Awarded contract

F5 Engineer

Details

Value
£165,100
Topic
Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Published
9 September 2025

Tender description

Social Security Scotland has awarded a contract for a F5 Engineer. The F5 engineer will carrying out the following: Conduct a health check of our current WAF/F5 configuration and draw out an improvement plan based on findings. Address known/newly identified configuration weaknesses within out WAF/F5 deployment that may impact the effectiveness of our threat detection and mitigation controls e.g, several recommended protection policies need to be reviewed due to complex nature of our deployment web application estate. We need a robust solution in-line with vendor recommendations and risk management frameworks. A key deliverable will be to provide knowledge transfer and upskilling of the SOC team based on baselining activities and development processes Undertake comprehensive gap analysis of existing deployment, identify areas for improvement and implement prioritised recommendations. Document WAF management processes, specifically for ruleset maintenance, policy deployment, policy addition/mngt and logging and alerting Lot 1: F5 Engineer Conduct a health check of our current WAF/F5 configuration and draw out an improvement plan based on findings. Address known/newly identified configuration weaknesses within out WAF/F5 deployment that may impact the effectiveness of our threat detection and mitigation controls e.g, several recommended protection policies need to be reviewed due to complex nature of our deployment web application estate. We need a robust solution in-line with vendor recommendations and risk management frameworks. A key deliverable will be to provide knowledge transfer and upskilling of the SOC team based on baselining activities and development processes Undertake comprehensive gap analysis of existing deployment, identify areas for improvement and implement prioritised recommendations. Document WAF management processes, specifically for ruleset maintenance, policy deployment, policy addition/mngt and logging and alerting

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date4 September 2025
  2. Completed: Award published9 September 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

Social Security Scotland delivers devolved benefits payments as an executive agency of the Scottish Government, procuring as a central body. Lower-value opportunities go through the Quick Quote facility, inviting at least three suppliers per opportunity. Many contracts sit under collaborative framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems set up by national bodies. A published Forward Plan sets out upcoming opportunities for suppliers to track.

Over the past 5 years, most of Social Security Scotland's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and software and information systems.

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