Senior Consultant - Cyber Systems Security Engineer

Job Description

The opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for a Cyber Systems Security Engineering Senior Consultant to join Leonardo Cyber & Security Solutions Division. You will be helping our customers deliver and secure their solutions and products. Our Cyber Consulting practice works across a diverse array of sectors including Defence, Telecommunications, Energy and Finance to help secure national infrastructure in the UK and beyond. Our Practice is certified by the UK NCSC in the provision of advice and guidance to our customers across both enterprise and operational technology across all of the NCSC defined security domains of Governance and Risk Management, Security Architecture and Compliance.

This is a highly rewarding and hands one role with exposure across both traditional and cutting edge IT, Electronics as well as bespoke Operational Technology systems with a clear and defined pathway to achieve chartership, NCSC certification and greater responsibility. Your work at Leonardo will see you inspire and lead in solving customer problems in an agile, innovative and team centric manner. We are after creative, passionate, technically savvy and personable people to help grow our practice and solve some of the most challenging, exciting and critical security challenges to the UK’s digital landscape.

The role is based at our offices in Bristol or Luton (hybrid working) and travel will be required to other UK Company and client locations.

What You’ll Do As a Senior Consultant

• Relate - Our customers and their problem are at the heart of what we do, as a Consultant you will help to actively listen and empathise with our customers to build intimacy.
• Understand – We add value by solving problems, as a Consultant you will help define potential solutions to these problems with only limited information based on your experience and technical knowledge.
• Assess – At Leonardo we adopt a risk based approach to any security problem, as a Consultant you will need to identify, measure and analyse the risks attracted by a given digital system and its information assets through the completion of risk assessments and defining and implementing the enabling governance structures that support this process.
• Treat – Resolving risks is the technical core of our offering, as a Consultant you will assist in defining appropriate and proportionate security solutions right the way across people, process and technology aligned to the identified risk picture through the creation of security architecture visions, patterns and designs.
• Assure – Giving our customers confidence that security is where it needs to be is a key requirement across heavily regulated industries. As a Consultant you will assist in defining, implementing and performing assessments of our customer’s environment against a given set of criteria spanning people, process and technology.
• Develop – All our offerings are based on a core set of products. As a consultant you will assist in building a viable offering as part of the Leonardo business winning process for a customer as well as help in the technical development of our products to be used across our customer sectors.
  
  

What We Need From You

• Degree in an Engineering related discipline, with at least 3+ years of delivery experience
• At least 1 Recognised professional certifications in Cyber Security such as Sec+ CISM, CISSP, CRISC, CASP, CEH.
• Experience of and ability to manage multiple stakeholders and their needs with empathy, finding an appropriate balance of listening and speaking.
• Ability to communicate effectively, written and verbal, with internal and external customers (e.g., Programme Management, Customers, and Suppliers).
• Candidate must be self-directed, willing to help and mentor junior cyber security consultants/engineers and be able to deliver solutions that will increase the cyber posture of our products.
• Conduct cyber risk assessment activities including threat modelling, vulnerability analysis and analysis of mitigation solutions.
• Develop, evaluate, and analyse design constraints, and detailed system and security design as they pertain to the cyber domain.
• Experience in decomposing Cyber requirements down to the system control level.
• Coordinate with other product engineers, system architects, and developers to provide oversight in the development of robust solutions.
• Conduct cybersecurity test and evaluation of hardware and/or software designs to verify and validate compliance with defined specifications and requirements.
• Participate in Independent Technical Reviews (ITRs).
• Experienced in MBSE.
• Support business winning activities by providing inputs to technical responses.
• UK SC Clearance or the ability obtain it as well as other more in depth security clearances.
  
  

Security Clearance

You must be eligible for full security clearance. For more information and guidance please visit https //www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels

Life at Leonardo

With a company funded benefits package, a commitment to learning and development, and a flexible approach to working hours focused on the needs of both our employees and customers, a career with Leonardo has never offered as many opportunities or been more accessible to as many people.

• Flexible Working Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us
• Company funded flexible benefits Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance)
• Holidays 25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year
• Pension Award winning pension scheme (up to 10% employer contribution)
• Wellbeing Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support and network groups to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Reservists, Carers)
• Lifestyle Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme
• Training Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera
• Referral Incentive You can earn a reward for successfully referring a friend or family member
• Bonus Scheme in place for all employees at management level and below
  
  

For a full list of our Company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo is a global high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Headquartered in Italy, Leonardo has over 45,000 employees, of which 8,000 are based at 8 sites throughout the UK.

At Leonardo UK, we believe that a diverse and inclusive work environment unlocks our people’s full potential and drives innovation and creativity. We work hard to offer a welcoming, accessible and inclusive place to work for all of our people, creating a culture where everyone can thrive, feel safe and have a sense of belonging and connection.

This is a great opportunity to bring your talents and form an integral part of Leonardo’s future. We can help you develop your skills and offer great opportunities to develop and grow, so why not join us.

Primary Location

GB - Luton - Cap. Green 300

Contract Type

Hybrid Working

Hybrid