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Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.\n We are hiring a Security Engineer (Contractor).\nWork tasks will include:\nWork with the Technical Project Managers and the Solution Design Team to create required security deliverables for the project.\nProvide security authority and guidance to the project, ensuring Security is part of all Engineering decisions.\nSupport the generation and maintenance of project level security documentation\nDevelop and support assurance for all project Security outputs.\nHands on experience of Model Based System Engineering\nDevelopment and implementation of open architectures\nDeliver a coherent, integrated, and layered Security Architecture.\nEnsure risks and issues are within the boundaries of the Accreditors risk appetite through identification of appropriate risk mitigations.\nLiaise as required with the customer Security representative and produce supporting artefacts for SyTLMs.\nTraceability of security design to requirements\nAssist in the conduct of secure configuration and integration activities.\nWork with the wider Design team to ensure implementations are compatible with the Security Design.\nWork with the wider test team to provide evidence from security functional tests\n Ideal candidates will come from a defence background, with experience implementation and compliance with Security Architectural Frameworks such as: Infosec Standard 1&2 (IS1&2), ISO27001 and excellent knowledge of security defence standards, policies and guidelines.\nThe candidate will have experience in large, complex systems across all phases of the project lifecycle in a security context and will have produced security designs, and successfully have taken these through accreditation, and into support.\nPrevious experience of implementation and compliance with any of the following Security Architectural Frameworks:\nSystem Administration and Networking and Security (SANS) Institute Framework;\nNational Institute of Standards Technology Framework SP 800-53;\nNational Institute of Standards Technology Cyber Security Framework\nNATO Communications Information Agency (NCIA) Standards;\nISO 27001 (2013); BS ISO/IEC 27001:2013;\nInfosec Standard 1&2 (IS1&2);\nEuropean Directive on security of Networks and Information Systems Directive (NIS Directive); and any other demonstrably relevant standard or framework (SABSA, COBIT etc.)\n General Dynamics Mission Systems utilises QDOS IR35 Status Review. 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