International Cyber Consultant

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Frimley 

Job Title: International Cyber Consultant

Location: Hybrid – Frimley, Gloucester or London

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

This role will involve international travel, so candidates need to be willing and able to travel for extended periods.

The successful candidate would support our international clients in building any aspect of their capability in a strategic and managed way in order to create demonstrable improvements in their cyber maturity.  This presents a wide range of opportunities to get involved, from advising on cyber strategy, design of security operational capabilities, training and mentoring and incident response work. 

What you’ll be doing

• Developing the vision, strategy and objectives for national cyber security programmes
• Advising international clients (national cyber security agencies, CERTs, intelligence agencies, military organisations, and critical national infrastructure providers) on how to improve their policies, processes and technologies for defending themselves against cyber attacks
• Training and mentoring international customers on topics including incident response, threat intelligence and security operations
• Implementing stakeholder management and communications plans for national cyber programmes – including government, industry and citizens
• Coordinating with a range of stakeholders including the UK Government, international governments and multi-national organisations to deliver project and programme outcomes
• Developing approaches for monitoring, evaluating and learning (MEL) to assess the effectiveness of cyber security capacity building projects
• Report on the threat landscape and provide relevant trend analysis and technical insights to customers and other stakeholders.
• Work in a collaborative environment with other intelligence analysts, technical specialists, and customer facing consultants.
• Build awareness of our national cyber business and portfolio and contribute to its development. 

• A willingness to travel internationally when requested, often for extended periods.

Skills and experience:

• Experienced cybersecurity consultant (or similar career field) with experience and knowledge in a range of cybersecurity domains.
• Self-starter with ability to engage stakeholders and come up with plans and strategies for building cybersecurity capabilities.
• Ability to write concisely and proficiently, and express technical and non-technical concepts verbally, graphically/visually, and in writing.
• Ability to communicate complicated technical challenges in business language to a range of stakeholders.

Desirable Skills

• Understanding of international cyber security and maturity models.
• Previous experience working within, or for UK Government
• Interest in international relations, foreign, defence and security policy
• Aptitude in a foreign language
• Experience living and working in a range of different cultures / countries

Our international clients include government and defence organisations focussed on their national cyber mission.  This involves building up national cyber capabilities which could cover any area of cybersecurity, from detecting and handling incidents, establishing national policy and audit schemes, through to skills and training development.  Customer needs vary between countries and reflect the geopolitical and threat landscape, digital footprint and strategic objectives. 

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car 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.

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