Your work at Leonardo UK will see you support solving customer problems in an agile, innovative and team-centric manner. The role may involve a blended hybrid working model, with a mixture of working from home and working on site at one of our Leonardo offices and closely with our customers.
What you will do as a Senior Consultant:
Support a team to meet all aspects of the cyber and information security delivery across an engineering lifecycle.
Interpret customer requirements into actionable security management plans, statements of work, and activities to be delivered across the lifecycle.
Become a security subject matter expert for the product being delivered.
Delivery of associated statements of work and artefacts to time, cost and quality constraints.
Identification, management and escalation of technical and delivery risks and issues.
Management of the customer relationships for the cyber and information security workstream, both internal and external.
Requirements
In addition to a passion for cyber and information security, ideally you need to have:
Ability to work independently without supervision and be able make sound decisions based on the facts available at the time.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills at all levels, both internally and with customers.
Core consulting skills - building client relations, adaptability to changing schedules, reliability and quality of task delivery, flexibility in working hours and locations, team player.
Managing risks and services in accordance with customer, regulatory and legislative expectations.
A degree and/or master's degree in cyber security and/or a systems or software engineering discipline - or relevant comparable experience.
At least one recognised professional cyber security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CASP/SecurityX and/or Professional Registration (CIISec) or comparable in a security related discipline.
Knowledge and Demonstratable Experience
Of MOD accreditation and secure by design processes (ISN2023/09), and associated policies and practices across the lifecycle.
In the application of standards including NIST Special Publications (e.g. SP 800-30, 37 & 53), and/or RTCA-DO-326A/B, 355A & 356A.
In the application of Defence security standards, such as Defstan 05-138 & Defstan 05-139.
That extends outside of traditional enterprise IT scenarios extending to proprietary and open-source software, firmware and electronic hardware.
Developing, evaluating and analysing design constraints, and detailed system and security designs as they pertain to the cyber domain.
Decomposing cyber and security requirements down to the system control level.
Conducting cyber and information security risk assessment activities including threat modelling, vulnerability analysis and analysis of mitigations, including technical understanding.
Scoping and managing security verification and validation activities and remedial action plans.
Coordinating with product engineers, system architects, and developers to provide oversight and guidance in the development of robust solutions, including advising on suitable product or platform lockdown and configurations.
Nice if you had:
Understanding of the engineering lifecycle and key gate review activities.
Knowledge of current Crypto technologies, Key Management Systems & practical COMSEC implementations and MOD / NCSC standards.
Knowledge or experience of ARP4754A/ARP4761 and its interrelationship with security.
This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn.
Security Clearance
This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government's Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements fo
Benefits
Vision insurancePaid time offEquity / stock options
Additional Information
Job Description:
Salary Range: £44,171 - £63,000
Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.
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