Cyber Software Engineer

Overview

Posted Friday 19 September 2025 at 00:00

Great ideas come from different minds. That's why we bring together engineers, scientists, analysts, and creatives from every background - and give them the trust, tools, and freedom to make a difference. What connects us is the mission: solving meaningful problems and building capability that protects what matters most. And as the challenges evolve, so do we - working on the technologies that will shape tomorrow, not just today.

Cyber Software Engineer

National Security Business
Be part of a growing and highly trusted supplier into the NS domain working to deliver mission critical solutions helping to keep the nation safe, secure and prosperous.

Working on leading edge technology solutions including AI/DS, Cyber, Cloud, DevOPs/SRE, Platform Engineering

We have secured long term work, across the full spectrum, on the latest framework with the client, which provides the springboard for our ongoing growth and development in this domain, so join us on what will be an incredible growth journey.

Role

As a Cyber Software Engineer you'll make, break, assure and secure systems across a variety of projects. Our Cyber work spans diverse technology stacks on multiple platforms, including Linux, Windows and Android, with environments ranging from small IoT devices, through to user equipment, servers and into the Cloud.

You'll tackle hard problems, where solutions need research and experimentation to identify the art of the possible. Working in teams of talented individuals, you'll use your expertise to engineer these solutions, construct pipelines to robustly test them, and integrate them with upstream services. You'll see their deployment all the way to operational use, working hand in glove with our clients.

Responsibilities

As a Cyber Software Engineer you'll:

• Make, break, assure and secure systems across a variety of projects.
• Work with diverse technology stacks across Linux, Windows, and Android.
• Develop solutions from concept through deployment and operational use.

Requirements

You will likely have experience in the below areas:

• Software analysis and reverse engineering of compiled or interpreted code that could be obfuscated or defensively structured, for either x86/x64 or ARM processor architectures.
• Operating systems and/or firmware internals, security architectures and hardware abstraction.
• Engineering software from design to delivery in modern IDEs and languages, using Agile delivery.
• Creating tested and testable code. Integrating with automated verification systems, CI and CD pipelines.

Technologies

You will have likely used some of the below technologies:

• IDAPRO or Ghidra for reverse engineering.
• C, C++, Java or C# for solution creation.
• Python, Bash, Powershell or Groovy for prototyping and tool-making.

Experience and Beneficial Areas

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

• AI and ML models and their usage.
• Cloud technologies, including AWS.
• Virtualisation, emulation and containerisation.

About Us

Built on over a 60 year heritage, Roke offers specialist knowledge in sensors, communications, cyber, and AI and ML. We change the way organisations think and act - through dynamic insights from the analysis of multiple layers of data. We take care of the innovative, technical stuff that keeps everyone safe - that's our mission, passion, and motivation.

Where you'll work

We'll find our Romsey site located within beautiful Hampshire countryside, close to the picturesque New Forest District and not far from a superb stretch of the south coast. This is no corporate concrete jungle; this is a manor house site, with ample parking and an on-site gym.

Clearances

Due to the nature of this role, we require you to be eligible to achieve SC / DV clearance.

The Next Step

Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you.