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Location: Reading, United Kingdom
Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billions of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter, and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information, and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.
Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their careers with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries: Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security, and Space. Your health and well-being matter to us, and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part-time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
Cyber Security Engineer
As a Cyber Security Engineer, you will work on complex systems provided by Thales, providing specialist security architecture, technical understanding, and guidance to enable Thales to devise, develop, and maintain reliable, secure, accreditable, and economically sustainable security solutions to meet project needs.
Your advice on the development of security-compliant system architectures and contribution to the design of preliminary and detailed designs is key. This includes studying alternatives and conducting risk assessments.
You will join a growing team of specialist Engineers and Architects to provide the right security solutions to meet customer requirements.
Key responsibilities:
1. Identify and analyze threats, vulnerabilities, and unwanted security consequences, maintaining their traceability to security requirements.
2. Ensure that identified security requirements are recorded and tracked throughout the project/product development.
3. Maintain logs and traceability of security requirements to security controls and assurance evidence.
4. Collate and configure evidence necessary to complete the Security Case.
5. Produce justification for security control choices.
6. Create reports and artifacts to support the security case, including deliverables.
7. Review observations and reports from users or maintainers and define corrective actions to maintain the security case where necessary.
8. Ensure technical coordination across a multi-discipline team.
We are looking for:
* Ideally, you would have worked as a Cyber Security Engineer within Defence (Air/Land/Naval), Nuclear, Government, Aerospace, CNI, or Transport sectors.
* Experience in defining system security controls independently or with other specialists.
* Proficiency with Infrastructure Security Design, including Network Security, Cryptography, Identity & Access Management, End-point protection, cloud technologies, and protective monitoring.
* Confidence in advising and supporting the team.
* Proficiency in Risk Assessment tools and methodologies across various industry sectors.
* In-depth knowledge of industry-standard frameworks like NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIS-2, JSPs, MITRE.
* Experience in implementing Secure by Design principles.
Desirable:
* Graduated in Engineering or Computer Science or hold relevant industry certifications (CISSP, Cisco, CCP, etc.).
* Knowledge of Risk Management and Accreditation, Systems Design Lifecycles, Embedded Systems Design experience.
Your career at Thales
Future opportunities include exploring other domains or sites, evolving your competencies, building your talents in new products, customers, countries, or more complex solutions, choosing between technical or leadership paths, and building an international career within a leading engineering group.
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In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will need to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK, and employment/education history for up to three years. Some roles may require full Security Clearance, which could require further evidence. For details, refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.
At Thales, we provide careers, not just jobs. With 80,000 employees across 68 countries, our mobility policy supports career development at home and abroad, in existing or new fields. We believe embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.
Thales UK is committed to an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process, providing support and adjustments for neuro-diverse applicants or those with disabilities or long-term conditions. To request adjustments or for questions, contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
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