Security by Design Senior Consultant (Defence & Aerospace)

Location: Yeovil, Somerset, UK; hybrid with on-site work required at least three days per week

Salary: Up to £120 per hour

Company

Recruitment for a leading defence and aerospace organisation delivering a major aviation programme.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain security management plans, security cases, assurance artefacts and cyber risk assessments.
• Translate customer security requirements into practical plans, work packages and deliverables.
• Conduct cyber and information security risk assessments, threat modelling and vulnerability analysis.
• Support design reviews, engineering lifecycle activities, security governance forums, verification, validation and assurance.
• Identify, manage and escalate security risks and issues across programme delivery.
• Work with engineers, architects, developers and programme stakeholders to embed secure-by-design principles.

Requirements

• Active SC Clearance.
• Significant experience delivering cyber security within Defence environments.
• Strong understanding of Secure by Design principles and security assurance activities.
• Experience producing security cases, risk assessments and assurance documentation.
• Knowledge of NIST cyber security standards and frameworks.
• Experience working with systems engineering, software engineering or product development teams.
• Ability to engage confidently with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Relevant cyber security qualifications and/or professional certifications.
• Ability to work on-site in Yeovil for a minimum of three days per week.

Nice to have

• Defence aviation, aerospace or air platform programme experience.
• Knowledge of Defence security standards and accreditation processes.
• Supply chain security risk management experience.
• Experience supporting complex engineering lifecycles and formal design reviews.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working model with regular on-site presence in Yeovil.
• Contract running until the end of 2027.
• Work within a multidisciplinary engineering environment on a major aviation programme.
• Application and accessibility support is available through the recruitment consultants.