Job Title: Cyber Security Lead
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £57,300 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF73469
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Cyber Security Lead at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Cyber Security Lead, you’ll provide expert cyber security leadership across multiple Major Infrastructure Projects. These programmes deliver digital and technical systems that must meet Ministry of Defence cyber security obligations and Secure by Design requirements.
Day-to-day, you’ll lead technical cyber assurance activity from concept through delivery, ensuring cyber risk is identified, assessed and managed effectively. Working closely with delivery teams, architects, engineers and senior stakeholders, your expertise will directly influence design decisions, governance outcomes and long‑term system resilience.
- Leading Secure by Design technical assurance across multiple infrastructure projects
- Conducting structured threat modelling using recognised approaches such as STRIDE and attack trees
- Performing cyber risk assessments aligned to NIST 800‑30/37 and ISO 27005
- Producing technical assurance evidence, including risk treatment plans and residual risk statements
- Engaging with governance forums and stakeholders, including Ministry of Defence representatives
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential experience of the Cyber Security Lead
- Proven experience leading Secure by Design activities across complex services or portfolios
- Strong background supporting defence, Ministry of Defence or UK public sector environments
- Deep understanding of cyber risk frameworks, including NIST CSF and ISO 27005
- Demonstrable experience producing clear, decision‑focused technical assurance outputs
- Ability to influence multi‑disciplinary engineering and delivery teams
Qualifications for the Cyber Security Lead
- NCSC Certified Cyber Professional (CCP) – SIRA or Security Architect - Desirable
- Professional certifications such as CISM, CISSP, CRISC, SABSA or equivalent - Desirable
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
What we offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 26/05/2026
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