(Senior) Manager, IRIS2 Security Tech Lead

This role is part of the Technical Leading group inside the SES European Programmes organisation, whose main objective is to design, deliver and operate the Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite (IRIS2), and other Space Programmes of the European Commission (EC) and ESA. 

As the European Union’s society and economy are undergoing a digital transformation, which comes with increased demand for ubiquitous connectivity as well as raised cyberthreats, both for private and for governmental users, EC has launched a programme to build a dual-use, sovereign, secure, Non-Geo-Stationary Orbit (NGSO) satellite-based, telecommunication ecosystem, complemented and integrated with key non-communication satellite services. In this scope, SES, in the leading role of the SpaceRISE consortium, entered in a Concession agreement with the EC to build and operate the IRIS2 system.

The incumbent will be accountable for leading the Security workstream in SES and on behalf of SpaceRISE consortium, and ensure the consistency, sustainability, efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with the Customer’s requirements and SES’ objectives, of the overall Security works in coordination with the Partners’ and Sub-contractors’ technical arms.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES / KEY RESULT AREAS

• Function as SES’s Project Security Manager for IRIS2 initiative, in coordination with internal and external partners. Assure the completion of tasks and deliverables by the contributors in due time and along the guidelines and support them with the required inputs and dependencies.
• Take ownership of the assigned Programme and sub-projects, acquire the objectives, efficiently coordinate resources, partners and subcontractors, and set priorities. Be dependable about delivering on time and with quality. 
• Review the functional and contractual documentation (including and not limited to space and ground architectural diagrams, requirement lists and SoW, etc), analyse from cyber-security and information-protection perspective; derive the relevant requirements and flow them down to the internal or external working groups
• Lead the analysis, co-design and trade-off on security engineering choices, with focus on technologies for cyber security, secure network and system architecture, along with their procurement, deployment, and operation, by pursuing cost- and time-efficient, yet effective accreditations
• Embrace the responsibility or accountability, as the case may be, for the Security Architecture design, Security Management Plans, Security Risk Analysis/Mitigation plans, SecOps plans, Maintenance and ILS plans, Obsolescence plans, Components Development and Procurement Plans, Security Accreditation Strategy, Security Architecture Deployment plans, Service Continuity plans, and contribute to the procurement and workload cost allocation; prepare for the execution of the mentioned plans in the assigned role. Guide, audit and evaluate their consistency with SES’s objectives throughout the Concession Contract
• Collect, review and take ownership of Accreditation documentation co-produced with partners and subcontractors, and present them to EC and to the Security Accreditation Authority
• Along institutional contract milestone plans (ESA, EC), own, lead or contribute as needed to the preparation and closure of reviews, including negotiation of contract amendments with Customers as well as with (Sub-) Contractors. Compose the required documentation in English language, inside and outside the frame of the RFP, by gathering contributions, by harmonising them, and by compiling the assigned parts
• Advise and support SES’s EU Programmes on strategic choices, technical synergies and trade-offs. Anticipate hurdles and suggest solutions.
• Establish close working relationships with the subject matter experts in SES’s EU Programmes Team and in SES’s support functions. Shape with them the winning technologies. Exploit synergies between the IRIS2 Programme (or the project the incumbent is assigned to) and the SES technical and operational strategy.
• Maintain a cooperative and synergic relationship with the technical peers assigned by SES’ partners and sub-contractors to the Programme, contribute to defining the work guidelines, gather the contributions and verify the consistency of the overall technical solution, by identifying possible gaps or feasibility issues. 
• Compose the required documentation in English language, inside and outside the frame of the RFP, by gathering contributions, by harmonising them, and by compiling the assigned parts

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• University level degree in Engineering, Telecommunications or adjacent areas as a minimum
• More than five years of experience in Satellite Communications System Architectures, Solution Design or Deployment and Security Engineering
• Proven experience in working with EU, ESA or national governmental institutions, and more specifically wrt security engineering of security risk management, security threats & incidents, security vulnerabilities, malware analysis
• Security engineering experience acquired in programmes covering at the maximum possible extent the following infrastructure systems and activities: satellite control or data planes, IT & Datacentres, 5G sys-tems, OSS/BSS, User Terminals, terrestrial fixed and mobile networks
• Ideally, experienced in complex programme management and cross-functional / cross-organisational cooperation
• Proficiency in preparation of proposals and in technical writing, with sound understanding of the implica-tions 
• Fluency in written and spoken English; other European languages are considered an asset

OTHER KEY REQUIREMENTS / COMMENTS

• Eligibility for ESA/EU SECRET personnel security clearances is essential. Candidates must be prepared to undergo a security clearance procedure, as this position may require holding such a clearance
• Understanding of space-based security architectures
• Experience on NGSOs
• Ready to work at least 66% of the time in the office