Cyber Security Assurance Practitioner

Job Title: Cyber Security Assurance Practitioner

Location: Preston. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Referral Scheme Bonus: £1,000

Grade: GG09

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

If you don’t feel you can talk to your Line Manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE: Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

What you’ll be doing:

Conduct Cyber Security risk assessment of systems and services

Deliver documentation to demonstrate compliance to internal and external stakeholders.

Conduct assessment and provision of control effectiveness in managing information security risk

Perform health checks of controls and their effectiveness aligned with NIST (DFARS), DEFCON and HMG Secure by Design requirements to highlight key issues

Support and implement service improvement for the assurance function

Work with EIT Business Operation Teams to ensure findings/recommendations stemming from Operational Assurance are highlighted, tracked, and remediated

Your skills and experiences:

Educated to degree level (or equivalent) preferably in a related technical discipline

Understanding of cyber security technologies, their implementation and secure configuration

CompTIA (A+, Network+, Security+)/ NSCP Practitioner /CCSK/ISO27001 Practitioner (Lead Auditor etc.), CISM-P Cyber Security qualification – Desirable one or more certifications

Capable of a high standard of written communication including experience of writing complex reports and giving formal presentations to senior business peers

Ability to work autonomously and manage workload and priorities based on demand from multiple projects.

Good team working ethic and strives to meet personal and team objectives

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Cyber Security Assurance team:

The Cyber Security Assurance Team with Shared Services are part of Enterprise IT (EIT) with responsibility for assuring all enterprise managed systems and services, spanning UK/RoW. The team ensure systems / services are built and configured in-line with applicable Cyber Security Standards.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Job Title: Cyber Security Assurance Practitioner

Location: Preston. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Referral Scheme Bonus: £1,000

Grade: GG09

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

If you don’t feel you can talk to your Line Manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE: Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

What you’ll be doing:

Conduct Cyber Security risk assessment of systems and services

Deliver documentation to demonstrate compliance to internal and external stakeholders.

Conduct assessment and provision of control effectiveness in managing information security risk

Perform health checks of controls and their effectiveness aligned with NIST (DFARS), DEFCON and HMG Secure by Design requirements to highlight key issues

Support and implement service improvement for the assurance function

Work with EIT Business Operation Teams to ensure findings/recommendations stemming from Operational Assurance are highlighted, tracked, and remediated

Your skills and experiences:

Educated to degree level (or equivalent) preferably in a related technical discipline

Understanding of cyber security technologies, their implementation and secure configuration

CompTIA (A+, Network+, Security+)/ NSCP Practitioner /CCSK/ISO27001 Practitioner (Lead Auditor etc.), CISM-P Cyber Security qualification – Desirable one or more certifications

Capable of a high standard of written communication including experience of writing complex reports and giving formal presentations to senior business peers

Ability to work autonomously and manage workload and priorities based on demand from multiple projects.

Good team working ethic and strives to meet personal and team objectives

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Cyber Security Assurance team:

The Cyber Security Assurance Team with Shared Services are part of Enterprise IT (EIT) with responsibility for assuring all enterprise managed systems and services, spanning UK/RoW. The team ensure systems / services are built and configured in-line with applicable Cyber Security Standards.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.