Junior Security Consultant

London, United Kingdom

Job Title: Junior Security Consultant

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

Grade: GG09

Referral Bonus: £5000

What You’ll Be Doing

Working on client sites you will support and lead engagements that deliver cyber risk assessments, improve security control maturity, define secure solutions and ensure compliance.

• Delivery of small to medium cyber security work-streams or engagements
• Understanding business and information risk context of our customers and judging risk at a technical and business process level
• Reviewing effectiveness of security controls and proposing proportionate security improvements and mitigations.
• Analysing and researching security technologies to support the development of innovative solutions
• Working with in both IT and OT enviornemnts, across government and/or critical national infrastructure sectors
• Working and collaborating with account teams to identify new opportunities for work and support the production of quality proposals

Skills & Experience

• Ability to articulate and pitch security advice, often at a technical level, directly to key customer stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal skills as well as both written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Experience of working in both OT and enviornments desirable
• Can evaluate cyber security risk at the technical, system process and/or organisational level measuring the associated business impact using a structured approach
• Can document and articulate to customer stakeholders how to manage cyber security risk utilising a structured approach based on industry framework.

Our Team

We work hard and often go the extra mile, but we recognise people’s efforts and that everyone has a life outside of work. We encourage people to speak up if they want to rotate to a new project.

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offer employee share plan, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits including a green care scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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