CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER-AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE: (Basé à London)

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Greater London
6 months ago
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Bullisher is a data-centric fintech solution provider in the aerospace and defense industry for institutional level investors, looking to disrupt and revolutionize a $3 trillion dollar industry. As a startup, we spearhead an industry-leading Blackbox to facilitate and administer trade agreements pioneered by a vehicle, driven by our new generation benchmark delivering solutions through innovation with uncompromising agility. We predict trends in the aerospace and government defense entities, as well as political shifts, and have the ability to influence actual changes in government policies through innovation.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

This role may suit an individual who is a specialist in data encryption - symmetric key cryptography with large, high entropy keys. We are a startup enhancing formation in the early stages of a product development project. The oversight requires you to evolve a large joint undertaking scale of systems engineering implementation and distributed reference architectures, instrumented in real time for latency and performance processing aspects in different combinations like:

  • HPC
  • Operating Systems
  • Languages
  • Networks
  • System Engineering
  • Structural Engineering
  • Complex Automation Systems
  • Ethernet Speeds
  • Remote Sensing
  • Space Exploration in Science Systems
  • Cyber Security
  • Requirements and Review
  • Software Development and Implementation
  • Data Processing and Governance
  • User Community and Maintainability and Life-Cycle

Specifications with domain-specific extensions to define and standardize interfaces and behaviors that enable application portability.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR:

  • 20+ years of deep expertise in quantum computing and quantum risk
  • Executive level experience in computer science
  • Academic level training in computer science
  • Hands-on experience in computer science
  • Proven experience in defending against cyber attacks across all departmental networks, e.g., Department of Defense on first cyber command, the joint task force for computer network defense
  • Executive level experience in implementing solutions in defense intelligence agencies
  • Extensive experience in harvest now and decrypt later attacks

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Advise the board on comprehensive assessments of how data is stored across the Bullisher organization
  • Implement user identity and authorization management
  • Identify the most critical or valuable digital assets/capabilities, understand vulnerability to quantum attacks, and assess potential repercussions of such attacks
  • Conduct pilot programs integrating quantum capabilities into IT security infrastructure and applications
  • NIST SP 800-171 implementations for 2024 and beyond
  • Implement roadmap and deploy and operate hybrid infrastructure integration
  • Establish/fast track processes for advanced/centralized systems enabled technologies to achieve certifications necessary for procurement
  • Increase quantum tech literacy by upskilling the workforce, e.g., implement a quantum safe technology as an additional layer of security to our existing ones
  • Amplify the security protection against harvest now and decrypt later attacks

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • PhDin Computer Science /PhDin Mathematical Cryptography
  • Mastersin Quantum Computing
  • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) is essential
  • Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
  • Information Assurance System Architecture and Engineer (IASAE) is essential
  • Certified Authorization Professional (CAP)
  • It is a prerequisite to be certified in one of the listed DoD 8570 Certifications

INTERVIEW PROCESS:

  • STAGE 1: COGNITIVE ABILITY TEST
  • STAGE 2: COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT SCREENING WITH A 30+ YEARS EXPERIENCE PSYCHOLOGIST
  • STAGE 3: PRE-SCREENING (verification checks & DV security clearance)
  • STAGE 4: INTERVIEW WITH THE CEO & GC

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