Cyber Security Engineer - Identity and Access Management

• Design and build security tools and capabilities to mitigate threats to British Airways
• Align with threat and risk led strategy that enables BA to focus on what matters, while minimising overheads
• Maintain a working understanding of modern attacker techniques and procedures, ensuring that existing and future tools and capabilities are effective and proportionate
• Proactive assessment of existing technical landscape on a continuous basis ensuring ongoing effective protection
• Keeping up to date with industry trends and developments to ensure that future technologies are ready to adopt as they become mature
• Develop an understanding of the functions within the broader organisation and their respective priorities and needs

• Highly analytical, demonstrating a methodical and structured approach with high attention to detail
• Excellent communicator, taking complex technical issues and making them approachable to all stakeholders
• Ability to review and security reference architectures, patterns and guidance
• Ability to recognise priorities and guide others towards the accomplishment of strategic business goals and objectives
• Keen to learn new technologies
• Strong technical security skills
• Experience working at a senior level within a complex organisation is essential
• Working knowledge of Identity and Access Management tools e.g. Active Directory, Entra ID, SailPoint is essential
• Knowledge of other security tools e.g. Qualys, Akamai, Valimail
• Working knowledge of cloud providers such as AWS
• Ability to understand and develop coding languages such as Terraform, Python & KQL (or similar)
• Recognised cyber security certifications or qualifications (desirable)
• Experience with NIST (or similar) security framework(s)
• Right to work in the UK
• Counter Terrorist Check (CTC)

Recognised cyber security certifications or qualifications

• Staff travel including unlimited basic and premium standby tickets on British Airways flights
• Up to 30 discounted ‘Hotline’ airfares per year for yourself, friends, and family
• Market-leading defined contribution (DC) pension
• Flexible benefits including critical illness cover, childcare vouchers, cycle to work, additional life insurance cover, private medical insurance, dental plan, and healthcare cash plan
• Electric car scheme
• Gymflex membership
• 75% discount on Heathrow Express tickets