Cyber Security Engineer

A career without limits

As the nation’s flag carrier, we take great pride in connecting Britain with the world and the world with Britain.

It’s something we’ve been doing for over 100 years, ever since we launched the world’s first international scheduled air service between London and Paris.

This originality has been in our blood since day one. It’s the spirit we share with the people that fly with us, our partners, and our colleagues.

So, whether you are a reassuring voice on the end of a phone, a smile at the door, under a wing keeping the turbines spinning or landing us gently in far-flung places, a job at British Airways is yours to make.

We know great things can happen when you’re inspired to think big and bring your ambition to work every day, which is why, at British Airways the sky is never the limit.

The role: Cyber Security Engineer

Our cyber security engineers build and develop the technical security solutions that keep our airline and our customers safe from cyber-attack. Working with BA colleagues around the world, the BA Cyber Team and IAG Tech you’ll create and maintain capabilities that meet our requirements and our threats. You will report into our Cyber Security Engineering Manager.

What you’ll do:

• Design and build security tools and capabilities to mitigate threats to British Airways, wherever they originate.
• 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. Use this understanding to ensure that needs are met.

What you’ll bring to British Airways:

• 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 understanding of cyber security processes, people and technology.
• Experience in implementing, managing and documenting security solutions in complex environments.
• Ability to maintain a practical and pragmatic approach.
• Excellent prioritisation and planning. With the ability to work under pressure
• Self-driven with attention to detail and listens and uses feedback to improve

Your experience:

• Strong technical security skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Security Suite of tools e.g. Defender, Entra and Sentinel
• 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).

What we offer:

We believe that all the people who work with us should feel valued for the part they play. It’s one of the reasons our rewards go far beyond a competitive salary.

From the day you join us, you’ll get access to brilliant staff travel benefits including unlimited basic and premium standby tickets on British Airways flights. You’ll also receive up to 30 discounted ‘Hotline’ airfares per year for yourself, friends, and family.

At British Airways you’ll have the chance to take on new challenges and move forward in a way that feels right for you. We encourage all those who work for us to consider opportunities right across our business to help you develop and progress.

We never stand still, and we don’t expect our people to either.

Inclusion & Diversity

At British Airways we all have a part to play in creating an inclusive place to work. Diverse representation among our people is really important to us and we recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity and identity to work.

Inclusion and diversity is a key driver of innovation and we’re committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they can be themselves. We’re looking for people from all backgrounds and cultures to join us and be a part of our journey to become a Better BA as we continue to connect Britain with the world and the world with Britain.