Cyber Security Jobs in Bristol

Appvia · London · £75,000 – £90,000 pa

Design, build and operate secure AWS platforms using Terraform, Kubernetes/EKS and CI/CD for public and private sector clients. You will own technical delivery in your area, create reusable modules and deployment patterns, and mentor less experienced engineers within multi-disciplinary consulting teams.

RiverSafe · London

Client-facing consulting role leading end-to-end security engagements across security architecture, cloud security, DevSecOps, application security and security operations. You'll run workshops, design controls in AWS/Azure/GCP, produce risk-based deliverables and help identify follow-on work, contributing to proposals and account growth.

Experis · Bristol · £50,000 – £80,000 pa

Designs secure network and infrastructure architectures and delivers security assurance and accreditation artefacts for central government and public sector clients. Works across the full systems lifecycle with delivery teams and engineers, assessing environments against CAF, NIST, Cyber Essentials and SbD. Requires TOGAF certification and SC clearance eligibility.

University of Bristol · Bristol · £45,641 – £59,390 pa

Carry out innovative research and teaching in cyber security, focusing on software or systems security, across undergraduate, postgraduate and CDT programmes. Contribute to the Bristol Cyber Security Group's research activities and act as an active member of the group, School and Faculty. Fixed-term post until 31/01/2028 or the substantive postholder's return.

Twinstream Limited · Bristol · £50,000 – £60,000 pa

Hands-on senior role taking operational ownership of a corporate IT estate, managing cloud services, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, networking, endpoint security and automation. Involves leading complex incident resolution, patching, backups and business continuity while mentoring colleagues and working with suppliers alongside the IT Technical Lead.

QinetiQ · Bristol · £86,400 – £96,000 pa

Provides strategic cyber security consultancy to senior stakeholders, helping organisations understand and respond to evolving security challenges and business risks. Applies frameworks such as NIST, ISO27001, MITRE ATT&CK and Zero Trust to assess vulnerabilities and maturity, while leading teams, supporting bids and developing business within defence and critical national infrastructure.

QinetiQ · Bristol · £65,700 – £73,000 pa

Lead cyber security vulnerability analysis, audit processes and business risk modelling for defence customers, while shaping cyber exercise scenarios and advising on security posture against NIST and ISO27001 frameworks. The role involves applying MITRE ATT&CK and Secure by Design approaches, working largely on-site at a customer site in Corsham.

University of Bristol · Bristol · £40,704 – £59,390 pa

Conducts novel academic and high-TRL research into agentic AI security assurance for autonomous network management, characterising threat landscapes, running adversarial testing, and building runtime decision validation and dynamic trust scoring. Develops automated mitigation such as rollback and agent isolation, with experimental evaluation on a partner's agentic AI platform and the JOINER national open-networks testbed.

FDM · Bristol

Governs and continuously improves an enterprise IT Change Management practice for a financial services client, covering change assurance, risk assessment, CAB support and emergency change oversight. Works closely with Incident, Problem, Configuration and Risk teams, tracking metrics such as change success rates and failed changes. Hybrid role based in Bristol or Edinburgh on an initial 6-12 month contract.

Defence Equipment & Support · Bristol

A cyber security role aligned to the Government Security Profession Framework's Cyber Security Risk Manager function. The post holder identifies, understands and mitigates cyber-related risks, providing delivery teams with tailored advice, guidance and direct support so they can make well-informed, risk-based decisions grounded in realistic threat events and likelihoods in the operating environment.

Airbus · Bristol

Acts as a trusted advisor to clients across sectors, delivering governance, risk and compliance guidance spanning secure architecture, IDAM, PAM and DLP, and frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST CSF and NIS2. Produces risk assessments, gap analyses and remediation roadmaps, while supporting bids, content creation and marketing events. Requires UK Government Security Clearance and works hybrid from the Bristol office 2-3 days a week.

Airbus · Bristol

Owns the long-term data protection strategy and technical design of resilient disaster recovery architectures across hybrid, multi-cloud, container and on-premise environments. Acts as the highest escalation point for complex recovery failures, evaluating immutable and air-gapped storage while automating backup and orchestration processes.

ITOL Recruit · Bristol · £30,000 – £40,000 pa

A training programme combining accredited CompTIA online courses, tutor support and practice labs to prepare candidates with no prior experience for entry-level IT roles. Participants sit A+ and Network+ exams, then are helped into an IT Technician placement before progressing into cybersecurity with Security+ and optional ethical hacking courses.

IT Career Switch · Bristol · £24,000 – £45,000 pa

A traineeship combining online, accredited IT support training with hands-on Livelabs practice and CompTIA A+ exams, followed by placement into an IT Technician role. After two years' industry experience and further cyber security training, candidates progress into a Cyber Security Technician position with partner companies.

Framatome · Bristol · £63,120 – £94,680 pa

Combines deep technical cybersecurity expertise with commercial skills to build a local cybersecurity practice and drive client relationships within the UK nuclear sector. Leads market-entry strategy, develops pipelines for consulting and field services, and acts as senior subject matter expert on OT/ICS and critical infrastructure security. Also recruits and develops a local team while aligning with global business lines.

Airbus · Bristol

Performs, interprets and reports non-destructive testing (ultrasonic, radiography, magnetic particle, dye penetrant) on manufactured and in-service metallic and composite components, including customer site visits and overnight travel. Acts as customer point of contact, maintains NDT experience records for qualification renewal, and can train toward additional certifications.