Secure by Design Consultant
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Job Overview
As a Secure by Design Consultant, you will carry out the Secure by Design assessments and provide guidance to projects and BAU activities across the following UK business functions.
* Location: Newbury (hybrid working)
* Contract: 6 months (visibility to extend)
* Rate: £600 per day through umbrella
* Hours: 40 hours, Monday to Friday
Key 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 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 deviation 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 single point of contact relationship with key project manager(s).
Start Date: ASAP