Principal Product Security Engineer 

BAE Systems
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1 month ago
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Job Title:PrincipalProduct SecurityEngineer

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

Salary:Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

  • As a Cyber Security and Resilience specialist you will work directly with electrical, mechanical and nuclear systems engineers to identify security risk and set security controls for their systems
  • As a Security Lead for the Product, develop and implement an effective Cyber Security Strategy, ensuring alignment with industry best practice and business process. Using this strategy develop and deliver the Product Security Case
  • Liaise with key internal and external stakeholders to shape future Product Security Policy for the Product and provide assurance to the customer through regular SWG
  • Produce test plans-and schedules together conducting informal and formal cyber security testing
  • Support engineering gated reviews and design assurance activities

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

  • Degree (or equivalent experience) in a relevant STEM subject or Information Security related
  • Recognised Industry Security Qualifications, e.g. CCP, CISSP, CISM (or able to achieve)
  • Proven experience of assessing and managing risk in line with industry good practice (NIST, ISO 27001)
  • Significant experience with using security baselines, mitigations and controls
  • Engineering background and or strong familiarity with a life cycle phased approach

Desirable:

  • Experience of Product Security activities in the defence, maritime or closely linked domain
  • Experience of MOD Policies and regulations such as SPF, JSP 440 and JSP604 and production of Risk Management Accreditation Document Set (RMADS)
  • Knowledge of the challenges affecting security of Operational Technologies/ Industrial Control Systems and approaches to secure them
  • Project Management exposure

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 Engineering Delivery team:

The team designs, builds, integrates and provides through life support to all the Submarine Platforms in the Royal Naval fleet. You will ensure the submarine systems and products are developed to support the delivery of an appropriately secure and resilient product.

As a Principal Engineer you will be working on some most exciting submarine projects, including Dreadnought and AUKUS. This is an exciting time to join the team and become part of a national endeavour. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility

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 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.

Closing Date:20th March 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.

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