Senior Common Criteria Certification Specialist

BAE Systems
Doha
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Analytical and problem-solving","Communication","Documentation","Report writing","Work autonomously"]

Lead day-to-day Common Criteria cybersecurity certification activities, including evaluating security documentation, performing technical risk assessments, and overseeing rigorous security testing. Provide expert recommendations on certification decisions such as Protection Profiles, Security Targets, and Evaluation Assurance Levels (EALs), while ensuring consistency, competence, and impartiality. Collaborate with product developers, evaluators, and national certification authorities, and help develop certification policies, procedures, and guidelines.

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BAE Systems
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Senior Common Criteria Certification Specialist

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Job Summary

Lead day-to-day Common Criteria cybersecurity certification activities, including evaluating security documentation, performing technical risk assessments, and overseeing rigorous security testing. Provide expert recommendations on certification decisions such as Protection Profiles, Security Targets, and Evaluation Assurance Levels (EALs), while ensuring consistency, competence, and impartiality. Collaborate with product developers, evaluators, and national certification authorities, and help develop certification policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Location: Doha
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Conduct day-to-day Common Criteria certification, validation, oversight, certificate maintenance, and mutual recognition activities.
  • •Ensure highest competence and impartiality, maintaining consistency across evaluation and certification work.
  • •Review and assess documentation from product developers, including Security Target documents, design specifications, and test plans.
  • •Perform advanced technical risk assessments and recommend mitigations based on identified security weaknesses or flaws.
  • •Oversee the testing phase and collaborate with stakeholders (developers, evaluators, national certification authorities) to support consistent and accurate evaluation outcomes.

Key Requirements

  • •University degree-level qualification in IT, information security, or a related field with a security focus.
  • •Certification from a recognized Common Criteria certification body and prior experience as a Certifier.
  • •Minimum 8 years total experience and minimum 4 years as a Senior IT/Information Security/Cyber Security Auditor and/or in risk management or information/cyber security management.
  • •Proven experience in IT and information security assessment, including Common Criteria training, risk assessment and management, and ISO27001 certification audit requirements.
  • •Strong knowledge of security testing methodologies and formal certification schemes, plus capabilities to interpret relevant standards (e.g., ISO/IEC 17021, 17024, 17006, 17065).
Experience:8+ yearsCybersecurityInformation securitySecurity auditingRisk management
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Analytical and problem-solvingCommunicationDocumentationReport writingWork autonomously
Certifications:Common Criteria certification
Languages:ArabicEnglish
Tech Stack:Common CriteriaProtection ProfilesSecurity TargetsEvaluation Assurance Levels (EALs)ISO27001NISTNIACSF Q2022ISO/IEC 17021ISO/IEC 17024ISO/IEC 27006ISO/IEC 17065ISAITAFISO17021ISO19011Security testing methodologiesInformation assurance

Company Brief

BAE Systems
Multinational defence, security and aerospace company designing, manufacturing and supporting military and civilian systems including naval ships, submarines, aircraft, cyber solutions and electronic systems for governments and commercial customers.
Industry: Defense Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1999
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