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Airbus • Bristol, United Kingdom

Cyber Security Consultant

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Job Description:

As a Cyber Security Consultant at Airbus Protect, you will act as a trusted advisor to our clients, delivering expert guidance across a diverse range of sectors. This is a multi-faceted role designed for someone who can help our clients navigate the increasingly complex threat and regulatory landscapes, as well as providing a key voice for the firm, so you should be comfortable speaking at industry conferences and contributing to white papers. Navigating both tactical, technical, compliance challenges and high-level strategic risk management.

The role ...

Key Responsibilities may include:

  • Strategic Consulting: Advise clients on sound security architecture principles, including Secure by Design, network segmentation, and zero-trust frameworks, ensuring technical solutions align with business priorities.
  • Technical Advisory: Lead engagements on specialized areas providing both high-level strategy and technical oversight. Providing consultancy on complex technical topics such as IDAM, PAM, and DLP, translating these into clear, actionable business advice.
  • Regulatory Guidance: Advise and assure compliance against current and emerging frameworks/standards such as ISO27001, ISA/IEC62443, NCSC CAF, NIS2, the Cyber Resilience Act, the AI Act, EASA Part-IS.
  • AI Integration: Leverage AI tools to optimize internal delivery while consulting customers on the secure adoption and governance of AI within their own environments and in regulatory compliance.
  • Cyber Resilience: Devise and test strategies that ensure clients can withstand and respond to cyber incidents.
  • Risk Management: Produce high-quality risk assessments and assurance artefacts across the full system lifecycle, tailoring your approach to the client’s specific business context, including consideration of technical and human factors.

Supporting New Business:

Beyond technical delivery, you will play a pivotal role in the growth and market presence of Airbus Protect:

  • Content Creation: Authoring technical blogs, white papers, and insights on emerging security trends to enhance our brand authority.
  • Sales and Marketing Support: Support to Sales and Marketing colleagues with technical representation at customer and marketing events. Developing compelling case studies and service descriptions aligned with our services portfolio. Representing Airbus at webinars, industry panels, and conferences to showcase our expertise.
  • Business Development: Active participation in the bid process and supporting ongoing customer relationship management to identify new opportunities.

Are you THE one?

We are seeking a proactive self-starter capable of taking a forward-looking approach to understanding customer requirements by providing effective inputs that add tangible benefit to the customer’s business.

Essential Requirements:

  • Experience: 3-5 years of experience in a cyber security consulting or technical leadership role
  • Qualifications: At least one of the following certifications (CISSP, CISM, CCSP, CISA, ISO 27001, GICSP, ISA62443) or equivalents.
  • Frameworks and Standards: Demonstrable experience of regulatory compliance and Standards adherence.
  • Mindset: A self-starter who stays ahead of the curve on threat intelligence and industry best practices.
  • Communication: Exceptional presentation skills; able to communicate complex technical topics to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Collaboration: Proven ability to work autonomously while contributing effectively to multiple virtual teams and customers across concurrent projects.
  • AI Literacy: Demonstrable understanding of how to use AI tools for productivity and the principles of securing AI environments.
  • Clearance: Must hold, or have the ability to obtain, UK Government Security Clearance .
  • Mobility: Full UK Driving Licence.
  • Locality: You will be expected to be in our Bristol office for at least 2-3 days a week unless attending customer sites that could be anywhere within the UK, with occasional overseas travel.

What's in it for you?

  • Joining Airbus Protect with :
    • A close and caring management,
    • A pipeline of innovative projects,
    • A community of recognised experts,
    • Great career paths and training opportunities,
  • Great benefits:
    • 25 days holiday
    • Hybrid working
    • Flexi time
    • Option to purchase holidays
    • Generous pension scheme
    • Eligibility to a Company profit sharing scheme
    • Share options
    • Access to a benefits platform offering car leasing, family health plans, dental plan, shopping discounts and much more ...

AIRBUS PROTECT

Airbus PROTECT brings together experts in risk analysis and management in the fields of safety, cybersecurity and sustainability. We deliver expertise to our own group, Airbus, for whom we act as a privileged partner, but also to external clients.

With over 1,700 experienced professionals based in France, UK and Germany, we service large-scale contracts with companies such as critical infrastructures (CNI), other industries and public institutions.

Our positioning and strategy enable us to meet the highest standards of the market and to meet the challenges of tomorrow as a team...

Airbus Protect is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

If you are looking for a position with various activities and real professional opportunities...

Join the AIRBUS PROTECT journey, we are waiting for you!

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This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:
Airbus Protect Limited

Contract Type:
Permanent

Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
General Security

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Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com .

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Company benefits

Accrued annual leave
Adoption leave
Annual bonus
Bike parking
Coaching
Complimentary Medical Services
Cycle to work scheme
Employee discounts
Enhanced maternity leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Enhanced sick pay
Family health insurance
Health insurance
In house training
Language lessons
Mentoring
On-site gym
Open to compressed hours
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to part-time employees
Referral bonus
Sabbaticals
Teambuilding days
Mental health support
Mental health platform access
Mental health first aiders

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