Supply Chain Cybersecurity Engineer (KTP Associate)

KTP Application name: Edinburgh Napier University and Airbus Operations Limited KTP 24_25 R1

Location: Airbus Operations Ltd, Newport, NP10 8FZ, UK

Role Summary:

A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) is a UK-based program designed to help businesses improve their competitiveness and productivity by accessing the knowledge and expertise available within universities and other research organizations. Given this, we have an exciting opportunity for a skilled individual to join our team as a KTP Associate for Supply Chain Security Management Framework. This full-time, 33-month position involves working on a project to enhance supply chain security—protecting the supply chain from disruption, specifically cyber-attacks. 

The industrial partner for this project is Airbus Operations Ltd, a subsidiary of Airbus, a major multinational aerospace corporation headquartered in Europe. Airbus Operations Ltd focuses specifically on the operational aspects of Airbus' business activities, including manufacturing and assembly, maintenance, repair, and overhaul, logistics and supply chain management, engineering and innovation, customer support and services, as well as quality assurance and regulatory compliance. This project aims to enhance Airbus' existing maturity assessment framework. The project outputs are expected to lead to improved secure communications and incident response, paving the way for a secure and resilient supply chain network.

You will be employed and supported by an academic team from Edinburgh Napier University and be based at the company's premises in Newport.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

The KTP Associate should perform the following activities under the guidance of the project leads and supervisors:

1. Engage with the industrial partner and their stakeholders to gain insights, including a thorough understanding of the Airbus Commercial business, culture, and personalities based at the Newport and Toulouse offices, as well as Airbus's Maturity Framework Assessment.
2. Conduct comprehensive requirement analysis and specification for the enhanced communication platform.
3. Develop and implement the secure communications platform.
4. Integrate, test, and evaluate the effectiveness of the secure communication platform and maturity assessment framework comprehensively.
5. Strategically implement and integrate decision support.
6. Provide training, facilitate system handover, and embed and disseminate knowledge.

Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

MSc/PhD in cybersecurity or relevant alternative.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Risk Assessment
• Cybersecurity
• Supply Chain
• Experience in developing and adapting frameworks for use in a large organization

Desired skills/Experience:

• Web-based application development
• Secure coding
• A good understanding of GDPR requirements and privacy preservation methods
• Communication and marketing experience
  • We are seeking an associate with strong communication and marketing skills, as well as experience, to engage with suppliers for platform integration and usage.

Personal Attributes:

• Analytical Organised
• Self-motivating
• Strong communicator
• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary environments

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Benefits We Offer

Salary: £38,000 per annum

Employer pension contribution: 17.6%

Development Budget (£2,000 per year of the project)

This KTP project involves three paid collaborative trips (Collaborative Insights and Collaborative Review), each for a duration of one week, to Airbus in France for the KTP Associate.

Academic contact for recruitment:           

Naghmeh Moradpoor, n.moradpoor@napier.ac.uk

Company contact for recruitment:            

Michael Robinson, michael.mi.robinson@airbus.com

Additional Information

• Closing date: 29 September 2024 @11:59 pm
• Interview date: 11 October to be conducted visa MS Teams

The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on several factors specific to the successful applicant. Check salary criteria for the visa on https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.

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