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Lead Security Engineer

Posted 23 Mar 2024
Work experience
2 to 5 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required language
English (Fluent)

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The Opportunity

At Leonardo, we have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Security Engineer with expertise in developing & maintaining product security management systems for Defence & Government customers to join our team. Leonardo is a global high-tech company & one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence & Security. Headquartered in Italy, Leonardo has over 45,000 employees, of which.

This position will report to the Head of Product Security and will take responsibility for all security aspects of product design, development, verification and maintenance through all phases of the product lifecycle. The role will focus on undertaking security risk assessments for products, preparing security risk mitigation plans, deriving security requirements and working with product development teams to design, implement and maintain appropriate security controls.

The security engineer will work with customer security accreditors & SMEs as well as project engineering teams to ensure product compliance with customer and company security policies and any residual security risks are adequately defined and managed.

The successful candidate will be responsible for planning, direct and control the SOC functions & operations. Ensure the monitoring & analysis of incidents to protect People, Technology and Process addressing all security incidents & ensuring timely escalation.

This role can be based at either our Basildon, Southampton, Luton or Bristol site

WHAT YOU’LL GET

  • Flexible working: We offer our employees the time and flexibility they need to enjoy a balanced life through flexible hours and part time options
  • Custom working: The role may be a mixture of home based & onsite
  • Flexible benefits: Our company-funded approach to flexible benefits allows employees to make choices appropriate for them. Each employee has access to a wide choice of lifestyle, health and wellbeing options best suited to their individual lifestyle goals.
  • Network groups : To demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion we have network groups for
  • Carers (employees who care for someone who is either older, disabled or seriously ill)
  • Enable (supporting people with disabilities)
  • Equalise (development of a gender balanced workforce)
  • Pride (promoting equality for all LGBTQ+ individuals)
  • We also work in partnership with AFBE (Association for Black & Minority Ethnic Engineers).
  • Training : Free access to Coursera which provides more than 4,000 online courses
  • Continuous Learning : You will be supported in your ongoing professional development though training & mentoring
  • Investors in People : We are proud recipients of the Investors in People Silver Award
  • Employee Assistance Programme : Providing free & confidential mental health support
  • Annual leave: We offer 25 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays & 8 flexi days

What you will do

  • The successful candidate will report to the Head of Product Security (ISP) and be responsible for providing security advice to product development teams in a range areas including:
  • Production of Security Managements Plans, work package descriptions and cost estimates in support of product bids, services and proposals.
  • Undertaking security risk assessments, risk mitigation plans, mitigation gap analysis and preparation of security management documentation for system Accreditation.
  • Defining product security requirements, advising development teams on suitable implementation standards and techniques and overseeing product development activities.
  • Liaison with Security Accreditors and Security Assurance Coordinators in support of security accreditation.
  • Preparation of Protection Profiles, Security Targets and Evaluation Management Plans, and liaison with NCSC and commercial evaluation teams in support of evaluation activities.
  • Preparation of TEMPEST Control Plans, advising development teams on appropriate implementation techniques and liaising with TEMPEST test facilities.
  • Advising development teams on suitable platform lockdown and configurations, and supporting Penetration test activities. Analysing penetration test results and preparation of remedial action plans.
  • Prepare and implement through life support and maintenance for product security including vulnerability and patch management plans
  • Lead security incident management teams during incident/crisis situations in conjunction with Head of Product Security
  • Review and maintain corporate product security policies.
  • Deliver product security training to project engineering teams.

What we are looking for

Required:

  • Experience in the development of security solutions for a military &/or commercial products and systems.
  • Graduate degree in relevant engineering, computing or related scientific discipline, and/or evidence of further professional study.
  • Registered NCSC Certified Professional at senior level or above, or NCSC recognised qualification, e.g. ISC2 Certified Information System Security Professional.
  • Knowledge of UK/NATO Information Assurance standards, procedures & systems, including Government Functional Standard GovS 007: Security, HMG IS1&2, ISO27000 series standards, NIST SP800 series standards, JSP440, JSP604, guidance material provided by NCSC, CPNI and NIST.
  • Practical experience of producing Security Accreditation documentation
  • Practical experience of NCSC and Common Criteria security evaluation techniques.
  • Knowledge of current crypto technologies and key management systems
  • Model Base System Engineering (MBSE) knowledge
  • Enterprise Security Architectures (SABSA, MODAF).
  • Understanding operating systems, firmware and software security controls and how to apply them.
  • Understanding of existing, current and emerging technologies including cloud, virtualisation and web
  • Excellent verbal & written communication skills.
  • Good team worker with ability to influence and motivate.
  • Positive attitude and drive to improve the business.
  • Ability to obtain SC clearance with UK-eyes only caveat.

Leonardo is a global high-tech player in Aerospace, Defence and Security.
We are inspired by Leonardo da Vinci, a universally recognised symbol of creativity and innovation. Our new name follows our business rationalisation in which we absorbed the activities of AgustaWestland, Alenia Aermacchi, OTO Melara, Selex ES and WASS into one company.

Engineering
Basildon
10,000 employees