Cyber Security Assurance Consultant - DV Cleared

Cyber Security Assurance Consultant – DV Cleared Rate: £550 – £650 a day (Inside IR35) Location: Basingstoke (Hybrid) Duration: Initially 6 months Clearance: DV Clearance required The company: Global IT Consultancy delivering digital transformation to Defence and National Security end clients. Overview: As Security Assurance Consultant is part of the Security Assurance Team (SAT), providing risk management and assurance of programme artefacts. Responsibilities and Tasks Support delivery of secure Releases and Features aligned with the relevant legacy or NIST assurance processes through Security Assurance stories agreed with nominated team Scrum Master Create security assurance case for releases, including risk assessments and mitigations for identified defects and vulnerabilities Liaise with Testers, Security Architects and Engineers to ensure smooth assurance process and timely delivery of contribution to assurance cases. Define Penetration Test and IT Health Check (ITHC) scope for relevant team Liaise with Joint Design Team on scope and submission of assurance case Keep Security Lead informed of progress within team and of any potential conflicts where Security Assurance issues may impede delivery Provide security approval for service support activities, including IMPEX to various systems Conduct daily checks (as part of rota) as required on nominated systems Support incident investigation and s…