Cyber Specialist – Operational Technology

Job Description

Job title: Cyber Specialist – Operational Technology

Location: Warton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements

Salary: £52,084+ depending on skills and experience   

What you’ll be doing:

·       Coordinating and supporting on; incident response, change management, secure design and control implementation and cyber risk management

·       Ensuring cyber security good practice and awareness is embedded throughout the environment

·       Facilitating the flow down of cyber governance, standards, good practice and procedures from the Air Sector Cyber team

·       Conducting system level cyber security risk assessments

·       Applying technical strategies, policies, standards and practices within own area of responsibility

·       Taking on a lead role, owning specific work areas and directs others while acting as an environment SME

·       Working regularly with senior business stakeholders and will be authoritative in such interactions

Your skills and experiences:

·       Experience delivering cyber security within an operational technology (OT) environment is essential for the role

·       Technical knowledge of IT and OT infrastructure and technologies, with a particular focus on IIoT and future OT technologies is essential

·       Understanding of government and industry standard security policy, standards and best practice guidance is essential

·       Educated to degree level (or equivalent worked experience) preferably in a related discipline

·       Professional IT Security qualification such as Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP) is advantageous

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Air Sector Cyber team:

The team are currently working in a manufacturing environments, and are responsible for all cyber security related activities across the Air Sector including within the Factory of the Future.

This role focuses on the delivery and co-ordination of cyber risk and assurance activities and act as the key point of contact and intermediary between Factory of the Future and the sector cyber and architecture, manufacturing, and engineering teams.

The team support the development and delivery of tooling and documentation related to cyber security across the Air Sector, you will provide key SME input into these activities representing Factory of the Future.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.”

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 14^th December 2023

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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