Technical Security Lead

Department: Operations

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Bristol, UK

Reporting To: Chris Gumbleton

Compensation: £70,000 - £90,000 / year

Description

We’re building the next UK-headquartered engineering powerhouse. 

At Rowden, we design and integrate advanced systems that sense, connect, and protect data in challenging environments where quick decisions are vital. Our solutions use intelligent automation to enhance speed and efficiency and are built to be reliable and straightforward for critical operations in remote or high-pressure settings.

Headquartered in Bristol (UK), we combine modern engineering methods with cutting-edge commercial technology to create adaptable, mission-critical systems. We focus on solving the tough challenges that others overlook, ensuring our customers can operate effectively in an ever-changing world. In this critical role, you will be responsible for assuring secure, software-centric systems that manage and process classified information for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). Your expertise will encompass cloud infrastructure, software development, and far-edge networking and integration, with a specific focus on implementing and championing Secure by Design. 

You will act as a critical friend to our project teams, providing advice and assurance, and challenging when necessary. You will ensure that all systems are resilient, secure, and comply with the latest MOD security standards, enabling robust and secure delivery of capabilities.

Key Areas of Responsibility

As a Technical Security Lead at Rowden, you’ll be responsible for: 

• Embedding Secure by Design principles into each stage of our product and service lifecycles, from conception to disposal. 
• Conducting regular assessments and reporting on our internal and external security posture. 
• Continuously improving processes to identify and assess threats and vulnerabilities, escalating critical issues and coordinating resolutions.
• Ensuring that security is integral to the development and delivery of our systems by collaborating with cross-functional teams and asking the right questions at the right time.
• Advising our engineering and IT teams on security best practice and emerging threats.
• Engaging with supply chain partners to verify security requirements throughout the capability lifecycle. 
• Overseeing the assurance, verification, and testing of security controls to ensure compliance and resilience. 
• Leading security accreditation processes across our products and services. 

About You

You bring deep expertise in securing and assuring complex systems: 

• Extensive experience in software development environments and infrastructure delivery with a solid engineering foundation, ideally in software engineering. 
• Extensive experience in software development environments and infrastructure delivery, with a solid engineering foundation, ideally in software engineering.
• In-depth knowledge of Secure by Design principles and their application in secure systems architecture. 
• Proficiency in securing cloud infrastructure, software, far edge networking, and integrated systems. 
• Strong analytical and risk management skills, with a focus on continuous security improvement. 
• Ability to work alongside cross-functional teams to achieve secure, compliant solutions. 

You are a security assurance expert with a commitment to safeguarding mission-critical systems: 

• Strategic thinker with a proactive approach to security challenges. 
• Excellent communicator, able to articulate complex security concepts to a range of stakeholders. 
• Collaborative team player who excels in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Detail-oriented, with a strong commitment to maintaining the highest security standards.
• Committed to self-improvement and staying current with best practices and emerging threats.

Working at Rowden

We are committed to building a flexible, inclusive, and enabling company. Our aim is to create a diverse team of talented people with unique skills, experience, and backgrounds, so please apply and come as you are! We also recognise the importance of flexible working and support this wherever we can. We typically operate a flexible, hybrid-working model, with an average 3 days in the office each week (dependent on the role). We welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility, part-time working requirements and/or workplace adjustments with all our applicants. Rowden is a Disability Confident Committed company, and we actively encourage people with disabilities and health conditions to apply for our roles. Please