The role
As a Senior Infosec Specialist, you’ll have a role that is out of the ordinary. You will support the delivery of cyber security improvement initiatives throughout QinetiQ groupworking directly with the programme leadership team. Your knowledge of cybersecurity, in information security, and strong interpersonal management skills will be crucial in this role. Using your excellent understanding of the information security discipline, you will ensure the programme team maintains a focus on continuous improvement and develops improvement solutions in response to security issues and problems.
Day-to-day, you will:
1. Design and deliver InfoSec improvement solutions in response to security issues and problems.
2. Providing SME InfoSec advice and guidance to both technical and non-technical personnel.
3. Oversee audit and compliance reporting of technological upgrades, improvements and major changes to the information security environment.
4. Define Information Security training needs, ensuring QinetiQ teams retain a focus on technical excellence.
5. Liaise and provide advice to wider senior management community about technical information security risks, mitigations, and associated compliance risks.
6. Assist the programme team to develop a security culture and awareness of Information Security through direct user communications.
Essential experience of the Senior Infosec Specialist
7. An excellent understanding and experience of Security techniques and InfoSec principles
8. Considerable experience of delivering effective Security in a complex, regulated and security-critical business environment
9. Highly capable of delivering Security projects and work packages, with demonstrable experience
10. Experience with developing and maintaining security documentation (policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures)
11. Practical experience of security and IA implementation within Industry (and MoD)
12. Excellent knowledge of InfoSec accreditation and a wide range of security standards
Qualifications for the Senior Infosec Specialist
We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
Our Benefits
13. Adaptive and flexible working
14. Generous holiday allowance
15. Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
16. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
17. Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more.
18. Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave.
19. We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant.
20. Payroll Giving and Volunteering - helping charities and local community.
Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those which help the defence community.