Cyber Security Lead

Posted 9 days 16 hours ago by GSMA LLC

Permanent
Full Time
Other
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
Cyber Security Manager (Futures) page is loaded Cyber Security Manager (Futures) Apply locations London time type Full time posted on Posted 3 Days Ago job requisition id R-02463 Department: Technology

Team: Security & Fraud

Location: London

Position type: Permanent

What the hiring manager says "Cyber-attacks continue to increase in sophistication and volume against mobile networks. Set against a background of the roll out of 5G and evolution from legacy technology to cloud native, the need for strong international coordinated security has never been stronger. GSMA plays a central role in the mobile industry both as a thought leader and also as a focal point for GSMA industry member to develop industry security standards. This role will be key in ensuring GSMA is able anticipate and manage changes in the mobile cyber security landscape for GSMA members".

- Alex Leadbeater, GSMA - Technical Security Director

About the Team The GSMA Industry Security team is continually enhancing the support offered to its membership as the threats targeting the mobile ecosystem emerge. Our vision is to provide value for our membership in three main areas:
  • Industry collaboration by convening membership to define industry specifications, facilitating intelligence sharing, promoting baseline controls, conducting external collaboration to ensure industry alignment.
  • Providing expertise through subject matter experts by supporting solution and service offering development to internal and external stakeholders, as well as promoting industry Fraud and Security awareness.
  • Defining the future by looking forward by assessing, analysing and reporting on the industry threat landscape. This is also done through engagement with standards bodies and reviewing new technologies to ensure adequate protection by design
About the Role Reporting to GSMA's Technical Security Director within the Security and Fraud team, the Cyber Security Manager (Futures) will be responsible for identifying how both new and evolving mobile technologies will affect GSMA members from a Cyber Security perspective.

You will have a global view of how mobile security and fraud matters are developing and with this knowledge play a key role in shaping industry technical approach to mobile technology evolution.

The role will support the creation of whitepapers, reports, and blogs, both as GSMA and in collaboration with GSMA members through GSMA working groups. This will include contributing to GSMA's annual security landscape report.

You should have a clear understanding of the industry needs, weakness and areas for improvement across a range of mobile network, services and end user equipment areas.

Specific responsibilities will include:
  • At a detailed technical level, develop and maintain an expert understanding as to how mobile technology evolution will impact the Mobile Cyber Security landscape.
  • Work collaboratively with GSMA Technology team (including security) and GSMA members (directly and through GSMA working groups) to provide technical input into security and fraud deliverables.
  • Produce and contribute to GSMA Cyber Security Analyst reports, whitepapers and blogs.
  • Build relationships and engage directly with external stakeholders (e.g. GSMA members, regulators, other industry associations).
  • Undertaking research and analysis into evolving Mobile Cyber Security landscape.
  • Contribute to the GSMA security area (FASG) member working groups as a technical expert and facilitator.
  • Support GSMA events including MWC Barcelona SEC CON / SEC SUM and other regional events.
  • Support GSMA security social media outreach.
About You
  • You will have previous experience within a Mobile Network Operator or Mobile Operator equipment vendor or industry analyst provider, in a systems design and operations roles.
  • You will have an expert in depth knowledge of Mobile Network technology and how evolution to Cloud, virtualisation, AI, Network APIs, NPNs and Zero Trust will impact mobile networks and services.
  • You will have technical background in mobile networks and security.
  • You will have an in depth understanding of current Mobile Network, Services and End user equipment (e.g. Smartphones and IOT) weakness and be passionate about working with the industry to deliver improvements.
  • You will have effective research and organisation skills with key attention to detail and delivery of documentation.
  • You will have experience of industry engagement (ideally up to C suite level).
  • You will be a clear communicator, capable of communicating complex technical matters in an understandable style to non-experts.
  • You will effectively work with others to make up for gaps in your experience or knowledge.
  • You will have a passion for consensus building across a wider range of industry and regulatory stakeholders.
  • You will have a strong sense of business ethics and principles.
  • You will display cultural understanding and sensitivity, recognising that GSMA is a global organisation with members from many countries and cultures.
  • You will be willing undertake global travel as required, especially during initial relationship building stage of this role.
Contract type

Regular Worker type

Employee What We Offer Working at the GSMA offers you unparalleled access to the mobile industry. We offer a chance to truly shape the direction of mobile, whatever your role. By joining the GSMA, you will be exposed to a fast-paced rapidly evolving environment, working on global solutions, genuinely fascinating and industry-changing projects and a stimulating and dynamic environment designed to enable you to flourish.

In addition to architect-designed offices and competitive compensation, our benefits include fantastic learning & development opportunities, generous holiday allowances, four additional days off for professional development and many others.

To learn more about the GSMA, visit our career site , our LinkedIn page and our Twitter page.

Being You at the GSMA

We care deeply about diversity, equity and inclusivity and aspire to be the best at it. Your well-being and work/life balance is important, so flexi-time and remote working is available to all staff. We're keen to ensure everyone is equal, represented and connected so we particularly encourage applications from all demographics. The sucess of the GSMA year on year will continue to be contributed by people from all walks of life.

GSMA Values

Our values not only drive our culture - they shape how we work and interact inside and outside our global organisation.

Passionately driven

We approach everything we do with unparalleled capability, tenacity and commitment, knowing that the challenging scale, pace and complexity of our work is what leads to its world-changing impact.

Insightful leaders

We continually develop and engage our expertise, insight and creativity so that we're always ready to respond to the changing landscape with authority, agility and nuance.

Stronger together

We lean on each other so the industry can lean on us, embracing our diversity by actively seeking out perspectives and skill sets beyond our own, fuelling each other's successes and constantly asking how we can help.

Underpinning our values is our collective mindset to show up purposefully as good human beings every day, in every situation. When we're at our best - we are collaborative, considerate and compassionate to others, and we create a safe space for one another to thrive, assuming positive intent in our colleagues. And if we aren't at our best and the pressure is on - we feel free to be ourselves but still remain curious, lean into the tough stuff and we are always respectful to others and accountable for the part we play.

About Us If you're currently an employee at GSMA, please apply internally using the GSMAHub by clicking on 'Jobs Hub' in your main Dashboard. About the GSMA The GSMA is a global organisation unifying the mobile ecosystem to discover, develop and deliver innovation foundational to positive business environments and societal change. Our vision is to unlock the full power of connectivity so that people, industry, and society thrive. Representing mobile operators and organisations across the mobile ecosystem and adjacent industries, the GSMA delivers for its members across three broad pillars: Industry Services and Solutions, Connectivity for Good, and Outreach.

Connectivity for Good engages members, governments and civil society, to advance positive policy and spectrum outcomes, facilitate digital innovation to reduce inequalities in our world, and tackle todays' biggest societal challenges such as digital inclusion, climate change and sustainability.

Industry Services and Solutions underpins the technology and interoperability that make mobile work. Via our projects, working groups and promotional activities we facilitate the industry's focus on areas such as 5G, Mobile IoT, fraud and security. And our technical services offer tools, data and resources to enable even more efficient and robust mobile experiences for users.

Outreach provides the world's largest platform, convening and informing the mobile ecosystem, at MWC Barcelona, Shanghai, Los Angeles and the M360 series, and through Mobile World Live and GSMA Intelligence with breaking news, insights and expert analysis.
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