Principal Security Consultant (1-year Fixed Term)
Principal Security Consultant (1-year Fixed Term)
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AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies.
Job Title: Principal Security Consultant
Location: Cambridge or London United Kingdom
Employment Type: Fulltime 1year Fixed Term
The job
AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software driving digital transformation and sustainability. By connecting the power of information and artificial intelligence with human insight AVEVA enables teams to use their data to unlock new value. We call this Performance Intelligence. AVEVAs comprehensive portfolio enables more than 20000 industrial enterprises to engineer smarter operate better and drive sustainable efficiency. AVEVA supports customers through a trusted ecosystem that includes 5500 partners and 5700 certified developers around the world. The company is headquartered in Cambridge UK with over 6500 employees and ninety offices in over forty countries. Learn more at.
We take pride in our core values and the diversity of our people valuing the unique experience and expertise that people from diverse backgrounds bring to our business. At AVEVA we are all about Limitless possibilities. Are you
The Principal Security Consultant is a 1year fixedterm employee position critical role in shaping and standingup AVEVAs 2nd Line of Defence Security consultancy capabilities and services.
This role will be responsible for providing insightful knowledge and actionable recommendations to achieve AVEVAs target operating model for security and increase the maturity of existing processes and systems. One area of focus of this 12 month work package is to improve transparency of security operations and compliance to customers. We will be improving our Trust Centre and streamlining security engagement on customer contracts.
The post holder will be expected to quickly integrate into the team proactively engage with stakeholders across the business from technical SMEs to business leadership. They will need to work independently and able to prioritise their time across multiple projects and engagements.
Key responsibilities
Implementation of Security Policy & Standards. Provide subject matter expert knowledge and support on the developing policy standards and exemption services to enable controls and supporting control practices to be embedded and optimised across the organisation. Includes optimisation of underpinning risk and control indicators.
Implementation of Security Risk Management & Assurance. Provide subject matter expert knowledge on developing security risk management and risk assurance services that enable effective and data driven risk management and reporting across operations. This includes the capability to monitor and report effectiveness of risk management within the product development lifecycle and supply chain.
Ability to Gather and Review Evidence For Compliance. Complete discovery investigations to demonstrate compliance to regulations standards and customer requirements and present evidence in a consumable format for customers regulators etc.
Implementation of Security Control Systems. Provide subject matter expert knowledge to business stakeholders to enable adoption adaption and optimisation of security controls across the organisation. This includes the controls used within the product development lifecycle and supply chain.
Stakeholder Engagement. Build and maintain trusted relationships with stakeholders to embed security risk practices into operational activities. This includes providing guidance and thought leadership on risk best practice and assurance to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
Essential requirements
Experience. Preferable 7 years relevant work experience in security governance risk and compliance with at least 3 years of working as a senior expert or manager of a significant department. Experience of fulfilling similar role in a software publishing or internet business is preferrable.
Governance. Significant experience in developing implementing and optimising security policies standards and controlsets to enable effective adaption and adoption across organisational departments and teams.
Risk Management and Assurance. Extensive experience of understanding of using threat security control performance and business operations to independently assess residual security risk position to the end customer based on business processes and practices including product development lifecycle and supply chain.
Regulatory Compliance. Significant experience of working within a regulated environment and advising others on the principal requirements of major legislation and regulations relevant to security and the legal and regulatory instruments relevant to the role. Experience of responding to new regulations e.g. NIS2. Knowledge of crossborder regulations such as GDPR and EU Data Privacy rules.
Desired skills
Organisational Skills. Highly skilled in managing multiple tasks within set deadlines whilst managing expectations of invested parties
Communication Skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely to diverse audiences. Ability to communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
Decision making. Highly skilled in tactical decisionmaking with organisational impact.
Problemsolving. Able to address daytoday challenges quickly with a focus on operational solutions. Highly skilled at deconstructing large complex problems into solutions that can be easily understood and executed by business and digital teams.
Digital Security at AVEVA
Our Digital Security team is responsible for protecting AVEVAs digital assets and keeping the companys data and IP secure. Were also playing a critical role in AVEVAs move to the cloud.
As cyber threats grow and more and more data moves into the cloud the importance of our role is only going to grow. If youre a collaborative problem solver thats passionate about cybersecurity youll find fulfilment and opportunity in our team.
Find out more: Benefits include:
Flexible benefits fund emergency leave days adoption leave 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) pension life cover private medical insurance parental leave education assistance program.
Its possible were hiring for this position in multiple countries in which case the above benefits apply to the primary location. Specific benefits vary by country but our packages are similarly comprehensive.
Find out more: working
By default employees are expected to be in their local AVEVA office three days a week but some positions are fully officebased. Roles supporting particular customers or markets are sometimes remote.
Hiring process
Interested Great! Get started by submitting your cover letter and CV through our application portal. AVEVA is committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities. Please let us know in advance if you need reasonable support during your application process.
Find out more: AVEVA
AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software with more than 6500 employees in over 40 countries. Our cuttingedge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life such as energy infrastructure chemicals and minerals safely efficiently and more sustainably.
We are committed to embedding sustainability and inclusion into our operations our culture and our core business strategy. Learn more about how we are progressing against our ambitious 2030 targets: out more: requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a drug screening and comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may subject to those laws include proof of educational attainment employment history verification proof of work authorization criminal records identity verification credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or thirdparty personal data may involve additional background check criteria.
AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business. AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process please notify your recruiter. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a casebycase basis.
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