Principal Security Consultant

Leonardo is seeking a proven and experienced Principal Consultant to join the Cyber & Security Solutions Division team. This role is focused on the delivery of one of the company’s core products to an existing customer. This role will lead a team that will oversee, co-ordinate and deliver all facets of cyber and information security related to the delivery across an engineering lifecycle – from requirements all the way through to in-service support and maintenance.

This is an exciting opportunity at the very beginning of a significant programme, during which you will ensure that the product and associated deliverables are as secure as reasonably practicable, and in accordance with customer’s requirements and risk appetite. You will be supported in this role as part of a larger consulting team, engineers and product domain specialists.

Your work at Leonardo will see you take the lead in solving customer problems in an agile, innovative and team-centric manner.

The role is primarily full-time on-site, with some flexibility for remote working where business needs allow.

• →Contribute to or lead a team to meet all aspects of the cyber and information security delivery across an engineering lifecycle.
• →Interpret customer requirements into actionable security management plans, statements of work, and activities to be delivered across the lifecycle.
• →Become a lead security subject matter expert for the product being delivered.
• →Oversee and deliver associated statements of work and artefacts to time, cost and quality constraints.
• →Identify, manage and escalate technical and delivery risks and issues.
• →Manage the customer relationships for the cyber and information security workstream, both internal and external.
• →Line manage and mentor consultants within your team as required.

In addition to a passion for cyber and information security, ideally you need to have:

• Ability to work independently without supervision and be able make sound decisions based on the facts available at the time.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills at all levels, both internally and with customers.
• Core consulting skills – building client relations; adaptability to changing schedules; reliability and quality of task delivery; flexibility in working hours and locations; team player.
• Managing risks and services in accordance with customer, regulatory and legislative expectations.

• A degree and/or master’s degree in cyber security and/or a systems or software engineering discipline – or relevant comparable experience.
• At least two recognised professional cyber security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CASP/SecurityX and/or Chartership or comparable in a security related discipline (ChCSP).

• In the application of Defence security standards, such as Def Stan 05-138 & Def Stan 05-139.
• Of MOD accreditation and secure by design processes (ISN2023/09), and associated policies, practices and deliverables across the lifecycle.
• In the application of standards including NIST Special Publications (e.g. SP 800-30, 37 & 53), and/or RTCA-DO-326A/B, 355A & 356A.
• That extends outside of traditional enterprise IT scenarios extending to proprietary and open-source software, firmware and electronic hardware.
• Developing, evaluating and analysing design constraints, and detailed system and security designs as they pertain to the cyber domain.
• Decomposing cyber and security requirements down to the system control level.
• Conducting cyber and information security risk assessment activities including threat modelling, vulnerability analysis and analysis of mitigations, including technical understanding.
• Scoping and managing security verification and validation activities and remedial action plans.
• Coordinating with product engineers, system architects, and developers to provide oversight and guidance in the development of robust solutions, including advising on suitable product or platform lockdown and configurations.

Nice if you had:

• Excellent understanding of the engineering lifecycle and key gate review activities.
• Knowledge of current Crypto technologies, Key Management Systems & practical COMSEC implementations and MOD / NCSC standards.
• Knowledge or experience of ARP4754A/ARP4761 and its interrelationship with security.

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting