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Job Description IT Security Manager Our Client is a large international organisation who are looking to recruit an IT Security Manager with at least 5 to 8 years proven expertise. Provide advice, support and guidance to all Company Corporate functions to assist them to maintain and improve their information security maturity. To work collaboratively with all areas of the Company Corporate and build networks and relationships to promote Information Security. • Act as subject matter expert on for IT Security, including legal and regulatory compliance • Advise Company Corporate functions on how to achieve the required controls and assist with solutions to support them. Eg Support in the development of standards and their application in line with Group security policies. • Participate in Company BU's Projects giving support, guidance, control validation and overall security assurance. This could also involve sitting on major project steering committees. • Support and encourage the ethos and methodology of security by design. • Aid GRC to build, implement and facilitate a mechanism to aid BU's to assess and measure their security compliance to policies. • Drive the development of BU/Divisional security roadmaps. Giving oversight of key non-conformities to feed into the CISO roadmap. • Coach, train and educate the Company IT and Functions to up skill and increase the security maturity in BU's. Be an active member of the Company's IS Security community, contributing to and leveraging the experience and lessons learned from other BU's • Produce, implement and standardise protocol and guidance material to support Business unit activities - examples - Asset register templates, third party due-diligence. • Facilitate and chair the security working group meetings • Engage and manage third party relationships to support the Company and its affiliates • Aid Procurement and the tendering process • Raising the security baseline controls and standardising where it makes sense to do so. • Understanding the different business requirements and aligning to their objectives Support Security operations to continuously improve information security awareness across the group, including phishing campaigns and associated reporting Experience • Experience in an information security risk leadership role within a large organisation. • Confident in presenting, discussing and championing ideas and concepts with senior stakeholders. • Experience of running information security risk governance processes and structures • Familiarity with relevant industry standards for information security (e.g. ISO27001, NIST CSF) • Experience of creating, implementing and assessing against information security policies and standards Creativity • Able to analyse complex, ambiguous problems and summarise clearly with a view to establishing practical solutions • Able to \"bridge the gap\" between technologists and business-people, bringing to life information security risks to the business, while maintaining a pragmatic outlook on likelihood and impact of the risk and cost/complexity of the mitigation. • Ensuring initiatives/programmes are anchored in best practice whilst still being highly practical/pragmatic. • Ability to defuse situations and resolve conflict to a win-win outcome • Influence others understand their views and agree ways of working that are acceptable to all parties. Business acumen to understand business risks and the information security implications • Able to identify when information security risks need to be escalated to achieve the right level of management visibility. • Able to prioritise security risks and controls, differentiating the essential from the \"nice to have\". • Able to judge how to communicate messages to people to maximise buy-in and/or understanding. • Able to analyse data with rigour & reach sound conclusions • Can assess when further data gathering, or analysis will bring diminishing returns. Can place appropriate weight on prevailing (sometimes conflicting) evidence. • Support and manage budget Responsibility • Responsibility of information security incident management • Responsibility for security assessments and assurance activities (e.g. penetration testing) and when to use them. • Oversee and management of security compliance management and reporting in relation to any relevant regulatory or legal requirements Operational responsibility of management of third parties Responsibility for managing change management around project and change leadership. Able to judge the political and other people aspects of a situation, and tailor messages and approach to bring people along. • Able to work with others, setting challenging but realistic targets for team members, and through coaching and appropriate guidance, securing a successful outcome. • A positive collegiate approach to developing relationships and networks at all levels across the Company and the gravitas to work persuasively with senior stakeholders. Is aware of different styles of stakeholders and can adjust own leadership style successfully to bridge any gaps. The Client and the role is based in Central London - and you will be required to be in the office at least 3 days week. The salary for this position will be £75K + £85K plus Benefits. Please do send your CV to us in Word format for this exciting new position along with your salary and availability.

Job Description IT Security Manager Our Client is a large international organisation who are looking to recruit an IT Security Manager with at least 5 to 8 years proven expertise. Provide advice, support and guidance to all Company Corporate functions to assist them to maintain and improve their information security maturity. To work collaboratively with all areas of the Company Corporate and build networks and relationships to promote Information Security. • Act as subject matter expert on for IT Security, including legal and regulatory compliance • Advise Company Corporate functions on how to achieve the required controls and assist with solutions to support them. Eg Support in the development of standards and their application in line with Group security policies. • Participate in Company BU's Projects giving support, guidance, control validation and overall security assurance. This could also involve sitting on major project steering committees. • Support and encourage the ethos and methodology of security by design. • Aid GRC to build, implement and facilitate a mechanism to aid BU's to assess and measure their security compliance to policies. • Drive the development of BU/Divisional security roadmaps. Giving oversight of key non-conformities to feed into the CISO roadmap. • Coach, train and educate the Company IT and Functions to up skill and increase the security maturity in BU's. Be an active member of the Company's IS Security community, contributing to and leveraging the experience and lessons learned from other BU's • Produce, implement and standardise protocol and guidance material to support Business unit activities - examples - Asset register templates, third party due-diligence. • Facilitate and chair the security working group meetings • Engage and manage third party relationships to support the Company and its affiliates • Aid Procurement and the tendering process • Raising the security baseline controls and standardising where it makes sense to do so. • Understanding the different business requirements and aligning to their objectives Support Security operations to continuously improve information security awareness across the group, including phishing campaigns and associated reporting Experience • Experience in an information security risk leadership role within a large organisation. • Confident in presenting, discussing and championing ideas and concepts with senior stakeholders. • Experience of running information security risk governance processes and structures • Familiarity with relevant industry standards for information security (e.g. ISO27001, NIST CSF) • Experience of creating, implementing and assessing against information security policies and standards Creativity • Able to analyse complex, ambiguous problems and summarise clearly with a view to establishing practical solutions • Able to \"bridge the gap\" between technologists and business-people, bringing to life information security risks to the business, while maintaining a pragmatic outlook on likelihood and impact of the risk and cost/complexity of the mitigation. • Ensuring initiatives/programmes are anchored in best practice whilst still being highly practical/pragmatic. • Ability to defuse situations and resolve conflict to a win-win outcome • Influence others understand their views and agree ways of working that are acceptable to all parties. Business acumen to understand business risks and the information security implications • Able to identify when information security risks need to be escalated to achieve the right level of management visibility. • Able to prioritise security risks and controls, differentiating the essential from the \"nice to have\". • Able to judge how to communicate messages to people to maximise buy-in and/or understanding. • Able to analyse data with rigour & reach sound conclusions • Can assess when further data gathering, or analysis will bring diminishing returns. Can place appropriate weight on prevailing (sometimes conflicting) evidence. • Support and manage budget Responsibility • Responsibility of information security incident management • Responsibility for security assessments and assurance activities (e.g. penetration testing) and when to use them. • Oversee and management of security compliance management and reporting in relation to any relevant regulatory or legal requirements Operational responsibility of management of third parties Responsibility for managing change management around project and change leadership. Able to judge the political and other people aspects of a situation, and tailor messages and approach to bring people along. • Able to work with others, setting challenging but realistic targets for team members, and through coaching and appropriate guidance, securing a successful outcome. • A positive collegiate approach to developing relationships and networks at all levels across the Company and the gravitas to work persuasively with senior stakeholders. Is aware of different styles of stakeholders and can adjust own leadership style successfully to bridge any gaps. The Client and the role is based in Central London - and you will be required to be in the office at least 3 days week. The salary for this position will be £75K + £85K plus Benefits. Please do send your CV to us in Word format for this exciting new position along with your salary and availability.

Job Description IT Security Manager Our Client is a large international organisation who are looking to recruit an IT Security Manager with at least 5 to 8 years proven expertise. Provide advice, support and guidance to all Company Corporate functions to assist them to maintain and improve their information security maturity. To work collaboratively with all areas of the Company Corporate and build networks and relationships to promote Information Security. • Act as subject matter expert on for IT Security, including legal and regulatory compliance • Advise Company Corporate functions on how to achieve the required controls and assist with solutions to support them. Eg Support in the development of standards and their application in line with Group security policies. • Participate in Company BU's Projects giving support, guidance, control validation and overall security assurance. This could also involve sitting on major project steering committees. • Support and encourage the ethos and methodology of security by design. • Aid GRC to build, implement and facilitate a mechanism to aid BU's to assess and measure their security compliance to policies. • Drive the development of BU/Divisional security roadmaps. Giving oversight of key non-conformities to feed into the CISO roadmap. • Coach, train and educate the Company IT and Functions to up skill and increase the security maturity in BU's. Be an active member of the Company's IS Security community, contributing to and leveraging the experience and lessons learned from other BU's • Produce, implement and standardise protocol and guidance material to support Business unit activities - examples - Asset register templates, third party due-diligence. • Facilitate and chair the security working group meetings • Engage and manage third party relationships to support the Company and its affiliates • Aid Procurement and the tendering process • Raising the security baseline controls and standardising where it makes sense to do so. • Understanding the different business requirements and aligning to their objectives Support Security operations to continuously improve information security awareness across the group, including phishing campaigns and associated reporting Experience • Experience in an information security risk leadership role within a large organisation. • Confident in presenting, discussing and championing ideas and concepts with senior stakeholders. • Experience of running information security risk governance processes and structures • Familiarity with relevant industry standards for information security (e.g. ISO27001, NIST CSF) • Experience of creating, implementing and assessing against information security policies and standards Creativity • Able to analyse complex, ambiguous problems and summarise clearly with a view to establishing practical solutions • Able to \"bridge the gap\" between technologists and business-people, bringing to life information security risks to the business, while maintaining a pragmatic outlook on likelihood and impact of the risk and cost/complexity of the mitigation. • Ensuring initiatives/programmes are anchored in best practice whilst still being highly practical/pragmatic. • Ability to defuse situations and resolve conflict to a win-win outcome • Influence others understand their views and agree ways of working that are acceptable to all parties. Business acumen to understand business risks and the information security implications • Able to identify when information security risks need to be escalated to achieve the right level of management visibility. • Able to prioritise security risks and controls, differentiating the essential from the \"nice to have\". • Able to judge how to communicate messages to people to maximise buy-in and/or understanding. • Able to analyse data with rigour & reach sound conclusions • Can assess when further data gathering, or analysis will bring diminishing returns. Can place appropriate weight on prevailing (sometimes conflicting) evidence. • Support and manage budget Responsibility • Responsibility of information security incident management • Responsibility for security assessments and assurance activities (e.g. penetration testing) and when to use them. • Oversee and management of security compliance management and reporting in relation to any relevant regulatory or legal requirements Operational responsibility of management of third parties Responsibility for managing change management around project and change leadership. Able to judge the political and other people aspects of a situation, and tailor messages and approach to bring people along. • Able to work with others, setting challenging but realistic targets for team members, and through coaching and appropriate guidance, securing a successful outcome. • A positive collegiate approach to developing relationships and networks at all levels across the Company and the gravitas to work persuasively with senior stakeholders. Is aware of different styles of stakeholders and can adjust own leadership style successfully to bridge any gaps. The Client and the role is based in Central London - and you will be required to be in the office at least 3 days week. The salary for this position will be £75K + £85K plus Benefits. Please do send your CV to us in Word format for this exciting new position along with your salary and availability.

Job Description IT Security Manager Our Client is a large international organisation who are looking to recruit an IT Security Manager with at least 5 to 8 years proven expertise. Provide advice, support and guidance to all Company Corporate functions to assist them to maintain and improve their information security maturity. To work collaboratively with all areas of the Company Corporate and build networks and relationships to promote Information Security. • Act as subject matter expert on for IT Security, including legal and regulatory compliance • Advise Company Corporate functions on how to achieve the required controls and assist with solutions to support them. Eg Support in the development of standards and their application in line with Group security policies. • Participate in Company BU's Projects giving support, guidance, control validation and overall security assurance. This could also involve sitting on major project steering committees. • Support and encourage the ethos and methodology of security by design. • Aid GRC to build, implement and facilitate a mechanism to aid BU's to assess and measure their security compliance to policies. • Drive the development of BU/Divisional security roadmaps. Giving oversight of key non-conformities to feed into the CISO roadmap. • Coach, train and educate the Company IT and Functions to up skill and increase the security maturity in BU's. Be an active member of the Company's IS Security community, contributing to and leveraging the experience and lessons learned from other BU's • Produce, implement and standardise protocol and guidance material to support Business unit activities - examples - Asset register templates, third party due-diligence. • Facilitate and chair the security working group meetings • Engage and manage third party relationships to support the Company and its affiliates • Aid Procurement and the tendering process • Raising the security baseline controls and standardising where it makes sense to do so. • Understanding the different business requirements and aligning to their objectives Support Security operations to continuously improve information security awareness across the group, including phishing campaigns and associated reporting Experience • Experience in an information security risk leadership role within a large organisation. • Confident in presenting, discussing and championing ideas and concepts with senior stakeholders. • Experience of running information security risk governance processes and structures • Familiarity with relevant industry standards for information security (e.g. ISO27001, NIST CSF) • Experience of creating, implementing and assessing against information security policies and standards Creativity • Able to analyse complex, ambiguous problems and summarise clearly with a view to establishing practical solutions • Able to \"bridge the gap\" between technologists and business-people, bringing to life information security risks to the business, while maintaining a pragmatic outlook on likelihood and impact of the risk and cost/complexity of the mitigation. • Ensuring initiatives/programmes are anchored in best practice whilst still being highly practical/pragmatic. • Ability to defuse situations and resolve conflict to a win-win outcome • Influence others understand their views and agree ways of working that are acceptable to all parties. Business acumen to understand business risks and the information security implications • Able to identify when information security risks need to be escalated to achieve the right level of management visibility. • Able to prioritise security risks and controls, differentiating the essential from the \"nice to have\". • Able to judge how to communicate messages to people to maximise buy-in and/or understanding. • Able to analyse data with rigour & reach sound conclusions • Can assess when further data gathering, or analysis will bring diminishing returns. Can place appropriate weight on prevailing (sometimes conflicting) evidence. • Support and manage budget Responsibility • Responsibility of information security incident management • Responsibility for security assessments and assurance activities (e.g. penetration testing) and when to use them. • Oversee and management of security compliance management and reporting in relation to any relevant regulatory or legal requirements Operational responsibility of management of third parties Responsibility for managing change management around project and change leadership. Able to judge the political and other people aspects of a situation, and tailor messages and approach to bring people along. • Able to work with others, setting challenging but realistic targets for team members, and through coaching and appropriate guidance, securing a successful outcome. • A positive collegiate approach to developing relationships and networks at all levels across the Company and the gravitas to work persuasively with senior stakeholders. Is aware of different styles of stakeholders and can adjust own leadership style successfully to bridge any gaps. The Client and the role is based in Central London - and you will be required to be in the office at least 3 days week. The salary for this position will be £75K + £85K plus Benefits. Please do send your CV to us in Word format for this exciting new position along with your salary and availability.

Job Title: Security Architect Location: Preston,Glasgow, Bristol, or Portsmouth. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: Up to £80,000 depending on skills and experience What you'll be doing: Maintaining a view of the security architecture across our application and information environment Ensuring Naval Ships security posture is robust and our risks and required mitigations are clearly understood and documented Acting as a consultative function to enterprise architecture to ensure all solution designs adhere to standards and baselines, taking the lead of security-focused solution designs Delivering and taking ownership of a security architecture strategy that underpins the Naval Ships strategy and objectives Establishing standards for security architectural and providing security architectural governance across all technology platforms throughout the organisation Providing specialist security advice and recommending approaches across programmes, teams, and stakeholders Your skills and experiences: Essential: Knowledge of Information/IT Security activities within the defence sector, maritime or other highly regulated environments Expert level of security architect, cyber security infrastructure technologies, including implementation and configuration Conversant with security best practices (including ISO27001 and/or NIST 800-53) and relevant security legislation Extensive experience working with internal and external service providers to deliver IT systems in a regulated / accredited environment Desirable: Experience of working in a complex, multi-site, federated and decentralised organisation IT Security Architecture experience including TOGAF and/or SABSA CISSP, GIAC, or CompTIA Security+ (or equivalent) 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 Security Architect team: This is an exciting opportunity for you to join a growing team and to work on multiple international programmes. You will be responsible for mentoring and managing Junior Security Architects within the business. In this role you will also be able to liaise with both internal and external stakeholders which will allow you to gain exposure and really develop your network. BAE Systems also offer support for career development and growth whether that be future progression opportunities or through gaining further qualifications. 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: 10th January 2025 - Interviews for this position will take place week commencing 20th January 2025 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.

Job Title: Senior Software Simulation Engineer Location: Filton or Warton. This role requires full-time, on-site presence. Salary: £44,000 - £49,000 depending on experience What you'll be doing: Development of software used to run the Typhoon Active Cockpit simulator Ownership of requirements, design and implementation, system integration and test, within schedule and estimates Reporting on progress and providing feedback to team members and leadership Production of appropriate technical documentation Design of technical solutions, integrating COTS hardware and software Working with customers to support delivered systems and resolve issues Technical Management of allocated tasks Supporting Development/Refinement of development processes Assisting in the Developing of new work opportunities for the department and wider business Supporting development of System Architectures to meet emerging IT & IT Security requirements Involvement in Planning and Estimating development activities Your skills and experiences: Essential: Degree or equivalent in Engineering, Maths or Physics Programming knowledge and experience in C/C++ Experience of configuration control tools and experience with Microsoft Visual Studio or similar Desirable: Avionics/Mission systems domain knowledge Knowledge and experience of Linux Experience in Task Leading duties, including Quality management documentation Use of Jira or similar to manage software tasks Cockpit or user interface design/UX design 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 Typhoon Simulation team: An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen within the Typhoon Simulation Team as a Senior Software Simulation Engineer. You will be joining the Modelling & Simulation (M&S) discipline within BAE Systems Air, which as a whole support's development of our platforms across the entire product lifecycle - from concept analysis through to Test & Evaluation (T&E) and Training. As a Senior Software Simulation Engineer, you will be working closely with engineers from the Typhoon project to explore future cockpit and avionics designs on Typhoon. The role will provide opportunities ranging from advanced software development, through to trial preparation, execution, and analysis. Some team members specialise, whilst others enjoy the variety and broad experience on offer within the Simulation department 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: 24th December 2024 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. #LI-AB1 #LI-Onsite

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Project Manager to join our team and lead complex infrastructure initiatives across our enterprise. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of delivering IT infrastructure projects on time and within scope and budget, while effectively managing cross-functional teams. This role requires strong leadership, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Lead and manage end-to-end IT infrastructure projects, including data center migrations, network upgrades, cloud adoption, and hardware/software implementations. Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, and budgets in collaboration with stakeholders. Develop detailed project plans, ensuring resource allocation, risk mitigation strategies, and contingency plans are in place. Coordinate cross-functional teams, including infrastructure engineers, network specialists, cybersecurity teams, vendors, and business units. Manage project governance processes, providing regular updates to leadership and ensuring alignment with strategic goals. Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks and issues, ensuring solutions are delivered efficiently. Oversee vendor selection and performance, ensuring third-party deliverables meet quality and contractual requirements. Drive adoption of best practices in infrastructure management, including automation, scalability, and compliance with company standards. Foster strong relationships with internal stakeholders, ensuring alignment of infrastructure projects with business needs. Monitor project performance using KPIs, ensuring milestones are met and delivering project outcomes successfully. Bachelor's degree in Information Technology , Computer Science , or a related field (or equivalent experience). 5+ years of experience managing complex IT infrastructure projects, preferably in large enterprise environments. Proven experience with data center operations, cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, or GCP), networks, and IT security. Experience with project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid). Proficiency with project management tools such as MS Project, JIRA, Smartsheet, or similar platforms. Strong understanding of ITIL frameworks and IT infrastructure best practices. PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification is preferred. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a large, complex organization. Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills to effectively engage stakeholders at all levels. Familiarity with compliance requirements in insurance or financial services (e.g., SOC 2, HIPAA) is a plus.

Job Description Solutions Architect Designer Our Client a Telecoms company is looking to recruit a seasoned professional who has at least 5 to 10 years experience as a Solutions Architect Designer. You will be involved in developing and implementing systems architecture designs that will meet business needs. The Solution Designer's responsibilities include designing innovative solutions based on business requirements, creating functional specifications, assessing the current software systems in place in order to identify areas in need of improvement, and overseeing development teams. Participating and leading on projects where analysis of systems or data requires an in-depth evaluation of complex business process, system process, and industry standards. Designing technology solutions by modelling requirements and applying standard application methodology best practices. Resolving technical problems as they arise. Continually researching current and emerging technologies and proposing changes where needed. Maintain & update Enterprise Architecture documentation. Building and integrating information systems to meet the company's needs. Assessing the systems architecture currently in place and working with the Enterprise Architect to recommend solutions to improve it. Informing various stakeholders about any problems with the current technical solutions being implemented. Assessing the business impact that certain technical choices have. Providing updates to stakeholders on product development processes. Manage Stakeholder expectations regarding appropriate milestones and deadlines. Providing supervision and guidance to development teams. Ensuring IT Security standards are incorporated by design, ensuring compliance to the required standards (ISO27001) and supporting improvement initiatives and protecting the business from risks arising from data loss. To support and contribute actively to health and safety, environmental, business continuity and information security arrangements that meets our obligations to our customers Proven experience in engineering and software solution design. In-depth understanding of integration techniques & modern coding languages Telco Site Management software design/development Integration knowledge(SOAP, Rest API's). Middleware Biztalk Data Warehouse design & optimization. ITIL/Remedy experience Experience of using Enterprise Architecture tools. Hons Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Telecommunications or Engineering. Togaf certification. Knowledge of Cloud architectures. The Client is located close to Reading - so ideally you will be living within 60 minutes commuting distance. You will be working from home remotely for 2 to 3 days a week - and/or working from the office 2 days a week. The salary for this role will be in the range £75K - £90K plus benefits. Do send your CV to us for this exciting position in Word format along with your salary and availability.