Cyber Security Specialist

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries, we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

About GKN Aerospace

The Cyber Security Specialist plays a critical role in safeguarding an organisation's digital infrastructure. This position is responsible for the technical aspects of cybersecurity, ensuring that the organisation's IT systems, networks, applications, and data remain secure from a wide range of cyber threats, including hacking, data breaches, malware, and phishing attacks. The Cyber Security Specialist is tasked with the implementation, management, and ongoing maintenance of security protocols, tools, and strategies designed to detect, prevent, and mitigate cyber risks.

How You'll Contribute

• Required to follow all HSE rules and regulations. Must wear appropriate PPE as required.
• Support in the definition of processes and supporting technology to assist the cyber security and IT/OT teams to actively monitor for threats and vulnerabilities.
• Supports in maintaining 24/7 cyber controls, operations, services.
• Promptly support in escalation, response, resolution, and reporting of cyber security incident (service) and corrective actions.
• Support in ensuring high-availability service levels, technical controls, analytics, and operations support objectives on cyber security tools.
• Working as effective member of multi locational team often requiring demonstration of leadership qualities.
• Develop and maintain cybersecurity control processes, standards and architectures.
• Assess IT/OT environments including systems, networks, databases and applications.
• Support in maintenance, support, administration, break/fix remediation (including root cause analysis), availability/capacity reporting, and health/performance monitoring.
• Change management, operational readiness, lifecycle management and performance delivery for cyber security solutions.

What You’ll Bring

Essential:

• Relevant Degree or equivalent experience
• Experience working in a virtual, multicultural, global environment
• Extensive experience in cyber security and/or IT risk management with a focus on security, performance and reliability
• Solid understanding of security protocols, cryptography, authentication, authorisation and security
• Knowledgeable in Security Information and Event Management
• Knowledge of system architectures. Able to understand the risk impact of vulnerabilities on existing and future designs and systems, and identify how easy or difficult it will be to exploit these vulnerabilities.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Aerospace regulations and export control requirements
• Able to work with business and technology stakeholders to understand the security implications of business change.
• Working knowledge of NIST CSF, ISO 27001, Data Protection and other regulatory environments
• Background in Network and Firewall administration and Cisco Certified Network Associate—Routing and Switching (CCNA)

What We’ll Offer

• Competitive salary dependent on experience
• Income protection
• Shopping discounts
• Cycle To Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family
• A collaborative, dynamic working environment

As well as a competitive package we’ll offer you a world of opportunity. We want to see your career fly! We’ll support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities. That’s the beauty of being part of a global business, once you’re on board you never know where your career journey may take you!

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology. ​