
* Opening international markets and ensuring resilient supply chains through Free Trade Agreements, trade facilitation, and multilateral agreements.
* Partnering with businesses daily, providing finance and deal-making support for startups, investments, exports, and growth.
The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops tools and services to support this mission.
As a Lead Cyber Security Engineer at DBT, you will play a vital role in safeguarding the department’s digital estate, supporting the UK’s economic resilience and global competitiveness. You’ll lead the design and implementation of secure-by-design solutions across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments, embedding security throughout the digital lifecycle.
Your responsibilities will span strategic and operational domains. You’ll lead security engineering across DBT’s digital platforms, ensuring robust protection of trade, business, and investment systems. You’ll oversee the Security Operations Centre (SOC), managing security event data to generate actionable alerts for cyber analysts.
Working with the SOC Manager, you’ll ensure security tooling and data pipelines are effective and tailored to reduce alert fatigue. You’ll develop analytic rules and collaborate with analysts to improve detection. You’ll also manage security alerts, incident responses, and investigations.
As a senior team member, you’ll advise on cyber risks, emerging threats, and mitigation strategies aligned with government standards. You’ll collaborate across government, industry, and international partners to uphold the UK’s cyber reputation. Additionally, you’ll mentor and develop cyber team talent, fostering innovation and continuous improvement.
Main responsibilities
You will be:
* Leading large, cross-functional teams in designing and developing automated monitoring processes, advising on SIEM and network analysis tools to detect malicious activity, and communicating progress to leadership.
* Implementing monitoring strategies, ensuring roadmaps are achieved, and standards are met.
* Reviewing complex security event data to manage incident response, making decisions on reporting, containment, and remediation, and identifying process improvements.
* Communicating with senior stakeholders and defining the vision and strategy for incident response. Deputising for the SOC manager when required.
* Reviewing incident documentation to ensure lessons learned are captured and applied.
* Maintaining and integrating Cyber Threat Intelligence services to enhance threat detection capabilities.
* Mentoring junior engineers and contributing to the security profession’s development.
About you
* Excellent communication skills across written, verbal, and virtual mediums.
* Strong decision-making abilities.
* Good collaboration skills, working with team members, service teams, and third parties.
* Ability to prioritize workload effectively based on SOC requirements.
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