Senior Privacy Engineer

Location: UK (Remote)

Role Purpose: As a Privacy Engineer at NCC Group, you will play a crucial role in assessing and enhancing our clients' privacy solutions. You will leverage your expertise in data engineering, privacy, and mathematics to analyse, design, and develop innovative privacy solutions tailored to enterprise environments. Your work will ensure that our clients' technologies meet the highest standards of privacy and data protection.

Summary:

• Conduct comprehensive assessments of clients' privacy solutions to identify strengths and areas for improvement.
• Design and develop customised privacy solutions to address clients' specific needs and challenges.
• Execute rigorous testing processes to validate the effectiveness of privacy technologies.
• Collaborate with clients' cross-functional teams to integrate privacy into their system designs and workflows.
• Provide expert technical guidance on data engineering and privacy best practices to clients.
• Develop and utilise tools and scripts in Python to support privacy engineering tasks.
• Translate mathematical formulas into code and abstract code into mathematical formulas for client solutions.
• Conduct technical tests and experiments to validate privacy solutions for clients.
• Document and communicate privacy solutions and findings to clients and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of global privacy regulations and compliance requirements.
• Experience with privacy impact assessments and data protection impact assessments.

What we are looking for in you:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable tackling problems from first principles.
• Ability to work on 'green field' projects with minimal initial knowledge.
• Passionate about privacy and its integration into systems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, especially with clients.
• Strong understanding of data engineering and data pipelines in enterprise environments.
• Working knowledge of statistics, probability, and linear algebra.
• Proficiency in Python for developing tools and scripts.
• Ability to translate mathematical formulas into code and abstract code into mathematical formulas.
• Experience in conducting technical tests and experiments.
• Basic understanding of computer network architectures.
• Familiarity with formal research methodologies.

Behaviours:

• Focusing on Clients and Customers.
• Working as One NCC.
• Always Learning.
• Being Inclusive and Respectful.
• Delivery Brilliantly.
• Enabling Performance.

Why NCC Group? At NCC Group, our mission is to create a more secure digital future. That mission underpins everything we do, from our work with our incredible clients to groundbreaking research shaping our industry. Our teams partner with clients across a multitude of industries, delving into, securing new products, and emerging technologies, as well as solving complex security problems. As global leaders in cyber and escrow, NCC Group is a people-powered business seeking the next group of brilliant minds to join our ranks. Our colleagues are our greatest asset, and NCC Group is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive work environment that fosters creativity, collaboration, authenticity, and accountability. We want colleagues to put down roots at NCC Group, and we offer a comprehensive benefits package, as well as opportunities for learning and development and career growth. We believe our people are at their brilliant best when they feel bolstered in all aspects of their well-being, and we offer wellness programs and flexible working arrangements to provide that vital support.

What do we offer in return? We have a high-performance culture which is balanced evenly with world-class well-being initiatives and benefits; Flexible working, Financial & Investment, Pension, Bonus, Life Assurance, Share Save Scheme, Maternity & Paternity leave, Community & Volunteering Programmes, Green Car Scheme, Cycle Scheme, Healthcare, Office Lifestyle, Employee Referral Program, Lifestyle & Wellness, Learning & Development, Diversity & Inclusion.

So, what’s next? If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, then we would love to hear from you! Click on apply to this job to send us your CV and the relevant member of our global talent team will be in touch with you. Alternatively send your details to global.ta@nccgroup.com.

About your application: We review every application received and will get in touch if your skills and experience match what we’re looking for. If you don’t hear back from us within 10 days, please don’t be too disappointed – we may keep your CV on our database for any future vacancies and we would encourage you to keep an eye on our career opportunities as there may be other suitable roles. If you do not want us to retain your details, please email global.ta@nccgroup.com. All personal data is held in accordance with the NCC Group Privacy Policy. We are committed to diversity and flexibility in the workplace. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you during the application process, please tell us at any stage.

Please note that this role involves mandatory pre-employment background checks due to the nature of the work NCC Group does. To apply, you must be willing and able to undergo the vetting process. This role being advertised will be subject to BS7858 screening as a mandatory requirement.