Security Assurance Lead

Techniche Global are supporting an engineering defence contractor to appoint a Security Assurance Lead responsible for providing the engineering assurance, information management and business solutions that keep the Royal Navy at sea.

Salary:                 up to £65k
Location:              Bristol  - hybrid (2 days at the office/ 3 days WFH)
Duration:             perm/full-time
Hours:                 35 hrs per week
Requirements: The successful candidate must be a sole UK national as this position is subject to national security vetting.
Day to day, you’ll receive direction from the Accreditor and the Information Asset Owner’s (IAO’s). You will have a sound technical understanding of electronic security measures and how such systems employ security measures into the solution. You will have a good working knowledge of configuration management practices for information systems and are aware of the principles of risk management.
Essential experience:

• Relevant IT security experience 
• Writing of accreditation security case (RMADS)
• Experience and knowledge of Government IA Policy, including JSP440, JSP604, DIANS and NCSC IA guidance.
• Experience of close working relationships with Accreditation Authorities in the UK, as well as leading Security Working Groups as a way of managing security risks.
• The application of contextualised risk management in the application of technical/procedural/physical security controls with the risk/cost/benefit space.

 
Qualifications:

• Educated to degree level or hold a relevant professional qualification or equivalent experience
• Be a CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional and CISM Certified Information Security Manager Certified Cyber Professional (CCP).

 
 
Company Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity