Job Title: Information Assurance Specialist
Location: Flexible, UK
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF68575
Shape the Future of National Security
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world together. If you join us, you can play your part as anInformation Assurance Specialist, based at one of our key locations: Oakhanger (Hampshire), Ashton Vale (Bristol), Stoke Gifford (Bristol).
The role
As an Information Assurance Specialist,you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of our mission to deliver secure, resilient and trusted systems across defence and aerospace. You’ll work on a diverse range of projects, each varying in complexity and criticality, supporting the design, integration and assurance of cutting-edge Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems.
Day-to-day, you’ll be
- Providing high-quality Information Assurance advice and guidance to Systems Engineering and Design teams.
- Producing bid proposals and project Information Assurance deliverables.
- Managing system security accreditation processes and supporting Secure by Design initiatives.
- Conducting technical risk assessments using recognised frameworks.
- Collaborating with internal stakeholders across Babcock and external partners including the Ministry of Defence.
This is a permanent, full-time opportunity working 37 hours per week. The role is hybrid, with on-site presence required depending on business needs, based at one of our key locations at either Oakhanger (Hampshire), Ashton Vale (Bristol), or Stoke Gifford (Bristol).
Essential experience of the Information Assurance Specialist:
- Authoritative knowledge of standards such as ISO/IEC 27000 series and NIST SP 800-37.
- Provided customer-facing Information Assurance consultancy.
- Delivered both tactical and strategic solutions focused on customer requirements.
- Created and maintained accurate security documentation.
- Applied technical risk assessment methodologies including NIST SP 800-30 and ISO/IEC 27005.
Qualifications for the Information Assurance Specialist:
- A relevant higher education qualification or industry certification.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
What We Offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing Date: 04/11/2025