Senior Cyber Security Engineer (Fixed Term Appointment)

This is a Fixed Term Appointment opportunity for 47 months with the possibility of permanency dependent on business requirements.

Social Security Scotland is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to help secure the cloud platforms that deliver vital public services. This is a key role in a cloud first organisation, working to ensure solutions are secure by design, resilient, and compliant.

The Senior Cyber Security Engineer leads the design, implementation, and assurance of cyber security controls across cloud platforms, applications, and infrastructure. You will translate security policy and risk into practical cloud security solutions, working closely with Architecture, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, and Product teams. Acting as a technical authority, you will provide hands-on expertise, assurance, and risk-based guidance, embedding security throughout the delivery lifecycle.

The Cyber Security Engineer builds, develops, and configures tooling and processes to be secure. They build tooling to support pre-commit, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment through to production.

They have experience of operating systems, Networking, PKI and Cloud Security tools. They build Secure Configuration Management using Infrastructure as Code.

• Identify, design and develop cyber security solutions across a wide variety of applications and infrastructure
• Lead the implementation of cyber security policy and standards
• Provide senior cyber security consultancy services (from risk assessments and audits to strategy development) across a variety of technology projects
• Engage with the Technology Architecture team and support the design of technology solutions and architecture for a variety of projects and programmes
• Engage with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, providing cyber security assurance and managing the change process for the implementation of cyber security strategy, standards and solutions.