Information Assurance Consultant

Overview

As an Information Assurance Consultant, you will apply cyber security and IA expertise across complex programmes within a high-assurance environment. You will work with technical teams, architects and stakeholders to embed secure-by-design principles and controls throughout the project lifecycle. You will translate threat intelligence into practical security measures and support risk-based decision making. This role offers impact through strengthened security architectures and governance across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide IA and cyber security expertise across complex programmes and technology projects
• Review and assess technical solutions for security risks and improvements
• Support development and implementation of security principles, standards and controls
• Ensure security requirements are embedded into design and governance
• Collaborate with risk owners to align controls with threat/risk environment
• Translate cyber threats into practical controls and recommendations
• Review cloud/hybrid/on-prem architectures from security perspective
• Support risk-based decision making and communicate security to technical/non-technical stakeholders
• Contribute to continuous improvement of security architecture, governance and assurance processes
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of emerging threats and security approaches

Key requirements

• Proven IA/Cyber Security Consultant or Security Architect experience
• Experience in high-risk or highly regulated environments
• Strong knowledge of NCSC CAF and ISO 27001
• Experience translating security requirements into practical controls
• Solid understanding of security across cloud, hybrid and on-premises
• Experience reviewing architectures for security risks
• Ability to communicate complex security/risk issues to diverse stakeholders
• Strong stakeholder engagement and ability to influence risk-based decisions

• Clear communication
• Stakeholder engagement
• Influence and collaboration
• NCSC CAF
• ISO 27001
• Security architecture review

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