Senior Scientist - Human Centric Security Research
12 month contract (possible extension)
Newport - 3 days onsite per week
£45 per hour, inside IR35 (umbrella)
Subject to BPSS check
Accountabilities
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This jobholder undertakes cutting edge digital security research and innovation activities with the ultimate goal of developing solutions to the business' problems for which a solution doesn't currently exist. Further, the jobholder builds and maintains awareness and knowledge of best-practice technology trends and commercially available digital security solutions. The following accountabilities are described giving the scope of their applicability:
The jobholder will be accountable for activities in each of the following areas:
Coordination :
* Coordinate Cyber Security innovation across the business to maximise alignment.
* Build and maintain a working network across the business among 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 your specialist area to capture future threats, opportunities and potential projects.
Main activities
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Coordination :
* Provide significant contributions to the transition of innovation knowledge and technologies into the 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 your specialist topic to internal peers across the business and digital security operations.
* Manage onboarding and offboarding from projects for optimal use of time and resources.
Innovation :
* Undertake state of the art research projects into digital security topics of interest in support of the business, in partnership with the other members of the Cyber Security Innovation team.
* Maintain awareness of marketed solutions, innovation and gaps, then address gaps by developing and internally marketing prototype solutions.
* Collaborate with academic partners on research, and provide industrial steering.
* Contribute to academic funding bids, internally and with academic contacts.
* Publish technical reports, white papers, patents, academic articles, etc.
Outputs
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* Prototype solutions, software, configurations, shared expertise.
* Horizon scans, market studies, technical reports.
* Internal & external proposals.
Profile
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We are looking for a friendly, enthusiastic, well organised and self-motivated colleague with a personal drive to analyse, innovate and create. The eventual role holder will substantially align with the following criteria (in particular with the "Must Haves").
Academic :
Must Have :
* Bachelors degree in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning.
* Recent PhD or Masters 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)
* Experience of research, innovation and/or solution development.
Advantage :
* Experience of managing digital security and/or R&I projects.
* Cyber industry publication (blogs, SANS articles etc).
* Experience in Cybersecurity of AI/ML.
* Experience in AI/ML applied to Cyber Security.
* Experience of patent applications and intellectual property management
Research Skills :
Must Have :
* Excellent report writing and presentation skills.
* Excellent spoken and written English.
Advantage :
* Academic publication track record.
* Recent Cyber Security research publications.
* Managing NDAs, IPR, Patent Applications.
* 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).
* AI/ML vulnerabilities.
* Software development/Scripting/web apps, eg Python, Rust.