Cybersecurity Architect Consultant (M/F)

Let's build a future of trust together

Thales is a global high-tech leader specializing in three sectors: Defense & Security, Aerospace & Space, and Cyber & Digital. It develops products and solutions that contribute to a safer, more environmentally friendly, and more inclusive world. The Group invests nearly 4 billion euros per year in Research & Development, particularly in key innovation areas such as AI, cybersecurity, quantum, cloud technologies, and 6G. Thales has nearly 81,000 employees in 68 countries.

Our commitments, your benefits

• Success driven by our technological excellence, your experience, and our shared ambition
• An attractive compensation package
• Continuous skills development: training programs, internal academies, and internal communities
• An inclusive, benevolent environment that respects employee balance
• Recognized societal and environmental commitment

Your daily life

Join us on the Vélizy campus, which hosts a wide variety of Thales activities: aerospace, defense, civil, etc. West of Paris, this site offers a work environment equipped with the latest technological innovations and provides services that allow for balancing professional and personal life.

Within Thales, our Thales Cyber Solutions teams provide a wide range of cybersecurity services, from cyber governance to advanced technical expertise, including detection and response services delivered from our SOCs, as well as forensics analysis and threat intelligence. Our clients are large groups, OIVs (Operators of Vital Importance), OSEs (Operators of Essential Services) needing to protect critical IT or OT systems, or even governmental organizations.

As a Cybersecurity Architect (M/F), you will join a multidisciplinary team (benevolent and human-sized) of Cybersecurity Consultants working on a wide range of activities. This team supports its clients in the Banking/Finance, Industry/Services, Public Sector, Defense/Aerospace & Transport/Energy sectors in addressing the challenges and issues related to securing their infrastructures (IT/OT).

Reporting to the Secure Technology & Architecture Consulting (CTAS) Practice, composed of about thirty Consultants, you will be responsible for:

• Supporting our clients (internal Thales & external) in the development and implementation of information system security
• Analyzing projects related to complex IS to identify security needs, threats, risks, and deduce security objectives
• Participating in defining the most relevant security architectures based on your knowledge of security technology and understanding of risks
• Playing an advisory role in the implementation and support of infrastructure (and potentially application) security solutions
• Contributing to the drafting of technical parts of tender responses and working in collaboration with other security experts
• Ensuring technical relations with software and hardware security solution providers

Your profile

You hold a higher education degree (engineer or equivalent) in computer science with a security specialization and have at least 5 years of experience in Cybersecurity Consulting activities.

• You have successful experience in defining, designing, integrating, and securing security architectures
• You have already contributed to architecture audits or wish to perform them
• You have practical knowledge in at least one of these subjects: IAM, PAM, Cloud Security, Network Security, Hardening, PKI, SIEM, SOAR, Embedded Systems Security
• You master the main security guides and technical recommendations published by ANSSI
• You have a good level of English to work in an international context or with solution editors

Beyond your technical skills, you wish to continue to progress and learn, you are curious and enjoy sharing your knowledge and discoveries with your team.

Your sense of service combined with good interpersonal skills and listening skills will allow you to build a lasting relationship of trust with your colleagues and clients.

Our offices are based in Vélizy and on the Cyber Campus (La Défense), you will also have the opportunity to travel in France and internationally!

Finally, you will join a committed and supportive team whose work organization (on-site and remote work) is based on trust and flexibility.

As your well-being and health are important to us, you will not be disappointed by the many benefits we offer our employees!

Innovation, passion, ambition: join Thales and let's build a future of trust together!

Thales, a Handi-Engaged company, recognizes all talents. Diversity is our best asset. Apply and join us!

As the position may require access to information classified as national defense secret, the selected person will be subject to an authorization procedure, in accordance with the provisions of articles R.2311-1 et seq. of the Defense Code and IGI 1300 SGDSN/PSE of August 9, 2021.