Graduate Systems Engineer (Cybersecurity)

Location: Onsite at the Cyber Centre of Excellence in Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Applicants must be British Citizens who have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years for SC clearance and 10 years for DV clearance.

Company

Ultra Intelligence & Communications develops embedded encryption and key management solutions for customers operating at tactical and strategic levels, protecting sensitive information and critical infrastructure.

What you will do

• Develop Systems Engineering skills and technical knowledge of cybersecurity solutions.
• Work across disciplines to solve complex problems and develop solutions meeting customer requirements and business objectives.
• Create engineering strategies and plans, define design models and methodologies, and assure solution compliance with requirements.
• Elicit and assure requirements using Enterprise Architect, DOORS, modelling, and lifecycle management tools.
• Construct functional and physical architectures, analytical diagrams, and functional models with support from senior engineers.
• Perform hands-on and automated testing, laboratory work, behavioural analysis, and information-security activities aligned with government regulations.

Requirements

• Relevant STEM degree with at least a lower second-class honours classification, achieved within the past two years.
• Ability to apply science or engineering knowledge to real-world problems individually and as part of a team, communicating technical and project aspects.
• Systems-thinking approach that considers both technical and non-technical issues.
• Logical and analytical approach to clarifying solution needs, evaluating options, justifying decisions, and implementing risk-based, best-value outcomes.
• Willingness and ability to obtain and maintain SC security clearance, followed by DV security clearance.
• Must be a British Citizen and meet the UK residency requirements for SC and DV clearance.

Nice to have

• Systems Engineering V lifecycle knowledge, MBSE/OOSE, design-driven development models, and TOGAF/MODAF architectural analysis.
• Agile/Scrum task-management experience.
• Automated test frameworks, scripting languages, and test-equipment design experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Two-year graduate programme with rotations across Systems Engineering and exposure to other engineering disciplines.
• On-the-job coaching, mentoring, peer support, and technical and professional training.
• Support for Continuing Professional Development, INCOSE-aligned ASEP/CSEP progression, and chartered or incorporated engineering status.
• Opportunities to participate in STEM outreach with schools, universities, and summer placements.
• Annual bonus scheme, private medical cover, pension contribution, life assurance, and 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays.
• Flexible working hours, potential 1pm Friday finish, flexible benefits, and a security-clearance allowance where applicable.