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
Our Values
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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