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We have an opportunity for a Secure by Design to join our client's team in Newbury/Stoke-on-Trent. The team works on a hybrid working basis.
- Contract: 6 months
- Daily rate: £600 per day via umbrella (PAYE options also available)
- Hours: 40, Monday to Friday
Our client is seeking a Secure by Design Consultant who will conduct security assessments and provide guidance to ensure compliance with security policies and standards. The role involves managing security risks, influencing stakeholders, and proposing solutions to improve security processes.
Secure by Design Consultant responsibilities
- Apply subject matter expertise to secure our networks, products and services.
- Ensure project designs comply with Baseline Security Requirements and security policy.
- Ensure that projects integrate with security baseline controls such as IPS/IDS, WAF, Firewall Change Management, Identity & Access Management, SIEM and Vulnerability Management.
- Ensure internal customers, external suppliers and delivery partners are aware of security standards and future strategy to influence development strategies of roadmaps.
- Identify security risks, manage them with key stakeholders, and provide recommendations for risk mitigation.
- Build relationships with your stakeholder community across the business.
- Escalate deviations from baseline security requirements and security architecture.
- Provide advice and guidance to SbD Managers, Specialists and Cyber Security Champions.
- Approves designs that comply with policies and standards and are within parameters set by the Secure by Design Managers.
- Escalates designs which deviate from policies, standards and parameters set by the Secure by Design Managers.
- Raises risks and exceptions as appropriate to track deviation from policy.
- Proposes solutions to correct security defects and deviations from policy.
- Identifies opportunities to improve process efficiency.
What you'll need to succeed
- Competent in understanding equipment configurations used to deliver a wide range of IT and telecommunications solutions
- Competent in applying security policies and principles defined in security architecture to real world scenarios
- Understands and applies risk management principles
- Effective communication skills to influence stakeholders and explain complex security requirements in simple terms
- Stakeholder Management - established as the go-to person for any project issues impacting on Corporate & External Affairs teams
- Establishing and maintaining a single point of contact relationship with key project manager(s).
Preferred Experience:
- Telecommunications experience is desired
What you need to do now
Our client is looking to interview immediately, so apply today or call us on to speak with one of our Talent Acquisition Specialists!
If this role does not meet your requirements, but you know of someone else who would be interested, please send my details across to them.
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