Systems Security Architect

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Full time
Location: Stevenage
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Category: IT & Technology
Your experience of systems engineering and appreciation of security and weapons systems, platforms and sub-systems will help you to deliver security architecture by designing and implementing a range of protective measures for a weapon/missile system, critical in enabling our Customers to have an Assured Capability. As a Systems Security Architect you will be leading complex task packages and liaising with and placing requirements upon multi-disciplinary engineers across the Engineering Directorate.

You will have the opportunity to work for a leading multi-national Defence systems provider which boasts some of most advanced facilities in their areas of expertise. A corporate benefits package and transparent career development opportunities are on offer within this vibrant Engineering environment.

About the job: Our client currently requires a Systems Security Architect. This is an ideal opportunity for an engineer who wishes to develop their professional and technical skills in Security Engineering. You will experience a broader range of engineering tasks than are usually undertaken by a single role holder on a typical project, gaining skills that would otherwise require a secondment or departmental transfer to acquire.

The job involves: Task package management of activities utilising multi-disciplinary engineers spanning across the Engineering Directorate to design and deliver a comprehensive technical security solution within the budget and timescale set out for the task. Managing the trade-space to maximise the effectiveness of through life protective measures without compromising product safety or Customer winning capability. Preparing and maintaining a robust security case and working directly with the UK Customer and its technical advisors to agree sufficiency of solutions. Undertaking a wide range of systems design and technical leadership tasks, ensuring a coherent design is maintained across the contributing engineering departments (hardware, software, firmware) that can be integrated, tested and qualified to demonstrate the effectiveness of the security solution. Liaising with manufacturing and support teams to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the missile/weapon system is maintained through manufacture and in the various through life support scenarios that may be offered to a Customer. Ensuring the Need to Know principle is adhered to and sufficient controls are in place to manage the knowledge of the technical implementation, providing direction on the release of information to Suppliers and Customers, where required.

About you: As a Systems Security Architect your skills and qualifications will ideally include: Knowledge of through life missile/weapon system design and the ability to understand and manage the trade-space in that design. Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) to interact with multi-disciplinary engineers, technical experts, senior management and technical Customers. Able to listen, evaluate and resolve management and technical issues in a manner that upholds our reputation with our Customer. Strong engineering skills where a background in either systems engineering, electronics design, embedded software or firmware is desirable. DV cleared or willing and eligible to go through the DV clearance process.

Position Details: Systems Security Architect Location:

Stevenage Salary:

48,000 - 58,000 Type:

Permanent

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.

Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to sole British Citizens. Applicants who meet this criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, to DV level.

This is a permanent position.

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