Cyber Security Analyst in Slough

Threat Modelling Engineer

Location: London

Working Pattern: 4 days onsite / 1 day remote

Contract: Initial 6-month contract

Rate: £400 - £500 per day

Damia Group is supporting a leading organisation in the delivery of a high-profile Cyber Security programme and is looking for an experienced Senior Threat Modelling Engineer to join the team in London.

You will play a key role in identifying and assessing security threats, defining appropriate mitigating controls, and helping to continuously improve the organisation's threat modelling capability.

This is a hands-on position combining Threat Modelling, Cyber Security, Cloud Security and Python development , with responsibility for delivering high-quality threat models while also supporting and mentoring more junior members of the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct Threat Modelling using established and documented methodologies.
• Apply techniques including STRIDE, PASTA, Attack Trees and MITRE ATT&CK to identify and assess threats.
• Identify vulnerabilities using frameworks such as CWE and OWASP .
• Define, document and maintain appropriate security controls and mitigations.
• Manage the lifecycle of identified threats and associated controls.
• Deliver threat models and supporting activities within agreed timelines.
• Develop automation tools and solutions to improve the threat modelling process.
• Develop, test and deploy secure and efficient Python-based applications in line with established SDLC processes and quality standards.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of existing threat modelling processes and methodologies.
• Present threat modelling outputs and recommendations to senior stakeholders, technical teams and wider audiences.
• Support and mentor junior members of the team.
• Supervise and provide technical guidance to less experienced team members.
• Take responsibility for elements of the threat modelling service.
• Work independently with minimal supervision while maintaining a consistently high standard of delivery.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, DevOps and Cyber Security teams.
• Support or participate in penetration testing activities where required.
• Design and review technical architectures from a security perspective.

Essential Technical Skills & Experience

You should have 6+ years of overall IT experience , including a minimum of 4 years within Cyber Security / Information Security .

Strong experience in several of the following is required:

• Threat Modelling – essential , including STRIDE, PASTA, Attack Trees, tooling and MITRE ATT&CK.
• Professional experience working within a Cyber Security / Information Security role – essential .
• Identifying vulnerabilities using CWE and OWASP .
• Security principles covering:
• Authentication and authorisation
• Logging and monitoring
• Encryption
• Infrastructure security
• Network security and segmentation
• Operating systems and security hardening.
• Software development concepts including CI/CD, pipelines and SDLC .
• Scripting and Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform and CloudFormation .
• Cloud Development Kit (CDK) and GitOps.
• Experience working within DevOps and Agile environments .
• Jira or similar ticketing/workflow platforms.
• Docker, Kubernetes, Serverless and Helm – essential .
• Cloud security and secure cloud architecture.
• Technical architecture design and review.
• Strong programming skills, particularly Python , including asynchronous programming.
• FastAPI – essential .
• Pytest / unit testing – essential .
• Experience developing and maintaining software in line with security standards and SDLC processes.
• Experience with technologies such as Snowflake, MongoDB, Terraform Cloud, GitHub and Databricks would be advantageous.

Key Attributes

We're looking for someone who demonstrates:

• Strong analytical skills and exceptional attention to detail.
• An adversarial mindset and the ability to think like an attacker.
• A proactive approach to research, particularly using vendor documentation and technical resources.
• Strong documentation and technical writing skills.
• Experience working within regulated environments .
• A genuine interest in emerging technologies, security methodologies and industry developments.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• The ability to build effective relationships across technical and non-technical teams.
• Confidence presenting technical findings to senior stakeholders.
• A willingness to mentor, support and develop other members of the team.

This is an opportunity to work on a technically challenging Cyber Security programme where you will have significant responsibility across Threat Modelling, Cloud Security, Secure Development and Cyber Security architecture .