Cyber Team Lead

Company: Roke
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Location: Romsey
Job Description:

Overview

As Cyber Software Architect and Team Lead, you will design security-aware systems for national security clients and lead cross-functional teams through prototype to production across Linux, Windows, Android, IoT, servers, and cloud. You’ll balance hands-on technical work with mentorship, shaping architectures and key design decisions to meet operational demands. You’ll collaborate with clients to understand mission needs and translate them into robust, scalable solutions. This is a growth-focused role in a trusted, long-term NS domain program.

Responsibilities

  • Communicate with clients to understand business needs and translate them into architectural solutions
  • Architect whole systems and drive key design decisions
  • Lead Agile teams using Scrum or Kanban
  • Hands-on development and guidance across multiple platforms (Linux, Windows, Android) and environments ranging from IoT to cloud
  • Prototype, build products, and strengthen capabilities while ensuring operational readiness
  • Support areas such as AI/ML model usage, cloud technologies (AWS), virtualization/emulation, and containerisation
  • Work on software analysis, reverse engineering, OS and security architectures, embedded systems and firmware internals
  • Engage with hardware abstractions and cross-disciplinary collaboration to deliver end-to-end solutions
  • Ensure eligibility for SC/DV clearance as part of the role

Key requirements

  • Client-facing communication to understand business needs
  • Architecting complete solutions with critical design decisions
  • Leading Agile teams (Scrum or Kanban)
  • Software analysis and reverse engineering
  • Operating systems and security architectures
  • Embedded systems, firmware internals, and hardware abstractions
  • Software delivery from design to deployment in modern IDEs and languages
  • Experience with AI/ML models, cloud technologies (AWS), virtualization/emulation, containerisation
  • Knowledge of wireless communications and software defined radios
  • Eligibility to achieve SC/DV clearance
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Leadership and mentorship
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Software analysis
  • Reverse engineering
  • OS and security architectures

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Posted: October 1st, 2026