Cyber Team Lead

Cyber Team Lead

Are you ready to make a real impact? At the forefront of national security, Roke is a trusted partner delivering mission-critical solutions that protect the UK and its interests.  

Step into a mission-critical role where your ability to lead teams in Cyber and Software Engineering directly contributes to national safety, resilience, and technological advancement. 

This is your opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects in Operational technology, Secure Systems, Communications, AI and Cybersecurity - helping to shape the future of national security. 

What You’ll Be Doing: 

We need someone who can lead teams and be a technical authority and champion. You’ll be: 

Communicating with clients to understand their business needs.

Architecting whole solutions and making key design decisions.

Leading Agile teams in methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban. 

What You’ll Bring: 

You will apply your experience to mission-led programmes. You will have skills in a number of the areas below:  

Software analysis and reverse engineering.

Operating systems and security architectures.

Virtualisation, emulation and containerisation.

Software from design to delivery in modern IDEs and languages.

Experience in supporting areas is also beneficial, which could include: 

AI and ML models and their usage.

Embedded systems, firmware internals and hardware abstractions.

Cloud technologies, including AWS.

Wireless communications and software defined radios. 

Why Join Roke? 

You’ll work with smart, supportive people on projects that genuinely matter, in an environment that values technical excellence, collaboration and continuous learning. We invest in your growth, value diverse thinking and offer flexible working alongside a strong benefits package (including 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays). Roke combines a 70+ year heritage with the agility to make a real impact.  

Location 

Romsey – a unique Manor House site near the New Forest and south coast, with on-site parking and gym. A free minibus service runs between Romsey station and the office. Relocation packages are available for suitable candidates.  

Clearance 

Due to the nature of this role, we require you hold or to be eligible and willing to achieve DV clearance