Cyber Security Specialist Birmingham, England
BT
Full Time
Birmingham, England
35340 - 55094 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Cyber Security Specialist - Network Services
Job Req ID: 20406
Posting Date: 26 Jul 2023
Function: Cyber Security
Location:
Snowhill, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Salary: Competitive with Great Benefits
Why this job matters
Ensuring that BT’s networks, products and services are delivered securely to our customers, and are resistant to constantly evolving cyber-security and piracy threats, is a key part of BT being a trusted brand, as well as key to our commitment to keeping the UK safe online.
This role is key to help scale up the cultural and technology change to embed security in all aspects of our services’ lifecycle. It closely interacts with Network Services wider security community and BT’s “central” Protect BT Group team. It also works together with NS colleagues to understand where security creates friction and how
This role is key to help scale up the cultural and technology change to embed security in all aspects of our services’ lifecycle. It closely interacts with Network Services wider security community and BT’s “central” Protect BT Group team. It also works together with NS colleagues to understand where security creates friction and how
This role can be based in any of the following locations: London, Birmingham, Bristol, Belfast
What you’ll be doing
- As part of the wider team, evangelise cultural change, embedding security into ways of working, identifying and reducing friction. Build on expanding agile and value stream principles
- Drive tech change towards Shift Left, DevSecOps, Zero Trust and AI culture and practice, building on existing agile ways of working
- Influence BT security policy, standards and tools
- Manage key internal and third party relationships
Skills required for the job
- Strong interpersonal and inspirational communication skills with demonstrable experience interacting with and influencing technical SMEs
- Be a change agent
- Willingness to challenge convention and ability to simplify complex issues
- Ability to analyse and synthesise data, and use the results to manage risk and influence change
- Security experience in an agile delivery environment is a strong plus
Experience you would be expected to have
- MANDATORY: Experience in cyber security and information security in corporate environments
- MANDATORY: Engineering background, preferably software, embedded or network
- PREFERRED: Experience with risk management and incident response
- PREFERRED: Experience assurance frameworks
- PREFERRED: Experience delivering security in agile software development methodologies, ideally with cloud-based experience
- PREFERRED: Experience of embedded system or device security
- PREFERRED: Experience of cyber and information security regulations, standards and frameworks (e.g. ISO27001, NIST, GDPR).
A FEW POINTS TO NOTE: Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch – I’d love to hear from you.
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Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- 10% on target bonus
- Life Assurance
- Pension scheme
- Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.
- 50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans
- Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages (BT TV with TNT Sports and NOW Entertainment)
- 30% discount for friends and family on EE mobile pay monthly and SIM only plans
About us
BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.
Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.
We value diversity and celebrate difference. As Philip Jansen, our CEO, says ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’
We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.
This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.
BT
www.bt.com/careers
London, United Kingdom
Philip Jansen
Unknown / Non-Applicable
10000+ Employees
Company - Public
Telecommunications Services
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