# Active Cyber Defence Lead

If you’d like to be considered for this opportunity we encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment as if applications are high the role will close before the closing date given. Role: Active Cyber Defence Lead Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking. Package: starting from £65,100 p.a (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience) Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application. Let us introduce the role: The Active Cyber Defence Lead is responsible for the strategic leadership, development, and operational effectiveness of the organisations' active cyber defence capabilities. Reporting directly to the Head of Digital Operations, the role leads the proactive identification, disruption, and mitigation of cyber threats across the enterprise. The role leads proactive threat detection, hunting, and disruption, ensuring cyber threats are identified, contained, and mitigated in line with organisational risk appetite and regulatory obligati

- **Id**: 4020128
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/awe-active-cyber-defence-lead>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Reading, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T14:43:11Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T13:19:49Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7286
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual leave, Flexible schedule
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cybersecurity, Incident Response, Defense Manufacturing, Nuclear Engineering

## Company

- **Id**: 1799578
- **Name**: AWE
- **Domain**: awe.co.uk
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/awe-co-uk>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

## Salary

- **Min**: 65100
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 87320

## Technologies

- **MITRE ATT&CK** — Optional: no
- **NIST CSF** — Optional: no
- **SIEM** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T14:43:11Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 15
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 87320
- **Is top pay**: no

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