Salary: £57,000- £65,000 depending on experience
Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3 days per week on-site due to workload classification
Security Clearance: British Citizen Only
Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
You typically need 5 years of continuous UK residency. Not having spent five years in the UK may not automatically disqualify you, but please be aware we cannot guarantee the outcome of the security clearance process and this may impact your ability to work for MBDA; these are processed on a case by case basis.
The principal Cyber Security Engineer will provide specialist Cyber Security support across programmes and pursuits within the Business, delivering effective information security solutions for complex weapon systems, their associated sub-systems and supporting / enabling equipment, providing documentation and evidence to support security approval and assurance activities within the programme context.
Identifying security risks within complex weapon systems, products and solutions and ensuring that those risks are addressed by the implementation and delivery of effective and balanced security measures.
Assist in the timely integration of information assurance activities with the weapon system engineering, design, manufacturing and support programmes.
Engaging with stakeholders, engineering teams and sub-contractors to provide direction, guidance and support on acceptable and balanced information security solutions.
Liaison with customers, accreditors and technical authorities.
Contribution to, and conduct of, trade studies related to weapon system information security.
Providing security documentation and evidence to meet MOD security assurance requirements.
Involvement in the entire systems engineering lifecycle of delivered weapon systems including specification of security requirements, development of security patterns & solutions, reviewing design and implementation, specification of verification requirements reviews of verification outputs and development of operational guidance.
Contributing to corporate information assurance knowledge and capability and maintaining knowledge of current, emerging and generation after next technology development and implications for information security.
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