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

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

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

• Prototype solutions, software, configurations, shared expertise.
• Horizon scans, market studies, technical reports.
• Internal & external proposals.

Profile

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.