Senior Scientist - Human Centric Security Research

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, e.g. Python, Rust.