Work Location: Newport Job Title: Information Technology - IT Security Specialist (Senior) Job Description: Profile Our client is looking for a friendly, enthusiastic, well organized and self-motivated colleague with a personal drive to analyze, innovate and create. The eventual role holder will substantially align with the following criteria (in particular with the “Must Haves”). Academic: Must Have: Bachelor's degree in Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning. Must Have: Recent PhD or Master's relevant to "Cyber Security of AI/ML". Advantage: Professional training / certifications and experience in Cyber Security. Experience: Must Have: Deep AI/ML algorithm and application knowledge (ideally Cyber aspects) Must Have: Experience of research, innovation and/or solution development. Advantage: Experience of managing digital security and/or R&I projects. Advantage: Cyber industry publication (blogs, SANS articles etc.). Advantage: Experience in Cybersecurity of AI / ML. Advantage: Experience in AI / ML applied to Cyber Security. Advantage: Experience of patent applications and intellectual property management Research Skills: Must Have: Excellent report writing and presentation skills. Must Have: Excellent spoken and written English. Advantage: Academic publication track record. Advantage: Recent Cyber Security research publications. Advantage: Managing NDAs, IPR, Patent Applications. Advantage: Spoken & written French / German. Technical skills: Must Have: Technical specialist in AI / ML techniques. Advantage: Data Analytics / AI/ML applied to Cyber Security (tools & techniques). Advantage: AI/ML vulnerabilities. Advantage: Software development / scripting / web apps, e.g. Python, Rust. Additional information: This jobholder may be required to attend business meetings, events and conferences across Europe (particularly the UK, France and Germany), and must be able to travel accordingly (up to 20%). The jobholder will be accountable for activities in each of the following areas: Coordination: Coordinate Cyber Security innovation across the business to maximize alignment. Build and maintain a working network across their subject matter peers and stakeholders. Undertake internal & external engagements on behalf of the digital security office. Collaboration: Collaborate in Cyber Security innovation activities with internal peers, to ensure cyber security is considered in joint projects and deliverables. Consultancy: Provide consultancy services on your specialist area of Cyber Security innovation across the business to ensure knowledge transfer and ensure. Innovation: Deliver innovation projects, activity reports and presentations to cost, quality and time constraints. Build and maintain a research network to support the specialist Cyber Security subject. Support the development and maintenance of a Cyber Innovation Roadmap for their specialist area to capture future threats, opportunities and potential projects. Main activities Coordination: Provide significant contributions to the transition of innovation knowledge and technologies into their business and digital security operations, including training, presentations and reports. Participate in a group-wide cyber innovation steering body. Attend and contribute to conferences and events (business / academic). Collaboration: Support external digital security innovation agreements, collaborations and partnerships with specialist subject expertise and industrial / context-of-use guidance. Provide expert services (consultancy) to the internal business on the specialist cyber subject, and as required. Consultancy: Contribute knowledge and advice on cyber aspects of their specialist topic to internal peers across their business and digital security operations. Manage onboarding and offboarding from projects for optimal use of time and resources. If the above mentioned details aligns with your skill set please do send your updated version of CV on the below shared Email address.