Cyber Security Engineer

Role Information

Are you passionate about protecting organisations from evolving cyber threats while driving real governance and risk strategy?

We’re looking for a Cyber Security Engineer to play a critical role in strengthening our cyber security posture. You’ll focus on governance, risk management, compliance, and assurance, helping ensure our systems, suppliers, and processes meet the highest standards.

This is not just a technical role — it’s an opportunity to shape cyber strategy, influence senior stakeholders, and ensure we remain secure, compliant, and audit\-ready in a highly regulated environment.

Its a hybrid working role, coming into our Burton office 2 days a week.

What You’ll Be Doing \-

Governance, Risk \& Assurance

Own and enhance cyber security policies, standards, and frameworks

Conduct risk assessments across systems, suppliers, and business processes

Manage cyber risks and track mitigation activities

Build audit\-ready evidence demonstrating effective security controls

Compliance \& Regulatory Assurance

Support and lead activities aligned to ISO27001, Cyber Essentials Plus, NHS DSP Toolkit

Act as a key contact for audits, coordinating responses and remediation

Monitor compliance and highlight gaps through governance forums

Third\-Party Security

Assess suppliers’ cyber security posture and risk

Support procurement and contract decisions with security insight

Manage ongoing supplier assurance and remediation activities

Incident Oversight

Own and coordinate responses to complex or high\-risk cyber incidents

Act as escalation point beyond SOC triage

Ensure lessons learned drive continuous improvement

Security \& Technical Assurance

Provide oversight of core security technologies

Collaborate with IT and security partners to ensure controls meet audit standards

Support secure configuration in cloud (especially Microsoft environments)

Reporting \& Improvement

Deliver dashboards, metrics, and insights on cyber risk posture

Continuously improve governance and assurance processes

What We’re Looking For

Essential Skills

Experience in cyber security governance, risk, or compliance roles

Strong understanding of risk frameworks and control environments

Experience supporting audits and producing compliance evidence

Knowledge of ISO27001, Cyber Essentials Plus, NHS DSP Toolkit

Ability to assess and respond to cyber incidents beyond initial triage

Excellent communication skills with a risk\-based mindset

Desirable

Certifications (e.g. Security\+, SC\-900, ISO27001\)

Experience working with SOC or MDR providers

Background in regulated or healthcare environments

Cyber Security Engineer \- Sciensus.doc

Who we are?

Sciensus is a proven life sciences solutions partner with more than 30 years' experience navigating and unlocking the complex European healthcare ecosystem.

We maximise patient access to medicines, accelerate product launches and drive long\-term commercial success for our partners.

Through a skilled team of over 500 licensed clinical staff and 1,650 colleagues globally, we work at the intersection of clinical excellence, patient experience and healthcare innovation. We support patients living with cancer, chronic conditions and rare diseases ‒ helping them access the life\-changing treatments they need, wherever they are.

What do we offer our people?

We work hard to make sure colleagues feel motivated, developed, and recognised for the great work they do. Additional to a competitive salary, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays


• Yearly pay reviews


• Contribution based pension scheme


• Life assurance


• Employee benefits platform (retailer discounts and much more)


• Private medical (after qualifying period)


• Ongoing learning and development opportunities


• Annual company event


• In the Burton Upon Trent office we have an onsite gym, canteen, prayer room, and quiet room

We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer and we have also successfully gained the National Equality Standard (NES is the UK’s leading Equity, Diversity and Inclusion standard which was developed by the UK Government and the CBI). We are committed to the fair treatment of all candidates, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age or disability. We welcome applications from all and we select candidates based on skills, qualifications, and experience. Please talk to us during the application process to discuss any reasonable adjustments you may require.

We are committed to achieving Net Zero and reducing our ecological footprint. We are constantly working on new initiatives, some of our more recent ones include working towards Level 2 in the Greener Pharmacy Toolkit and replacing many of our vans with lower CO2 emission models. For information on other projects and our wider approach to sustainability please visit our corporate website.
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