Skills

Firewalls DevOps Monitoring Architecture Security Architecture Infrastructure as Code

Job Specifications

These roles may be located in one of the following locations; Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Please find further information on the Corporate hub locations here.

Please note that for candidates requesting to work in Newcastle, this role will be based at Benton Park View from September 2025, and then at 1 Pilgrim Place in Newcastle city centre by the end of 2027.

Job Summary

Do you want the chance to work on the some of the latest cyber security platforms across public and private cloud environments?

Do you want to contribute to ensuring our security platforms provide the necessary controls to protect critical national infrastructure, and have the appropriate resilience and support?

We are looking for an experienced infrastructure engineers or cyber security professionals to assist us implementing security controls to protect our infrastructure and automate detection and response.

Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'.

Job Description

As a Security Platform Engineer (at the Senior Executive Officer grade) you will deal with the day-to-day management and development of infrastructure products and contribute towards their design.

You will be responsible for the operational stability of the infrastructure solutions, and be able to affect change in the on-going robustness and resilience of those products.

You will collaborate with seniors and own Infrastructure Development Lifecycle Process as part of a delivery team focused on one or more products.

You will help ensure our security platforms are providing the required controls, in alignment with the NIST cyber security framework and CIS Critical Security Controls.

You will manage enterprise grade security platforms across multiple aspects of cyber security including:

Cloud Native Application Protection Platforms.
Content Delivery Networks and Web Application Firewalls.
Extended Detection and Response & Anti Malware.
Threat Intelligence.
Orchestration and Automation.
Vulnerability Management & Compliance.

Your Role Will Also Include:

Day to day management of self-hosted and SaaS platforms.
Identifying future requirements and implementation of new functionality.
Dealing with incidents and problems.
Developing protection controls and detection alerts, and feeding them into our Cyber Security Ecosystem.
Documenting solutions.
Working with other teams within Digital Security and the Security Practice to deliver security outcomes.

As a Security Platform Engineer (at the Senior Executive Officer grade) you will deal with the day-to-day management and development of infrastructure products and contribute towards their design.

You will be responsible for the operational stability of the infrastructure solutions, and be able to affect change in the on-going robustness and resilience of those products.

You will collaborate with seniors and own Infrastructure Development Lifecycle Process as part of a delivery team focused on one or more products.

You will help ensure our security platforms are providing the required controls, in alignment with the NIST cyber security framework and CIS Critical Security Controls.

You will manage enterprise grade security platforms across multiple aspects of cyber security including:

Cloud Native Application Protection Platforms.
Content Delivery Networks and Web Application Firewalls.
Extended Detection and Response & Anti Malware.
Threat Intelligence.
Orchestration and Automation.
Vulnerability Management & Compliance.

Your Role Will Also Include:

Day to day management of self-hosted and SaaS platforms.
Identifying future requirements and implementation of new functionality.
Dealing with incidents and problems.
Developing protection controls and detection alerts, and feeding them into our Cyber Security Ecosystem.
Documenting solutions.
Working with other teams within Digital Security and the Security Practice to deliver security outcomes.

Person specification

When Giving Details In Your Employment History And Personal Statement We Are Looking For Experience Of The Following Essential Criteria Below:

Principles of Cyber Security Architecture.
ITIL service management.
IT infrastructure in on premise and cloud environments.
Ability to design, build and maintain monitoring systems and processes to ensure the smooth operation of live services.
Implementing security controls to help protect data, aligned to frameworks such as NIST or CIS Critical Security Controls.
Infrastructure as code and DevOps principles.

If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact richard.hanley@dwp.gov.uk.

Alongside your salary of £44,447, Department for Work and Pensions contributes £12,876 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which in

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