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Base pay range
Location: Frimley, Bristol, Weymouth, Portsmouth. Hybrid and flexible working arrangements are offered.
Salary: Up to £61,500 depending on skills and experience.
What You'll Be Doing
* Define and implement risk‑based cybersecurity requirements for systems and subsystems, providing technical expertise across all aspects of cyber security and resilience.
* Conduct in‑depth cybersecurity analysis, including development of threat taxonomies, security architectures, security baselines, and risk mitigation strategies.
* Develop and execute cybersecurity test plans and schedules, carrying out both informal and formal security testing activities.
* Support engineering lifecycle reviews and design assurance processes to ensure security is embedded throughout system development.
* Produce and maintain key security artefacts, including risk registers, security assurance cases, plans, and schedules, while contributing security input to broader engineering documentation.
Essential
* Degree in a relevant STEM subject or recognized Industry Security Qualifications e.g., CCP, CISSP.
* Proven experience of assessing and managing risk in line with industry best practice (NIST, ISO 27001).
* Significant experience with using security baselines, mitigations and controls.
* Considerable familiarity with a life‑cycle phased approach.
Desirable
* Experience in Product Security activities in a highly regulated environment.
* Operational Technologies / Industrial Control Systems experience.
Benefits
Competitive pension scheme, employee share plans, extensive discounted health and wellbeing benefits, green car scheme, private health plans, shopping discounts, and eligibility for an annual incentive.
The Engineering Delivery Team
The team designs, builds, integrates and provides through‑life support to all Submarine Platforms in the Royal Naval fleet. You will ensure submarine systems and products are developed to support the delivery of an appropriately secure and resilient product. Through application of your knowledge and experience, you shall identify, analyse, evaluate and manage information security risks associated with the products used on‑board the submarine. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.
Why BAE Systems
This is a place where you’ll make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity and merit, and empowers you to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about reasonable adjustments.
Senior level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Information Technology
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