Cybersecurity Operations Lead

Location:

Templecombe, United Kingdom Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems. Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us.

At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you;

whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

The primary purpose of the Cybersecurity Operation Lead (COL) is to work with the UWS Head of Engineering Operations to develop and optimise enhance all non-IS and ‘product’ related development environments on which UWS solutions are developed and to manage the cyber posture of our deployed solutions within our customers operational environment as part of In-Services support phase.

This role will focus on:
1) management of the cyber posture of Business Managed Networks (BMNs), test benches & cloud platforms, to ensure the ongoing compliance with Thales Group Policy, Cybersecurity instructions, as well as UK national cyber regulations and customer contractual obligations; and
2) define and manage the approach to supporting cyber changes to in-service products.

This role demands professional engineering management capabilities, strong leadership, and management skills. It involves the ability to understand and thrive in complex situations, simplifying and shaping solutions from complexity, and providing clarity to others. It also necessitates accomplished stakeholder management skills to maintain a strong cross‑discipline network, within and outside of UWS.

• The UWS Cybersecurity Operation Lead reports to the UWS Head of Engineering Operations
• The UWS Cybersecurity Operation Lead works closely with the UWS Engineering Director, UWS Heads of Engineering Discipline and UWS Heads of Engineering Delivery to understand demands and requirements of the UWS business
• The UWS Cybersecurity Operation Lead works closely with the UWS Cyber Design Authority (CyDA)/Cyber Assurance Manager (CyAM), the UK Corporate Security function and UWS SIRO.

Secure Development Environments:

• Ensure that all necessary resources (human, technical, financial, etc.) are quantified and captured to comply with cybersecurity requirements, rules, and regulations for BMNs, test benches, cloud platforms during the bid phase to ensure adequate cybersecurity provision.
• Endorse the assignment of cyber resource for Project Security Officer (PSO) roles to deliver appropriate assurance of the project development environment in accordance with contractual obligations and the UK Corporate ISMS.
• Coach, mentor and provide advice to allocated PSO resource in the interpretation of contractual obligations, cyber security policy and UK Corporate ISMS.
• Review, approve and monitor implementation of project security management plans in accordance with the UK Corporate ISMS; identify opportunities to mutualise, establish consistencies and achieve efficiencies.
• Ensure BMNs approval for operation and interconnections are authorised in accordance with the UK Corporate Security BMN process in collaboration with the UK Corporate Security function and UK Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
• Monitor, audit and report on BMNs operation and maintenance activities to business stakeholder to determine alignment with the risk tolerance of the organization.

In-Service Support:

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