Department: Technology

Team: Security & Fraud 

Location: London

Position type: Permanent

What the hiring manager says

“Cyber-attacks continue to increase in sophistication and volume against mobile networks. Set against a background of the roll out of 5G and evolution from legacy technology to cloud native, the need for strong international coordinated security has never been stronger. GSMA plays a central role in the mobile industry both as a thought leader and also as a focal point for GSMA industry member to develop industry security standards. This role will be key in ensuring GSMA is able anticipate and manage changes in the mobile cyber security landscape for GSMA members”.

                 - Alex Leadbeater, GSMA - Technical Security Director

About the Team

The GSMA Industry Security team is continually enhancing the support offered to its membership as the threats targeting the mobile ecosystem emerge. Our vision is to provide value for our membership in three main areas: 

• Industry collaboration by convening membership to define industry specifications, facilitating intelligence sharing, promoting baseline controls, conducting external collaboration to ensure industry alignment. 

• Providing expertise through subject matter experts by supporting solution and service offering development to internal and external stakeholders, as well as promoting industry Fraud and Security awareness.

• Defining the future by looking forward by assessing, analysing and reporting on the industry threat landscape. This is also done through engagement with standards bodies and reviewing new technologies to ensure adequate protection by design

About the Role

Reporting to GSMA’s Technical Security Director within the Security and Fraud team, the Cyber Security Manager (Futures) will be responsible for identifying how both new and evolving mobile technologies will affect GSMA members from a Cyber Security perspective.

You will have a global view of how mobile security and fraud matters are developing and with this knowledge play a key role in shaping industry technical approach to mobile technology evolution.

The role will support the creation of whitepapers, reports, and blogs, both as GSMA and in collaboration with GSMA members through GSMA working groups. This will include contributing to GSMA’s annual security landscape report.

You should have a clear understanding of the industry needs, weakness and areas for improvement across a range of mobile network, services and end user equipment areas.

Specific responsibilities will include: 

• At a detailed technical level, develop and maintain an expert understanding as to how mobile technology evolution will impact the Mobile Cyber Security landscape.

• Work collaboratively with GSMA Technology team (including security) and GSMA members (directly and through GSMA working groups) to provide technical input into security and fraud deliverables.

• Produce and contribute to GSMA Cyber Security Analyst reports, whitepapers and blogs.

• Build relationships and engage directly with external stakeholders (e.g. GSMA members, regulators, other industry associations).

• Undertaking research and analysis into evolving Mobile Cyber Security landscape.

• Contribute to the GSMA security area (FASG) member working groups as a technical expert and facilitator. 

• Support GSMA events including MWC Barcelona SEC CON / SEC SUM and other regional events.

• Support GSMA security social media outreach.

About You 

• You will have previous experience within a Mobile Network Operator or Mobile Operator equipment vendor or industry analyst provider, in a systems design and operations roles. 

• You will have an expert in depth knowledge of Mobile Network technology and how evolution to Cloud, virtualisation, AI, Network APIs, NPNs and Zero Trust will impact mobile networks and services.

• You will have technical background in mobile networks and security.

• You will have an in depth understanding of current Mobile Network, Services and End user equipment (e.g. Smartphones and IOT) weakness and be passionate about working with the industry to deliver improvements.

• You will have effective research and organisation skills with key attention to detail and delivery of documentation.

• You will have experience of industry engagement (ideally up to C suite level).

• You will be a clear communicator, capable of communicating complex technical matters