Principal Engineer - Cyber Security

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Cyber Security

Location: Frimley, Bristol, Weymouth, 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 £61,500 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Define and implement risk-based cybersecurity requirements for systems and subsystems, providing technical expertise and guidance across all aspects of cyber security and resilience

• Conduct in-depth cybersecurity analysis, including development of threat taxonomies, security architectures, security baselines, and risk mitigation strategies

• Develop and execute cybersecurity test plans and schedules, carrying out both informal and formal security testing activities

• Support engineering lifecycle reviews and design assurance processes to ensure security is embedded throughout system development

• Produce and maintain key security artefacts, including risk registers, security assurance cases, plans, and schedules, while contributing security input to broader engineering documentation

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Degree in a relevant STEM subject or maintaining recognised Industry Security Qualifications e.g., CCP, CISSP

• 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

• Strong familiarity with a life cycle phased approach

Desirable:   

• Experience in Product Security activities in a highly regulated environment

• Operational Technologies/ Industrial Control Systems experience

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping 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. Through application of your knowledge and experience, you shall identify, analyse, evaluate and manage information security risks associated with the products used on-board the submarine.  Speaking knowledgably and credibly with customers, users and internal stakeholders you shall provide advice on the causes of the risks identified, their likelihood and potential operational