Senior Research Officer - DV

Job Title: Senior Research Officer - DV

Location: Fully remote

Contract Duration: The duration is 40 days between start of project and 19 December 2025.

Daily Rate: £660/day (Umbrella - Maximum)

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Security Clearance: DV

Minimum Requirement:

• Ability to work at the strategic (system of systems) level and see the global systems picture
• Have experience of cyber security risk mitigations, requirements and capacity building at the enterprise and national level.
• Have experience in the field of CNI protection from cyber threats, ideally covering a wide range of sectors including telecommunications, energy, essential digital services, industry, finance and banking.
• Current expert knowledge of cyber security risk identification, and mitigation in the international CII environment.
• Have experience and a broad understanding of how modern Information Systems are architected and operated in the globally distributed service marketplace.
• Degree and/or Masters in any of the following areas: Cybersecurity; Information Security; Computer Science; Electrical or Systems Engineering; Critical Infrastructure Protection; Risk Management or Public Policy

Desirable

• Risk Management training
• Cyber Resilience for Critical Information Infrastructures course

The Role:

The purpose of this project is to undertake a short research activity to develop an accurate view of the relative priority of the UK's international partners based on Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) dependencies. This work will help inform future international cyber security risk mitigation activities.

The senior research officer (with a cyber background) will lead a small team of CII researchers and be responsible for key activities and product deliveries including: CNI dependency research, updating the data evaluation methodology, implementation of the CII prioritisation approach based on dependency risk analysis, and identifying opportunities for future cyber security risk mitigations.

The CII researchers will work to the senior cyber specialist and be responsible for key research activities and product deliveries including: CNI dependency research, the implementation of a data evaluation methodology and utilising a CII prioritisation approach based on dependency risk analysis.

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant

CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

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