Role purpose:
As a Operational Cybersecurity Consultant, you will play a central role in securing systems, particularly those which are used within critical aviation (airports and ATM) infrastructures and state-level systems. You will work in both new deployment projects (greenfield) and in enhancing the cybersecurity of existing systems (brownfield). Your primary responsibility will be to develop and deliver a balanced cybersecurity solution which recognises the operational environments in which our clients systems work. Interaction, compromise and support of related disciplines such as safety and regulatory compliance is key. This position is part of a global team working in various industrial specialisms and with a common interest in developing cybersecurity in operational aviation and ATM environments.
Core tasks:
- Client Needs Analysis: Thoroughly understand the specific cybersecurity requirements of clients for their aviation and ATM projects. Analyze technical specifications and clauses, synthesize them, and provide regulatory and normative complements in accordance with the client's needs.
- Cybersecurity Solutions Design: Design cybersecurity solutions tailored to projects, taking into account client constraints and objectives. Integrate cutting-edge technologies to enhance system security.
- Project Assistance: Actively participate in all project phases, from preliminary design to construction, reception, and commissioning, ensuring the incorporation of cybersecurity measures from the outset (Secure by Design).
- Risk Assessment, System Mapping, Specification Writing: Evaluate risks to systems in collaboration with stakeholders. Establish information system mapping. Draft security requirements for system application.
- Contractor Selection: Collaborate with the contractor selection teams to choose competent and specialized cybersecurity partners for project execution.
- Work Execution Control: Ensure rigorous monitoring of the compliance of cybersecurity work execution by contractors.
- Homologation and Commissioning: Actively participate in the homologation of operational technology information systems, contributing to the preparation of the Homologation Dossier to ensure the acceptance of cyber risks before commissioning.
- Team Awareness: Present key risks, security standards, and best practices in cybersecurity to project teams. Act as a technical advisor to project teams, providing specific recommendations to strengthen system security.
