Cyber Security Assurance Specialist

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Job description

Cyber Security Assurance Specialist

Scotstoun, New Malden or Portsmouth based (Hybrid)

83.20 an hour Umbrella OR 73.31 PAYE Inside IR35

6 Month Contract initially.

This is a great opportunity to work within one of the UK's leading Defence organisations based In either Scotstoun, New Malden or Portsmouth. 1-2 days per week on site but may be required more project and work dependant.

Core duties:-

• Cyber Security gap analysis
• Cyber assessment / auditing
• Working with system owners, business owners and being able to articulate cyber security requirements
• Working on a volume of different systems - understanding different IT and OT technologies to be able to effectively audit different components
• Experience with defence, government, MOD or somewhere highly regulated like finance, medical etc.
• Experience with standards such as NIST, ISO27001, Cyber Essentials
• Deliver cyber assurance services for the Naval Ships business, covering Enterprise Applications and Operational Technologies
• Risk Assessment of gaps
• Deliver documentation to demonstrate compliance to internal and external stakeholders
• Assessment and provision of control effectiveness in managing Cyber security risk
• Work with security architecture / technical input into the development of secure solutions
• Support development of strategy and continual service improvement for the Cyber Assurance function
• Act as a subject matter expert regarding Cyber Assurance activities for the wider organisation
• Interviews will be WebEx

Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications:-

• Industry knowledge of industry cyber security standards and/or knowledge of government cyber security standards
• Cyber Assurance / Assessment / Auditing experience of IT Systems
• Knowledge of IT application, infrastructure and security technologies
• Proactively engage with System owners to assess their systems
• Ability to interpret system compliance with IT Security Standard
• Risk management experience
• Ability to work autonomously and manage workload and priorities based on demand from multiple projects
• CISSP/CISM/CRISC
• ISO27001 Lead Auditor
• Cyber Essentials scheme (Ideally would be looking for a lead assessor)
• Any other equivalent

For more information please contact Lauren Morley at JAM Recruitment or click apply.

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