We are recruiting for a Cyber AI Research Analyst on contract for a leading Defence organisation. The role is based in their Newport offices 3 days and 2 remotely.
The following areas:
Coordination:
* Coordinate Cyber Security innovation across the business to maximise alignment.
* Build and maintain a working network across the business among subject matter peers and stakeholders.
* Undertake internal & external engagements on behalf of the digital security office.
* Provide significant contributions to the transition of innovation knowledge and technologies into the business and digital security operations, including training, presentations and reports.
* Participate in a group-wide cyber innovation steering body.
* Attend and contribute to conferences and events (business/academic).
Collaboration:
* Collaborate in Cyber Security innovation activities with internal peers, to ensure cyber security is considered in joint projects and deliverables.
* Support external digital security innovation agreements, collaborations and partnerships with specialist subject expertise and industrial/context-of-use guidance.
* Provide expert services (consultancy) to the internal business on the specialist cyber subject, and as required.
Consultancy:
* Provide consultancy services on your specialist area of Cyber Security innovation across the business to ensure knowledge transfer and ensure.
* Contribute knowledge and advice on cyber aspects of your specialist topic to internal peers across the business and digital security operations.
* Manage onboarding and offboarding from projects for optimal use of time and resources.
Innovation:
* Deliver innovation projects, activity reports and presentations to cost, quality and time constraints.
* Build and maintain a research network to support the specialist Cyber Security subject.
* Support the development and maintenance of a Cyber Innovation Roadmap for your specialist area to capture future threats, opportunities and potential projects.
* Undertake state of the art research projects into digital security topics of interest in support of the business, in partnership with the other members of the Cyber Security Innovation team.
* Maintain awareness of marketed solutions, innovation and gaps, then address gaps by developing and internally marketing prototype solutions.
* Collaborate with academic partners on research and provide industrial steering.
* Contribute to academic funding bids, internally and with academic contacts.
* Publish technical reports, white papers, patents, academic articles, etc. Outputs
* Prototype solutions, software, configurations, shared expertise. - Horizon scans, market studies, technical reports. - Internal & external proposals
Skill Set
Essential
Academic:
* Bachelor's degree in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, or Maths/Computer Science with AI modules.
* Recent PhD or Masters relevant to "Cyber Security of AI ML".
Experience:
* Deep AI/ML algorithm and application knowledge (ideally Cyber aspects)
* Experience of research, innovation and/or solution development.
Research Skills:
* Excellent report writing and presentation skills.
* Excellent spoken and written English.
Technical skills:
* Technical specialist in AI/ML/Data Science techniques.
* Software Development: Strong Python skills.
Academic research background
PHD/Masters within the last 5-10 years
Deep AI/ML algorithm and application knowledge (ideally Cyber aspects)
Experience of research, innovation and/or solution development.
Technical specialist in AI/ML techniques.
Bachelor's degree in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning.
Recent PhD or Masters relevant to "Cyber Security of AI ML".