Information Security Practitioner in Preston

Location: Preston, Frimley, Portsmouth, Glascoed, Barrow or Glasgow. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £50,000 per annum depending on experience.

What You'll Be Doing

• Respond to and coordinate internal audits or security assessments related to Data and Analytics (D&A) systems and assets.
• Attend and schedule meetings with business partners ranging from the wider team within D&A, to enterprise architects and cyber security.
• Actively provide informed advice and recommendations supported by existing organisational policies, standards, procedures and guidance.
• Produce and maintain documentation related to information security within D&A.
• Respond to information security related queries, providing knowledgeable insights or taking the action to investigate the correct course of action.
• Produce and communicate roadmaps related to planned information security improvement.
• Carry out administrative tasks related to access and approvals.
• Continually work towards improving the information security framework within D&A.

Essential Skills and Experiences:

• Hands-on experience of dealing with sensitive data.
• Knowledge and experience of GDPR and Global Data Protection Policies.
• Knowledge and awareness of BI tools (Tableau, PowerBI).
• Experience of ETL/Data Integration patterns.

Desirable:

• Data Management/Data Governance experience.
• Experience or knowledge of Azure Cloud.
• TOGAF, NIST, ITIL, ISO27001, DAMA Certification.

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Data & Analytics Team:

The Data & Analytics Shared Service Team is at the heart of our company data landscape, bringing together data from our global operations and generating a broad range of insights to inform key business decisions. Working closely with EIT and Cyber Security ensuring compliance and regularly assessing controls against GCSS. The team complete assessments for each platform within D&A supporting audits from Data Protection and other legal business units whilst maintaining documentation and verifying compliance on an ongoing basis.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 27th February 2026. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.