• Job Description

  Req#: R0199252
  Location: Crawley, 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 five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, 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 recruit a passionate & driven Project Security Officer to provide bid/project managers with specialist advice to help them ensure compliance with relevant information security requirements. You will also play an important role in improving our information security posture by helping raise awareness of the cyber threat and inculcate a strong information security culture across the business for our Bids and Projects Division.

  Location - Crawley

  What can we offer you?

  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 (3 Days in the Office)
  • 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

  What will you deliver?

  • Assisting project teams in complying with current security guidelines and legislation.
  • Drafting and developing Technology Control Plans and Security Procedures that ensure compliance whilst enabling effective working methods.
  • Liaising with UK IS and Security teams to ensure their needs are represented in UK policy and procedures and that such policies and procedures are properly disseminated along with associated working instructions.
  • Conducting and/or organising security audits/assessments to test adherence to business policies and procedures.
  • Maintaining a register of PSOs for the CBU and corresponding register of Security Aspect Letters (SALs).
  • Working with other PSOs to develop a clear implementation framework for SALs including any modifications to standard ways of working. Looking for inconsistencies or possible operational improvements in the SAL and supporting discussions with the customer.
  • Working with other PSO to provide summative information about the SALs that will help teams understand clearly the responsibilities they have and what that means for the way they work.
  • Providing support and guidance to the project teams for security related activities e.g. ensuring that bid packs and other media are appropriately redacted, protectively marked and their distribution managed accordingly and ensuring that specific security policies and rules are understood and observed.
  • Conducting security briefings to ensure that a culture of security awareness is maintained and that staff understand their roles and responsibilities in respect of security – this will include briefings carried out as part of bid or project launch activities.
  • Issuing regular communications on security matters to ensure that ISR staff are updated with changes in legislation or policy and the emergence of specific security issues or threats.
  • Ensuring access to controlled information assets is recorded and controlled in accordance with policy. Keeping a register of the access and use security tools/reports to support monitoring of access.
  • Controlling and facilitating the distribution of sensitive information assets internally to Thales and with third parties.
  • Controlling sensitive physical assets (e.g. cryptographic or media) in accordance with policy.
  • Conducting audits and reporting on the status of information and physical assets.
  • Supporting the conducting of investigations into breaches of security.
  • Maintaining personal and business awareness of Government, Defence, Commercial and Thales Corporate security legislation, rule and policies.

  Who are we looking for?

  • Previous Project Security responsibilities within a Product Development capacity.
  • The ability to provide accurate and up to date project control information to decision-makers in the Project Management Team.
  • Strong stakeholder management capabilities to work across the boundaries with the B&PM job family and across other functions.
  • Ability to establish and meet deadlines, multi-task and prioritise.
  • Excellent communicator.
  • Strong planning and delivery orientation.

  You will have a detailed knowledge of security requirements across the defence and commercial sectors and have experience of:

  • HMG’s Contractual Process;
  • Security Policy Framework;
  • DEFCON 649, 658, DEFSTAN 05-138 and the Cyber Security Model;
  • Security Aspects Letters;
  • F680 and F1686 applications;
  • ISO 27001; and
  • The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification.
  • ITAR

  The successful candidate will need full Security Clearance (SC) -For more information and guidance please visit the UKSV website*

  #LI-DOM

  In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

  At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

  Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

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• About the company

  Thales is a global high technology leader that designs and builds electrical systems and provides services for the aerospace, defence, transportation and security markets. The company investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum technology.

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