Security & Business Continuity Specialist
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, 6‑month contract, hybrid working model.
AMS, a global workforce solutions partner, is looking for a specialist on behalf of Tesco IMS to strengthen the organisation’s operational resilience and business continuity frameworks.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the review and enhancement of disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) processes across on‑premise and cloud environments (primarily AWS).
* Conduct detailed business impact assessments (BIA) and align technical continuity plans to business priorities and regulatory expectations.
* Support and guide the Information Technology Steering Committee (ITSC) on IT investments, controls, and risk mitigations aligned with strategic objectives.
* Collaborate with application owners to understand system configurations, security controls, backup frequencies, and restoration capabilities.
* Oversee backup and recovery testing, ensuring processes are fully documented, repeatable, and auditable.
* Educate, train, and embed business continuity principles within teams, ensuring ownership and accountability.
* Update and maintain scenario libraries, playbooks, and post‑incident action plans to ensure readiness for both technical and business disruptions.
* Produce comprehensive reports, risk assessments, and governance documentation to support audit, assurance, and regulatory requirements.
* Work closely with the IMS function to identify and remediate resilience gaps across systems and processes.
* Contribute to continuous improvement of the organisation’s business continuity maturity, including testing cycles, communications, and stakeholder engagement.
Requirements
* Proven experience in IT Security, Infrastructure, or Audit, ideally within financial services or a highly regulated sector.
* Strong knowledge of disaster recovery, data backup, and cloud‑based resilience, particularly AWS.
* Hands‑on experience performing business impact assessments, continuity testing, and recovery planning.
* Solid understanding of risk mitigation, incident response, and IT governance.
* Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and report‑writing abilities, comfortable engaging with senior leaders and technical specialists.
* High attention to detail and ability to document complex technical environments clearly and accurately.
* Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, Word, and occasionally PowerPoint for stakeholder presentations.
Desirable
* Experience within or supporting a banking or financial services organisation.
* Familiarity with ISO 22301 (BCM), COBIT, or ITIL.
* Professional certifications such as CBCI, CISA, or CISSP.
* Understanding of regulatory requirements around operational resilience and continuity.
Why Tesco Insurance and Money Services?
Seeing your impact all around you: there’s no better feeling. We help our colleagues and serve our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day. Everything we do is about making things better – not just for others, but for you too. It’s why you’ll feel totally at home in a place where everyone’s welcome.
Next Steps
If you meet the criteria above and are interested in applying, click the link to apply. Our client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model. For the duration of this assignment, you will be working as an external resource engaged by AMS.
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