Product Security Architect (d/f/m)

Job Description:

Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a

Product Security Architect (d/f/m)

We are looking for a Product Security Architect (d/f/m) to join our Aircraft & Systems Security Team within the engineering organization in Airbus Defence and Space in Germany (Manching).

At Aircraft & Systems Security, we protect Airbus Defence and Space products against deliberate malicious acts during the whole product lifecycle. Our team is responsible for Product Security Governance and performs technical activities such as compiling security concepts and architecture, performing risk assessments and setting up appropriate requirements.

You will join a growing team that is working in a new and challenging international environment when cyber security is becoming a revolution for the aeronautical industry and a key competence for the company, as well as for the airworthiness authorities and end user operators, for both civil and military applications. Our field of activities ranges from proven combat platforms such as Eurofighter Typhoon up to the A400M transport aircraft, and covers also Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) as well as future programs.

In your upcoming position, you will shape security aspects for unmanned and other manned platforms. This will assure and contribute to security solutions of our products.

You will be a key person in ensuring that the Airbus Defence and Space products and supporting services are protected against cybersecurity threats throughout their entire lifecycle and comply with regulations and requirements. As a Product Security Architect, you are fully embedded in the system engineering process and will define product security architectures and design in accordance to the security scope.

You will act as a Product Security Focal Point in your domain and work closely together in an international environment with design offices and authorities in designing the systems security architectures while ensuring that the security requirements are implemented.

Make it fly with us!

This role is also available with reduced weekly hours and an adapted scope of tasks.

Your location

Located about an hour’s drive north of Munich, Manching is an up-and-coming market town that offers a wide range of leisure and cultural activities. Here, you can enjoy the quality of life in the countryside while the pleasures of near-by cities are still within easy reach.

Your benefits

• Attractive salary and special payments

• 30 days holidays and extra days-off for special occasions

• Excellent upskilling opportunities and great international, group wide development prospects

• Special benefits: employer-funded pension, employee stock options, discounted car leasing, special conditions for insurances, subsidies for public transport, employee benefits at cooperating companies

• On-site-facilities: Medical officer for check-ups and other health-related services, canteen and cafeteria, kindergarten close to the site 

• Compatibility of family & work (job sharing, part-time models, flexible working hours, individual timeout)

• Working in a diverse environment, with more than 140 nationalities, where every voice is heard

Your tasks and responsibilities

• Decompose the high-level security design into low-level detailed security designs for each sub-system or component.

• Conduct the security risk assessments on the Products (including threat and vulnerability assessment).

• Implement harmonized common security processes and standards as the baseline for the Products.

• Actively support formal compliance processes (security evaluation, certification and accreditation processes) in accordance to the applicable criteria and methodologies as well as national processes (e.g. A-960/1, ED-203A, ISO27K series, NIST).

• Contribute to the definition, development and deployment of Security Governance aspects and the Operating Procedures and requirements in order to ensure the security maintenance along its entire lifecycle.

• Compile documentation to support product certification and accreditation

Desired skills and qualifications

• Bachelor or Master in Computer Science, as Telecommunication Engineer or Aeronautical Engineer.

• More than 5 years of experience in Information Security and/or Aircraft System design and development.

• Knowledge of Security Evaluation, Certification and Accreditation Processes.

• Advanced level of English and German with the ability to write clear and consumable security documentation.

• Ability to work autonomously as well as in international teams.

This position will require a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by the recognized authorities.

Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customized development solutions.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH

Employment Type: Permanent

Experience Level: Professional

Job Family: Cyber Security <JF-CG-ST>

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