NMC Cyber Vulnerability Specialist in Wigan

Join Police Digital Service as an NMC Cyber Vulnerability Specialist. Permanent Full-time. Salary starting at £55,000 per annum.

About Police Digital Service

We are looking for an experienced and resourceful Cyber Vulnerability Specialist to develop and strengthen the NMC Cyber Threat Team. You will help to design and build our vulnerability management offering to policing, then transition into running the operational aspect. You will help policing make sense of their vulnerability landscape and take informed actions on remediation.

Key Responsibilities

• Support management of the end-to-end vulnerability lifecycle across policing environments.
• Produce regular vulnerability reports that are clear, contextualised, and tailored to the audience - from technical teams to senior leadership.
• Work directly with forces to help present vulnerabilities in their networks, translating vulnerability findings into operational risk.
• Support force patching schedules, helping prioritise remediation based on risk and operational constraints.
• Maintain awareness of the current threat landscape and newly disclosed vulnerabilities to provide timely reports.
• Identify trends, recurring vulnerabilities, and systemic issues across force estates and provide strategic recommendations.
• Supporting incident response, threat hunting and threat intelligence functions.
• Developing and documenting vulnerability management offering, including policy, process, governance.
• Help forces define and implement their vulnerability lifecycle from discovery to closure.
• Promote asset inventory and classification processes to ensure accurate scan coverage.
• Contribute to dashboards and reporting templates that give stakeholders visibility of risk posture.
• Promote best practice and culture for vulnerability management across policing.

What you need to succeed in the role

• Experience coordinating vulnerability and patch management across complex enterprise environments.
• Understanding of attack surface and vulnerability prioritisation frameworks.
• Understanding of underlying technologies including operating systems, applications, cloud, and enterprise infrastructure.
• Experienced translating technical findings into actionable insights.
• Stakeholder engagement across technical teams to senior leadership.
• Able to explain complex information to non-technical audiences.
• Understanding of law enforcement ecosystem, or previous policing background.
• Technically understand and interpret proof of concepts and exploits.
• Experience building a vulnerability management programme.
• Experience driving vulnerability best practice across enterprise.
• Understanding of how AI technologies will impact vulnerability programmes.

Personal Attributes

• Detail orientated with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Resourceful with a proactive mindset.
• Able to adapt quickly to new technologies.
• Challenging assumptions and validating findings before escalation.
• Clear communication and influence to manage attack surface.

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.
• 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, however you will also get 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.