Cyber Security Assurance Consultant - DV Cleared
Rate: £550 - £650 a day (Inside IR35)
Location: Basingstoke (Hybrid)
Duration: Initially 6 months
Clearance: DV Clearance required
The company:
Global IT Consultancy delivering digital transformation to Defence and National Security end clients.
Overview:
As Security Assurance Consultant is part of the Security Assurance Team (SAT), providing risk management and assurance of programme artefacts.
Responsibilities and Tasks
* Support delivery of secure Releases and Features aligned with the relevant legacy or NIST assurance processes through Security Assurance stories agreed with nominated team Scrum Master
* Create security assurance case for releases, including risk assessments and mitigations for identified defects and vulnerabilities
* Liaise with Testers, Security Architects and Engineers to ensure smooth assurance process and timely delivery of contribution to assurance cases.
* Define Penetration Test and IT Health Check (ITHC) scope for relevant team
* Liaise with Joint Design Team on scope and submission of assurance case
* Keep Security Lead informed of progress within team and of any potential conflicts where Security Assurance issues may impede delivery
* Provide security approval for service support activities, including IMPEX to various systems
* Conduct daily checks (as part of rota) as required on nominated systems
* Support incident investigation and security training and briefings
* Support development of relevant security documentation; including RMADS, CoCo, RAR, SSP, POAM, OSMP (including SyOps).
Knowledge, Experience and Capabilities
* Cyber Security Assurance
* ISO27001
* NIST 800-53 series
* MOD Secure by Design
* Information assurance
* Risk management
* High quality of written and verbal communication skills
* Experience of working in Secure environments (Highly desirable)
* Experience in Safe Agile methods (Desirable)
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