Lead Security Researcher - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - HM Government Communications Centre

HM Government Communications Centre

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Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £61,204 - £65,784
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Other
Contract type:
Permanent
Type of role:
Other
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Flexible working, Fulltime, Parttime
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Milton KeynesAbout the job

Job summary:

Secure infrastructure is the target. Think like the opposition. Architect the attack.

You're the type of person who's quick to learn about unfamiliar systems and technologies and enjoy being the first to approach the problem and that's exactly what you'll get to do.

At HMGCC, you'll combine your experience and knowledge of common vulnerabilities with a creative and open mind to identify the weakest points in a system.

You'll direct and coordinate the work of vulnerability researchers and build representative model environments for others to attack.

Alongside the Head of Profession, you'll identify the learning and development opportunities you need to help you progress, both from internal courses as well as external.

This is not an IT pen testing role - this is about taking the gloves off to achieve objectives. Because that's what our opposition can, and will, do to compromise our infrastructure.

More About You
You will already have,

Experience in a relevant technical development discipline (electronic hardware, software, firmware, systems).
An interest in developing and proving attack surfaces for systems.
Experience of leading teams & task management.
Experience of design, implementation, testing or maintenance of at least one of the following;
Information Technology Systems
Control Systems
Communications Systems
Experience of hardwareintheloop testing.

Your Personal Skills
You will be the type of person who,

Thrives on learning about unfamiliar technologies and how customers deploy and use them.
Communicates technical concepts fluently to a range of audiences from nontechnical senior customers through to experienced vulnerability researchers.
Approaches problems with an open and inquiring mind.
Can adapt. Change and innovation is a big part of our organisation. You will be able to adapt with the support of your team and management.

Job description:

Putting your skills to use
Using your diverse range of skills within the team, you will,

Develop an understanding of systems used by our customers and understanding what impactful attacks against them would like.
Develop and document the attack surface for systems.
Lead a small team of vulnerability researchers and developers to produce proofofconcept attacks to demonstrate critical system vulnerabilities.
Lead the build of a representative test environment.
Lead verification of attacks demonstrated by the team.
Take first line responsibility for communicating findings and potential mitigations to stakeholders.

Person specification:

You will already have,

Experience in a relevant technical development discipline (electronic hardware, software, firmware, systems).
An interest in developing and proving attack surfaces for systems.
Experience of leading teams & task management.
Experience of design, implementation, testing or maintenance of at least one of the following;
Information Technology Systems
Control Systems
Communications Systems
Experience of hardwareintheloop testing.

Your Personal Skills
You will be the type of person who,

Thrives on learning about unfamiliar technologies and how customers deploy and use them.
Communicates technical concepts fluently to a range of audiences from nontechnical senior customers through to experienced vulnerability researchers.
Approaches problems with an open and inquiring mind.
Can adapt. Change and innovation is a big part of our organisation. You will be able to adapt with the support of your team and management.

Benefits:

What we Offer
Now that we've explained a bit about what you will we be doing, here's what we can offer you,

25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years' service.
8 Bank Holiday days off in addition to your annual leave.
2 1⁄2 additional days leave (set dates through the year).
Paid overtime or TOIL. Your salary is for your contracted hours. If you work more, and sometimes it's needed, we believe you should be rewarded for that.
Lots and lots of training. This can be anything from a 1⁄2 day internal course to a distant learning degree. If it's relevant to your career, we will aim to support you.
Our Pension scheme is Alpha. It's competitive.
Sports & Social Society. Whether its classic cars or baking, golf or crafting, we have a society for you.
3 days paid leave a year to support a registered charity of your choice.
Free parking.
Free onsite gym, open 24 hours a day.

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