Security Assurance Consultant

Superb opportunity to join one of the world’s largest leisure travel companies, operating a global fleet of cruise ships that carry millions of guests each year. This is an initial 6-month contract (inside IR35) with a requirement to be on-site in the Southampton office 3-days per week.

We are looking for a Security Assurance Specialist to join the Information Security Assurance Team, who provide end-to-end assurance of IT products and services across the group. The role will require excellent IT (systems, networks, applications, hardware) and security technology knowledge (anti-malware, encryption, security logging and monitoring, network security), as well as knowledge of information governance principles (risk, legislation, standards, policy and procedures).

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with delivery & operational teams, providing end to end engagement across a range of IT focused projects and products.
• Assure required levels of due diligence, risk assessments and security design across a portfolio of projects.
• Define security non-functional requirements for new products and services.
• Review and input to various design documents (HLD, LLD, data flow diagrams etc.) to ensure that Security NFRs are delivered and implemented before the product or service goes live.
• Provide advice as a technical security SME by representing the Information Security team at various project meetings or workshops.
• Providing project consultation on various compliance frameworks which currently apply to the business e.g. NIST, PCI, SOX and GDPR.
• Coordinating between projects, Security Operations and third-party vendors to ensure that security testing activities are carried out and delivered to a pre-agreed scope.
• Responsible for ensuring that any vulnerabilities identified are processed in accordance with the Information Security Risk Management process.
• Identify and track risk issues across the project and ensure the risk management lifecycle is followed.
• Ensure that new products or services follow the correct change management process and provide advice to the Change Approval Board where appropriate.
• Provide support to security incident management and compliance services when required.
• Work with key stakeholders across security and the business provide risk analysis of vulnerabilities, identify appropriate security controls and review and approve remediation activities.
• Support the wider Information Security & Risk team evolve and embed key governance artefacts and processes such as effective risk management and the development of policy & procedures.
• Communicate and educate security risk to technical and non-technical colleagues.

Qualifications – essential:

• IT related degree or similar experience
• CISSP or CISM (or equivalent professional certification)

Knowledge/ Experience – essential:

• Provision of Security Non-Functional Requirements against a project design
• Excellent knowledge of key compliance and control requirements relevant to the tourism & leisure industry (e.g. SOX, PCI DSS & GDPR)
• Extensive experience securing AWS-hosted environments and implementing cloud security best practice
• Hands on experience of key security tools and their application within Information Systems
• Application/web application security and management
• Experience of implementing information security best practices within a regulated environment
• An excellent working knowledge of National Institute of Standards and Technology Cyber Security Framework
• Knowledge and skills to manage Penetration Testing processes
• Understanding of IT concepts and architectures including Cloud, BYOD and Mobile Device Management
• Working knowledge of different delivery methodologies (Waterfall, Agile or Hybrid)

Knowledge/ Experience – desirable:

• Knowledge of HTTP, SSDLC and Security Testing.
• Broader understanding of Information Security Management Systems and controls, i.e. ISO27001
• Strong risk management knowledge and experience.

More details available on successful application.