Senior Information Assurance Engineer

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Job title: Senior Information Assurance Engineer

Location: Warton – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £47,683 + depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Establish and maintain a strong technical understanding of all applicable corporate, customer and industry Cyber Security Standards


• Develop and maintain all accreditation and assurance material necessary to gain authority/approval to operate


• Undertake regular compliance confirmation audits and vulnerability assessments


• Analyse assessment results, any new or emerging residual risks and provide remedial recommendations to the wider engineering teams


• Agree to and work to timescales, clearly understanding and providing regular feedback of progress and achievement


• Communicate effectively both within the team and to the engineering manager, identifying early potential risks, seeking clarification and direction


• Ensure that a good working knowledge of Aircrew Training Simulation Systems related product deliverables is maintained and that an awareness of interface points and dependencies within the wider team is established


• Understand and comply with BAE Systems Warton policies on security, IT facilities, operating procedures, absence and attendance, staff job time recording, health and safety and business ethics

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Hold a degree in a STEM subject or demonstrate equivalent relevant experience. This may include professional qualifications in related toolsets


• Experience within the cyber security domain and familiarity with applicable standards and processes e.g. NIST, JSP’s, RMADS, SyOPs and Secure by Design principles


• The ability to work diligently as part of a large and complex organisation, able to manage and motivate a small team, as well as having a positive attitude towards continuous improvement and development of our people, processes and technology

Desirable:

• Experience of managing and assuring medium to large scale enterprise IT or Operational Technology based systems would be beneficial


• The ability to articulate information at different levels of detail for different audiences is highly desirable


• Certifications such as SSCP, CISSP, CCsm

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 Synthetic Training, Computing Infrastructure and Deployment (CID) team:

An exciting opportunity exists for an ambitious and self-confident Systems Engineer within the Synthetic Training, Computing Infrastructure and Deployment (CID) Team to take a lead role in Cyber Security Compliance and Information Assurance of the training devices. The role requires a proactive approach to Product Security. This includes ensuring both engagement with new standards and wider industry norms but also regular compliance confirmation and assurance reviews for existing systems. The scope of responsibility includes assurance of development and reference capabilities at Warton but also delivering and supporting RAF bases in Coninsgby and Lossiemouth as well as our export customers in Qatar and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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: 1st November 2024

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.