Information Assurance Technical Security Specialist

Location:

Crawley, United Kingdom In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

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.
** THALES
* * are looking to hire an
** Information Assurance/Technical Security Specialist
** to provide technical security advice and guidance on the efficient and effective secure through-life management of systems related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of Thales information or data.

This includes but is not limited to the technical oversight of the physical, technical, and administrative security controls to conduct these tasks.

Reporting to the Thales UK Deputy CISO, the Information Assurance/Technical Security role involves the identification of applicable technical security requirements and their associated cost-effective security controls as well as through-life continual security assurance of Thales IS environments throughout their design, implementation, transition into service, and operational lifespans.
** Location
* * Crawley / Doncaster but will consider other Thales locations.

On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;
* Performance Related Bonus
* Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pm
* Hybrid Working
* Pension Scheme
* 28 days annual leave (Plus Bank Holidays)
* Life Cover
* 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
* Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
* Gym membership discounts
* ** Technical Security:
** Support Thales UK in ensuring all IS/IT technical security measures are implemented, enhanced and developed where necessary, to ensure successful and timely security assurance via on-going through-life continual assurance and compliance programmes.
* ** Technical Security Point of Contact (PoC)**:
Provide a central PoC for all IS/IT technical security matters and concerns, supporting delivery teams and businesses throughout project life cycles.
* ** Change management**:
Conduct security reviews of internal/ externally connected platform related changes ensuring Security risks, impacts and mitigations are managed appropriately.
* ** Cloud Security:
** provide security guidance around the secure deployment and usage of Thales adopted public cloud infrastructure and/or SaaS services (e.g., Azure) in compliance with government security guidelines, Thales’s policy and industry accepted “good practices” for security.
* ** Compliance & Governance:
** ensure Thales on-premises and cloud environments comply with government policies, such as Cyber Essentials, Def Stan 05-138, UK GDPR, NCSC guidelines and other applicable contractual and regulatory frameworks.
* ** Evidence Continual Security Assurance:
** Creation, Maintenance and Review of all IS/IT technical security documentation, policy and procedures associated with Thales’ IS/IT networks, systems and applications, as per Customer (primarily HMG UK MOD) and Thales Group policy and mandatory requirements.
* ** Incident Response:
** Be responsible for the reporting, investigation and analysis of security incidents and potential breaches within classified environments, working with the Thales UK Incident management team to ensure identified issues are resolved quickly.
* ** IS/IT Squad Engagement:
** Develop security…