Job title: Cyber Security Assurance Specialist

Location: Barrow-in-Furness or Filton. We’re offering hybrid and flexible arrangements with a requirement to attend various BAE sites around the country when needed

Salary: From £56,000 per annum dependent on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Reporting to the Engineering System Owner within Cyber and Software you will lead and manage product security assurance across a number of major Dreadnought systems supplied to the Ministry Of Defence
• Lead and support product security activities, including technical reviews and assessments of product security architectures and designs across a diverse range of complex whole boat and platform software intensive systems
• You will develop and update cyber security good practices and help ensure the techniques, policies, procedures, and knowledge to enable us to implement them across the dreadnought programme
• Advise and collaborate with Submarine Tier 1 and sub-tier suppliers and wider enterprise stakeholders to ensure product security arrangements and controls are compliant with industry and MOD standards
• Provide product security assurance including supplier assessment, auditing and reporting of risks and issues associated with critical whole boat systems to enable acceptance and accreditation
• You will provide technical advice and guidance in developing whole boat and Major System Security Cases against an established industry-based measure of performance and maturity

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Cyber security experience is preferable, however strong experience within systems engineering/safety engineering and an understanding of the underpinning principles, including how to manage risk cases will allow for further development of knowledge in post
• Knowledge and experience of developing product security assurance cases for complex systems across multiple organisations with extensive stakeholders and interfaces
• Knowledge and experience of Security Management systems and the development of product security across Nuclear, Aerospace and Maritime domains
• Science, Technology or Engineering degree with related Cyber Security content and experience

Desirable requirements

• Knowledge of Industrial Controls System Security to industry development standards and best practices including Secure By Design, NIST Framework and controls, IEC62243, IEC 27000 series and industry threat model frameworks
• Knowledge of Submarine Control and Instrumentation software/intensive systems including Platform, propulsion and combat systems

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Dreadnought Alliance Information Assurance Team:

This is a great and unique position that will provide you with a fantastic opportunity to help make a big influence in a growing and developing industry of product security. This role is new to the team and will allow you to put your own stamp on it and help to shape the future of Product Security within Submarines.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 11^th December 2023

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Due to the festive season, there may be a delay in the processing of your application. Your application is important to us, and we will respond as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

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