About this role
<div class="image-box"><img src="https://performancemanager5.successfactors.eu/SES/logos/4doors.jpg" style="width:700.0px"></div> <div id="p"> <p style="text-align:center"><br> <span style="font-size:20.0px"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Senior Engineer, IRIS2 Security</b></span></span></p> </div> <p style="margin:26.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:13.0pt;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#0091d2;font-weight:bold">Programme Description</p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><strong> </strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 6.05pt;line-height:112%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:112%">IRIS2 is the new European Union secure satellite constellation. This project is the European Union's answer to the pressing challenges of tomorrow to provide secure connectivity services and enhanced communication capacities to the EU and its Member States as well as to governmental users, private companies and European citizens while ensuring high-speed internet broadband to cope with connectivity dead zones.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 6.05pt;line-height:112%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:112%">SES – together with other consortium partners and core members - was selected by European Commission to build and to operate the IRIS2 multi-orbit satellite constellation. </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 6.05pt;line-height:112%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:112%">The IRIS2 team enters next project phases and there is a strong need of support for all the activities around service provisioning and products that the system can offer in the future. </span></p> <p style="margin:26.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:13.0pt;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#0091d2;font-weight:bold">Role Description</p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 15.2pt 1.0 E-4pt 6.05pt;line-height:112%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0.0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">In this role, you are responsible for the preparation of plans relevant for security system engineering, and to the later execution of the mentioned plans, in close cooperation with the Programme Team, System Engineering, Security workgroups, as well as external Partners. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">As a member of an agile project organization, you will be expected to bring a flexible way of working and an adaptive mindset to a dynamic development environment. </span> </p> <p style="margin:0.05pt 0.0cm 1.0 E-4pt 8.7pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 6.05pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 6.05pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#0091d2">As Senior IRIS2 Cyber Security and SecOps Engineer, you will responsible to :</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.05pt 0.0cm 1.0 E-4pt 8.7pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <ul style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Integrate security designs for systems and networks with multilevel security requirements and/or requirements for the processing of multiple classification levels of data also applicable to government and EU organizations.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Ensure that the security requirements necessary to protect the programme's mission and processes are adequately addressed in all aspects of the IRIS2 design, including the resulting systems supporting those processes. </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Ensure that acquired or developed system(s) and architecture(s) are consistent with programme's security architecture guidelines and “Security by Design” principles.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Coordinate “Security by Design” activities with the Core Team sub-contractors providing Managed Services, and with the Services and Operations teams, including change management requirements.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Lead and/or contribute, as required, to the cybersecurity design and governance involving both Space and Ground segments and systems. </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">With the future evolution of IRIS2 systems, drive cybersecurity governance by preparing accreditation data packages and organizing and configuring security assessments, i.e., compliance audits and penetration tests. </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Lead development and review of specification documents with link to Cyber Security and Security Operations (SecOps), understood as the operations carried out within a Security Operations Centre and/or Security Monitoring-Monitored Entity Requirements (SECMON-MER). </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Contribute to the review of relevant plans for the implementation of operational sites from the perspective of cyber security design and security operations governance.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Review and update the Cybersecurity Implementation Plan (CIP), the Security Accreditation and Certification Plan (SACP), the Component Security Accreditation and Certification Plan (CESECAP), and the Component Certification Status Report (CCSR), as required.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Provide technical advice on Security Risk Analysis and ensure that IRIS2 design and associated risk treatment are developed accordingly, thus contributing to the review and update of the End-to-End Security Risk Assessment (E2E SRA), as required.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Provide technical advice on Site Security and more specifically on documents such as the Sites Local Security Plan (SLSP). </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Provide technical advice in development, security & operations (DevSecOps) and deployment of security products. </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Provide technical advice for the Security Products Development strategy and procurement, based on System-specific Security Requirements Statement (SSRS), System Interface Security Requirements Statement (SISRS), System Security Plan (SSP), Product Breakdown Structure Asset Security Classification (PBSASC), and Security Classification Guidelines (SCG). </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Provide technical advice to determine the protection requirements (i.e., security controls) for the Information Security Management System (ISMS), ensuring that the support provided by security officers is functional to the ISMS required for IRIS2 and verifying the consistency of ISMS-related documents owned by security officers, such as the Security Management Plan (SMP). </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Contribute to analyse, co-design and trade-off on security architecture choices, with focus on technologies for cryptography, access controls, and GNSS resilience, as required.</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 36.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:5.15pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 6.05pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#0091d2">YOUR PROFILE</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 6.05pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#0091d2"> </span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">University level degree in Engineering, Telecommunications or adjacent areas as a minimum 7 years of experience in Satellite Communications System Architectures, Solution Design or Deployment and Security Engineering</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Proven experience in working with EU, ESA or national governmental institutions, and more specifically with security engineering of security risk management, security threats & incidents, security vulnerabilities, malware analysis</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Security engineering experience acquired in programmes covering at the maximum possible extent the following infrastructure systems and activities: satellite control or data planes, IT & Datacentres, 5G systems, OSS/BSS, User Terminals, terrestrial fixed and mobile networks</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Ideally, experienced in complex programme management and cross-functional / cross-organisational cooperation</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Proficiency in preparation of proposals and in technical writing, with sound understanding of the implications </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Fluency in written and spoken English; other European languages are considered an asset</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:1.15pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><strong> </strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times, serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Excellent project management skills, with strong time management skills to prioritize tasks effectively in a fast-paced environment </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times, serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Strong ability to work independently and without supervision in complex environments, e.g. project or matrix organizations</span></li> </ul> <ul style="list-style-type:circle;margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times, serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Flexibility and adaptability in response to changing project requirements and environments</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times, serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Ability to think strategically and align project goals with organizational objectives</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times, serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times, serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Effective communication skills, both written and verbal</span></li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times, serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Strong leadership and teamwork skills, with experience managing diverse expert teams and complex project organizations</span></li> </ul> <ul style="list-style-type:circle;margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times, serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times, serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Innovation mindset, encouraging and contributing to innovative approaches and solutions.</span></li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times, serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Proactive approach, can-do mentality and ability to work autonomously</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:9.25pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.05pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#0091d2"> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.05pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#0091d2">OTHER REQUIREMENTS</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.05pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:13.0pt;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Eligibility for EU SECRET personnel security clearances is essential. Candidates must be prepared to undergo a security clearance procedure, as this position may require holding such clearance</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Willing to work at least 60% onsite from office </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Travel as required for project realization purposes </span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">The job responsibilities outlined in this document are not exhaustive and may evolve over time and be reviewed according to business needs.</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p><style type="text/css">div.content { background: #FFFFFF; } div.joqReqDescription { background: #FFF repeat-y!important; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif!important; text-align:left; color:#000; width:700px!important; margin:0 auto!important; position:relative; -webkit-column-count: 1; /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */ -moz-column-count: 1; /* Firefox */ column-count: 1; padding-top:0px; padding-left: inherit; padding-bottom:50px; font-size:14px } div.joqReqDescription div.image-box { width: 700px; text-align: center; display: block; padding: 0 0 35px; } div.joqReqDescription p, div.joqReqDescription ul{ font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif!important; margin:0 15px; padding-bottom:12px; } div.joqReqDescription li{ padding-bottom:6px; } /* position: absolute; height: 389px; } div.joqReqDescription div.imagebox2 { text-align:center; } */ </style> <div id="p"> <p>SES and its Affiliated Companies are committed to providing fair and equal employment opportunities to all. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.</p> <p>For more information on SES, click <a href="https://www.ses.com">here</a>.</p> </div>