Security Engineer

Description Hispasat, as part of the SpaceRISE consortium, is responsible for the technical implementation and ensuring the success of the IRIS² project, leveraging its extensive experience in satellite communications. This collaboration is essential to provide secure and reliable high-performance communication solutions to the European Union and its member states. To be part of this project, we are looking for a Security Engineer whose responsibilities will be as follows: - Review of functional and contractual documentation, related to flight and ground architectural diagrams, requirement lists and SoW, etc. - Analyze the documentation from cyber-security and information-protection perspective, the relevant requirements and contribute to its finalization as appropriate - Analyze and trade-off on security architecture choices, with focus on technologies for encryption, Key Management Facility and key distribution, anti-jamming, along with their procurement and deployment, by pursuing cost- and time-efficient accreditations. - Support the project team from cyber-security and information-protection perspective on the requirement compliance analysis, implications on infrastructure implementation and verification and validation perspectives. - Support the project team regarding cybersecurity audits and regular security upgrades required on the system. - Together with the project team and external partners, review, analyze and update security documentation. - Contribute to the specification and review the relevant plans for implementation of the operational sites from the perspective of cybersecurity and security protection. - Along institutional contract milestone plans (ESA, EC), own or contribute as needed to the preparation and closure of reviews. - Report to Project Manager. Minimum requirements - Bachelor/Master’s Degree in either Telecommunications Engineering, Network Engineering, Cybersecurity Engineering - +5 years’ experience in cybersecurity engineering activities or secure encryption, preferably in the satellite communication domain - Proven experience in working with institutional customers or national governmental institutions, and more specifically with engineering of security risk management, security threats & incidents, security vulnerabilities, malware analysis - Sound knowledge of security technologies, such as encryption technologies, secure Authentication-Authorization-Accounting technologies, Key Management Facility, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Security Orchestration and Automated Response (SOAR) - Sound knowledge of ISO 27000 Security standards, ECSS - Security engineering experience acquired in programmes covering at the maximum possible extent the follwoing flight and ground infrastructure: satellite control center, IT & Datacentres, 5G systems, OSS/BSS, terrestrial fixed and mobile networks, satellite payload, satellite telemetry. - Native to an EU member state and willing to undergo an EU secret clearance process. - Currently in possesion of EU personal security clearance. - Fluency in English, both written and spoken, any other European language is considered as an asset - Location: Madrid At Hispasat we promote equal opportunities and an inclusive enviroment. All our selectrion processes are based on objective criteria, without distinction of gender, age, origin, sexual orientation, sisability or other personal or social contditions. We value diversity as a driver of innovation and growth.