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Lead System Security Engineer

Gloucester (min 2 days a week on site)

Candidates need to hold (or have held) a minimum of SC clearance and be willing to undertake DV.

At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.

Joining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security whilst investing in your growth and personal development. We provide a collaborative environment, abundant opportunities for professional development, and a profound sense of purpose in what we do. Together, we are not just advancing technology; were building a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.

As a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom, Raytheon UK helps to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. We are a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. We also provide digital and training transformation solutions to commercial and military customers.

With circa 2000 employees and major facilities operating throughout the UK including Broughton (Wales), Livingston and Glenrothes (Scotland), and Harlow, Gloucester, and Manchester (England); we are committed to investing in British careers and technology development.

Our Cyber & Intelligence business deliver mission-critical solutions that safeguard our national security 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Working in a mature, agile environment, our SCRUM teams work synchronously with our customers to solve some of the toughest digital challenges faced in the world today.

The Lead Systems Security Engineer is a critical role within the National Security Cyber (NSC) mission area of the Cyber & Intelligence business unit. This role supports the business in a constructive way, always offering the required assurances to both business and customer whilst providing innovative solutions to risk-based problems.

Main Duties:

You will be responsible for ensuring programme information assets are protected through policy, procedural and technical enhancements. You will be comfortable working in a matrix management organisation, you will act as the trusted advisor to the programme by ensuring industry best practice and customer security requirements are implemented with regards to IA, cyber security and security risk management. You will be able to lead small consultancy engagements based on clear direction and provide an evidential report to summarise your findings.

Definitions:

Information Assurance (IA) are measures that protect and defend information and information systems by ensuring their confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, and non-repudiation. These measures include providing for restoration of information systems by incorporating protection, detection, and reaction capabilities. It aims to reduce the risk of cyber-attacks and protect against the unauthorised exploitation of systems, networks, and technologies.

Cyber Security is the application of technologies, processes, and controls to protect systems, networks, programs, devices and data from cyber-attacks.

Systems Security Engineering (SSE) is a specialty engineering field strongly related to systems engineering. It applies scientific, engineering, and IA principles to deliver trustworthy systems that satisfy stakeholder requirements within their established risk tolerance.

Candidate Requirements

Essential:

• Forward facing (used to talking to/chairing meetings with customers at a senior level)
• Understanding of formulating, recording and managing risk
• Understands security requirements and how to decompose them
• Knowledge of Information Assurance (IA) processes and procedures
• Understanding/experience of Secure by Design
• Understanding/experience of waterfall and agile methodologies
• Understanding how obsolescence impacts Information Assurance
• Supporting the development of Risk Management Framework documents and controls
• Ability to travel (UK based).
• Candidates need to hold (or have held) a minimum of SC clearance and be willing to undertake DV.

Desirable:

• Worked with MOD or other similar agencies
• Experience/understanding of Cryptography including processes and procedures
• Experience of assessment of systems in a non-standard environment
• Experience of being on a Bid team
• Understanding of simulated environments (eg actual vs dummy datasets)
• Working knowledge of ISO 27001 or equivalent standards
• Working knowledge of NIST Risk Management Framework
• Hold a current professional Information Security certification or qualification (e.g. CISSP, CISM, CRISC, BCS CITP)
• DV clearance, or the willingness and ability to become DV cleared
• Ability to work within a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrable knowledge of HMG Security Policy Framework, ISO 27001 and NIST Risk Management Framework.

Should you require any adjustments to support you in the recruitment process please discuss with your recruiter or email the request to  recruitmentraytheon.co.uk

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5 company contribution)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
• 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension.
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.
• Car / Car allowance (dependant on grade/ role)
• Private Medical Insurance (dependant on grade)

Work Culture

• 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.
• Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
• Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
• A grownup flexible working culture that is output, not time spent at desk, focussed. More formal flexible working arrangements can also be requested and assessed subject to the role. Please enquire or highlight any request to our Talent Acquisition team to explore the flexible working possibilities.
• Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.

Raytheon UK is a landed company and part of the wider RTX organisation. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, but with over 180,000 employees globally across every continent, RTX provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide and comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon.

Supporting over 35,000 jobs across 13 UK sites, RTX is helping to drive prosperity. Each year our work contributes over 2.7bn to the UK economy and offers a wealth of opportunities to 4,000 suppliers across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We’re investing in all corners of the country, supporting 29,040 jobs in England, 3,040 in Northern Ireland, 1,900 in Scotland and 1,600 in Wales.

At Raytheon UK, we are committed to fostering a workplace that champions diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) as fundamental pillars of our organisational culture. We believe that the diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of our employees are invaluable assets that drive innovation and excellence in everything we do.

In embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion, Raytheon UK strengthens its ability to deliver innovative solutions to complex challenges. We are proud to create a workplace where all individuals can thrive and contribute to the advancement of technology, security, and a better future for all. Our aim is for our employees to produce the best work of their lives so together we build a stronger, more inclusive future.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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