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At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity

Jacobs are offering an exciting opportunity to join our growing team of Cyber Security professionals to work on a range of projects for our diverse client portfolio that covers Critical National Infrastructure, National Security, Defence and Nuclear market sectors.

Our team is growing are we looking for a self-starting and motivated Senior Cyber Security Professional to work in the Rail (Transportation) market, within the Critical National Infrastructure vertical. Our Critical National Infrastructure team provides a range of services within the Rail sector. With our deep technical, commercial, and strategic energy and power expertise, we develop solutions that address our client’s critical challenges supporting digitalisation and security. As part of our team, you will support across the full spectrum of security engineering activities in support of the design, development, integration, delivery, and in-service support of complex technical projects. You will collaborate with the team to deliver cyber security solutions, address risks, and support secure and resilient digital transformation across the information and operation technology environments.

Jacobs is a “Relationship” focused company and the building and developing of these relationships with our clients is a significant and important part of this role.

You will have the opportunity to work across multiple market sectors to suit your interests and career aspirations under a hybrid working arrangement that best suit each client’s needs. Training and development opportunities specific to the project needs and those of your own career plan will be available and supported.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. Our teams are based across Jacobs’ offices in London, Birmingham, Cardiff, York, Leeds, Manchester, and Warrington. However, with offices throughout the UK, we can be flexible about location and are happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours to suit you and our business.

Reporting to the Head of Infrastructure.

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop security requirements, architecture, and design for complex information systems.

• Develop cyber security assessment approaches.

• Specify and implement a robust security risk management process.

• Support accreditation activities with the client and regulating authorities.

• Conduct security reviews and audits.

• Conduct security operations, including Protective Monitoring, Incident Management, Incident Response, and Incident Recovery activities.

• Provide technical assistance to Business Development.

• Maintain familiarity with legislation and regulations of relevance.

Here’s what you’ll need :

• Proven work experience within a similar role.

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or Certified Information Security Management (CISM) qualification. SANS Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP) would be a plus.

• Able to gain a UK security clearance with the right to work in the UK.

• Able to travel as and when required.

We have a strong team culture at Jacobs where every member strengthens the team with their own experience, so even if you feel you don’t have experience in everything listed below, we’d still like to hear from you.

• Cyber Security work experience (with a significant focus on Operational Technology during that time), in particular Rail Signalling systems.

• Practical experience of IT and/or OT cyber security risk/threat assessment approaches

• Understanding of design considerations with emphasis on operational safety and the availability/security of operating environments.

• Working knowledge and hands-on experience in a variety of operating systems and Operational Technology in regulated environments.

• Experience of security engineering and associated solutions (Endpoint Protection, IDS/IPS, Firewalls, etc.) for IT and OT environments.

• Working knowledge and understanding of networking technologies including architectures, key components, and common IT/OT protocols.

• Certifications – Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Training, AttackIQ – MITRE ATT&CK, SANS Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

• Standards & Frameworks – EU NIS Directive, ISA/IEC 62443 Series / ISO 27000 Series, MITRE ATT&CK, NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF), Technical Assessment Guides, and supplementary guidance .

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs. (https://careers.jacobs.com/life-at-jacobs/)

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here. (https://www.jacobs.com/about/inclusion-and-diversity?_ga=2.1062705.1096535124.1626879887-1704311048.1575562676)

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role

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