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Role: Security Assurance Coordinator (SAC)
Rate: (Pricing in) Inside IR35
Location: 2-3 days a week onsite in Corsham
Duration: 12 months
SC clearance required and sole British.
Essential Skills, Qualifications, And Experience:
* At least 5 years demonstrable experience operating in a Security Assurance Coordinator type role and gaining Accreditation for novel system/network architectures.
* Detailed knowledge and understanding of defence policy and standards, particularly JSP 440, 453 and over-arching HMG policy.
* Experience of producing RMADS, Security Instructions and other security policy related documentation to a high standard.
* Knowledge of Security Incident Management policies, processes, and procedures.
* Delivery of Risk Assessments, Risk Treatment plans, scoping and managing IT health checks and associated remediation activities.
* Detailed experience and understanding of the Software Defined Data Centre (SDDC) model including large scale virtualisation of servers, desktops, infrastructure and storage technologies.
* Comprehensive knowledge of UK Defence deployed network architectures, federations with coalition partners, security enforcing gateways and modern techniques for enforcement of security principles including micro-segmentation, VPN, VDI, hardware encryption and information flow handling.
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a proven ability to explain technical issues to a non-technical audience.
* Strong critical thinking and analytical skills to solve problems and propose new ideas.
* Hold a current SC clearance and be prepared to undergo DV clearance if necessary.
* Competency in MS Office Suite.
Desirable Skills, Qualifications, And Experience:
* Experience of delivering in Agile and Waterfall project management environments and understanding the complexities of delivering accreditation evidence in these environments.
* Working within the public sector, preferably Defence, and ideally with Defence Digital (formerly ISS).
* Knowledge of Cloud and/or Datacentre based Security Architectures.
* Security related qualifications, such as:
o Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
o Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
o CCP SIRA Certification at Practitioner or above
o ISO27001 Auditor related qualification
* Audit tooling knowledge (ideally ELASTIC and SolarWinds).
Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks.
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Contract
Job function: Other, Information Technology, and Management
Industries: Accounting
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