Cyber Security Engineer

Salary: £50,000 - 90,000 per year

Requirements:

• Experience in cyber security, infrastructure, or systems engineering.
• Background in roles such as Security Engineer, Systems Engineer, Network Engineer, or SOC Analyst with strong technical depth.
• Strong understanding of networking, including TCP/IP, firewalls, and segmentation.
• Strong understanding of operating systems, including Windows and Linux.
• Strong understanding of identity and access management concepts.
• Strong understanding of cloud fundamentals.
• Exposure to security tooling such as SIEM, IDS/IPS, and EDR.
• Strong understanding of core security principles, including defence in depth, least privilege, and zero trust concepts.
• Understanding of designing and implementing secure systems to HMG security requirements.
• Experience managing complex technology estates with differing risk profiles.
• Information security-related certifications such as Security+, CISSP, CISM, GSEC, or SSCP are desirable.

Responsibilities:

• Join us as a Cyber Security Engineer and develop the skills, experience, and exposure needed to move into architecture over time.
• Work closely with experienced security architects and engineers.
• Build toward a Cyber Security Architect position as part of a clear growth pathway.
• Support the wider business in the delivery of its core services.
• Help enable collaboration, operational activities, and business delivery across our digital technologies function.

Technologies:

• Architect
• Cloud
• Support
• Linux
• Network
• Security
• TCP/IP
• Windows

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We are Raytheon UK, a leading defence and aerospace technology company operating across the United Kingdom. We solve our customers toughest challenges and are a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace, as well as digital and training transformation solutions. This is a permanent, full-time Cyber Security Architect role based in Gloucester, South Gloucestershire, with hybrid working and a minimum of three days a week on site. We offer a competitive salary, contributory pension scheme with up to 10.5% company contribution, life assurance, 25 days holiday plus public holidays, bonus scheme, flexible benefits, enhanced sick pay, enhanced family-friendly policies, a 37-hour working week, early Friday finish, and paid volunteering days. Our culture focuses on flexibility, output, and innovation, and our Digital Technologies team supports and enables the wider business.

last updated 36 week of 2026