Principal Research Infrastructure Developer (Lead Cyber Security Developer)

UCL is a multi-disciplinary university with a population of over 13000 staff and 42000 students from 150 different countries. For more information .

The UCL Centre for Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is UCLs institute for infrastructure and innovation in digital research. We are an innovative hybrid: a professional services department that delivers reliable and secure infrastructure and services to UCL research groups and a laboratory for research and innovation. We are a home for the research technology professionals - research software engineers HPC systems engineers dev-ops specialists data scientists and data stewards - who support and collaborate in the delivery of UCL research.

Further information about working in ARC can be found on our website .

We are seeking a highly motivated cyber security expert with experience (or a strong interest) in Research Computing/HPC environments. This post will help develop secure research infrastructure alongside providing support and guidance on cyber security best practice to staff across our Research Infrastructure Data and Software Engineering domains.. Youll play a vital role in not only shaping our policies and processes but developing tooling to help secure our hardware and software.

Salary range is 68284 to 78386 (including London Allowance) depending on experience.

This role is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 20% on site.

Key responsibilities:

• Research and deploy cyber security tooling
• Liaise with UCLs central Information Security Group to ensure ARCs infrastructure meets central requirements
• Audit infrastructure deployments to ensure compliance with security requirements
• Provide guidance and recommendations on security best practice to all teams across ARC
• Develop tooling and processes to ensure new platforms comply with ISO 27001 and CAF
• Contribute to documentation knowledge sharing and continuous service improvement

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following criteria.

Essential:

• Experience working in Linux environments
• Background in cyber security
• Background in research computing HPC or a related technical field
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate security recommendations effectively to technical members of staff who arent security experts
• Experience auditing/monitoring cyber security compliance

Desirable:

Experience with Kubernetes

• Experience with DevOps tooling (Terraform GitHub Actions)
• Familiarity with private/public cloud platforms
• Experience with secrets management in a large organisation

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details. If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or application process please contact Mrs. Jodie Jackson via e-mail ().

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer great benefits. Visithttps:// find out more.

As Londons Global University we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation and we want our community to represent the diversity of the worlds talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity to being fair and inclusive and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCLs workforce.

These include people from Black Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles women.

We are committed to advancing gender equality within our department.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality Diversity and Inclusion here : Experience:

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