Research Professional, Cyber Immune Security

BT Group; Bristol; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company in Bristol seeks a Technical Expert to drive research in Cyber Immune Security. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in Machine Learning, programming in Python and C++, and Cybersecurity. Responsibilities include maintaining technical expertise, authoring research papers, and ensuring compliance with standards. The position offers a variety of benefits including a bonus, pension scheme, and comprehensive training opportunities.

Benefits

10% on target bonus

BT Pension scheme

Equal family leave

Enhanced women’s health support

25 days annual leave

24/7 private virtual GP appointments

2 weeks carer’s leave

World-class training and development

Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience in ML/AI.
• Demonstrable programming skills such as Python and C++.
• Cybersecurity knowledge and experience.
• Hands-on lab experience required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain expertise in a specific technical domain.
• Author technical papers and capture intellectual property.
• Develop novel research work for future projects.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and security requirements.

Skills

Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence

Python

C++

Cybersecurity

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Data Analysis

Education

BSc in Computer Science

BSc in Data Science

BSc in Mathematics

BSc in Physics

BSc in Cybersecurity

Job description

Overview

Executes work with autonomy, proactively aligning with the wider team to understand priorities and deliver allocated and self-identified work.

Responsibilities

• Technical expert responsible for maintaining expertise in a specific technical domain.
• Responsible for intellectual property creation, contributing to patent filing with their team and supporting IPR exploitation where appropriate.
• Accountable for performing research in a specific domain (e.g., Cyber Immune Security) or area that is typically unknown, complex, high impact and high value across multiple domains.
• Responsible for authoring technical papers and capturing intellectual property.
• Responsible for developing novel research work and contributing towards recommendations for future research projects.
• Drives own performance to effectively contribute to wider team measures.
• Ensures that mandatory compliance, regulatory, data, security and informational requirements are maintained and recorded.
• Ensures all work on equipment is in accordance with documented procedures and practices as provided by BT and its suppliers, agreeing any changes with the appropriate source.
• Agrees appropriate actions and proactively takes ownership to resolve issues.
• Responsible and supporting the implementation of assigned projects or work packages as required, presenting and representing business data with internal/external customers as required.

Qualifications

• BSc (or equivalent) or higher in Computer science, data science, mathematics, physics, cybersecurity or related fields.
• Technical domain expert: mandatory evidence of knowledge, skill or experience in the following areas:
• Strong and hands-on experience in ML/AI.
• Demonstrable programming skills such as Python and C++.
• Cybersecurity knowledge.
• Open source software.
• Problem-solving, troubleshooting, attention to detail, and data analysis.
• Hands-on lab experience.
• Collaborative research PoC design and run experience (mandatory).
• Curious and innovative: ability to learn, identify new innovations and act to bring them in and create value (mandatory).
• Interpersonal skills: strong communication, teamwork, and adaptability (mandatory).
• Commercial applicability: understanding business case principles around relevant innovations and the real value to the business through value proposition building (mandatory).
• Problem solving, intellectually curious, comfortable taking ownership and responsibility (mandatory).

Benefits

• 10% on target bonus.
• BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% employee contribution, BT contribution 10%.
• From January 2025, equal family leave: 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. Open to all parents.
• Enhanced women’s health support, including menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.
• 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service.
• 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues.
• 2 weeks carer’s leave.
• World-class training and development opportunities.
• Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes.