NMC Cyber Security Engineering Lead in Wigan

The NMC Cyber Security Engineering Lead will be responsible for leading a team in the creation, configuration, and maintenance of the technology platforms and tooling that underpin security operations within the National Management Centre. Working as part of a dedicated and flexible team, you will play a key role in helping to protect front-line policing from cyber-attacks.

About Police Digital Service

To protect people from harm in our rapidly changing world, police services must not only keep up with technology and business changes but develop capabilities and ways of working that will enable them to adapt to and deal with the complexity of modern criminality. Police Digital Service strives to be the go‑to partner for technology developments and programmes across UK policing. Our team provides technical advice and delivers services to help policing and law enforcement organisations across the UK prioritise and focus on technology efforts. Our vision is to support UK policing to keep people safe, get more from technology investments and make better use of public money, and we’re always on the lookout for great talent to help us achieve this.

The National Management Centre (NMC) is part of Police Digital Services and provides visibility and control of information risks for policing. It supports the 24x7x365 nature of police operations, providing a threat detection and response capability for digital services before, during and after cyber-attacks, enabling stakeholders to understand and proactively manage risk across the technology estate at both the national and force level.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute towards technical designs and documentation for new and existing solutions.
• Act as a point of escalation / subject matter expert for other members of the team.
• Providing support to forces for the configuration of Sentinel and log sources.
• Co-ordination of the testing, implementation and configuration of new data sources.
• Contribute towards the management of SIEM content such as detections.
• Line Management responsibilities for NMC Cyber Security Engineers.
• Working with wider NMC teams, contributing to Continual Service Improvement and innovations.

What you need to succeed in the role

• Experience of supporting and developing SIEM platforms in the context of a Security Operations Centre across a multi-tenant environment.
• Practical experience in the creation, testing, implementation, and support of custom tooling to support Security Operations.
• Initiative and the ability to produce quality work without close supervision.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, particularly in relation to technical subjects.
• Proven line management experience leading security engineers and analysts.
• Co‑ordinate, track and report on project milestones, risks and blockers to senior management.
• Broad cyber security awareness and practical experience.
• Relevant cloud certification or equal experience.
• Previous public sector experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Sentinel (or other SIEM’s).
• Experience working with code repositories and CI/CD.

Why Join us?

• Balance is important and we want you to take time off to recharge – we offer 28 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days after 5 years of service. Holiday Purchase also available.
• Flexible working hours – We trust you to do your job and we appreciate that life doesn’t always fit around a 9 to 5 workday. We operate core hours of 8 to 6, Monday to Friday (37hr week).
• We care about your well‑being – we have an EAP that offers not just welfare benefits but also retail discounts.
• Plan for the future – we offer an excellent pension scheme and life assurance cover.
• Put your mind at rest regarding your health – offering remote GP, mental health and physiotherapy appointments via video consultation.
• Family – Enhanced maternity and paternity pay along with a flexible return to work.
• Community – one paid day off per year for volunteering.

We are committed to equal opportunity for all and will not discriminate on any grounds. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible span of experience. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates and people with disabilities.

Working Arrangements

At the NMC, you will benefit from hybrid working, getting the advantages of both face-to-face team engagement and home working. NMC employees have the opportunity to work in our modern office environment for in-person collaboration, alongside the opportunity to work from home 2 days a week. All applicants must be eligible for NPPV3 and SC clearances. Successful applicants will require NPPV3 clearance to have been approved before starting with PDS.