Information Assurance Consultant

Salary: £60,000 – £78,000 per year

Information Security Specialist / Information Assurance Consultant – Home Based with travel to UK sites as needed – Permanent & Contract Rates

Are you interested in managing the Security Accreditation of a programme at varying points in the lifecycle?

Can you dedicate your efforts to ensuring products meet Information Assurance requirements and that Security Risks are reduced to an acceptable level?

Would you like to work with advanced and innovative technologies, plus dedicated and creative colleagues, to minimise the risk of both cyber threats and social attacks?

We currently have a vacancy for an Information Security Specialist across our sites within the UK.

As an Information Security Specialist, your aim will be to ensure our products across the business are secure by design, achieve security accreditation, and maintain security through-life.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to liaise with stakeholders, influence engineering design, produce evidence in support of accreditation, provide advice and guidance to shape technical solutions, and support embedding our security culture across the business.

Your skills and qualifications as an Information Security Specialist:

Essential:

Experience in ensuring security within complex networked systems.

Fundamental understanding of traditional information technology and industrial control systems, how they may connect together, different protocols, operating systems, and applications.

A good understanding of suggested Security Frameworks and Methodologies.

Good technical understanding of systems and how their security aspects are applied and affect performance.

Ability to identify and investigate technology to understand security vulnerabilities and how to mitigate them.

Desirable:

Solid systems engineering experience and background.

Understanding of Virtualised systems (Exposure to VMware products).

Exposure to securing thin or zero client environments.

Good knowledge and understanding of security risk assessments and RMADS (Risk Management and Accredited Document Set) and the accreditation process.

Familiarity of Defence Standards/Security Regulations such as JSP440, JSP604 or, other security standards such as ISO27000 and NIST.

What we are looking for in you:

A flexible and adaptive individual with excellent communication, high attention to detail and strong influencing and interpersonal skills.

There are various client sites across the UK but you will be home-based, with travel as needed to client sites for meetings. We have both permanent and contract opportunities available. Salary is between £60,000 – £78,000and contract rates are market rates.