Principal Cyber Risk Management & Assurance Advisor
Rate: Up to £750 per day - Inside IR35
Contract: 6 months
Location: London, Bristol or Manchester
Hybrid: 3 days onsite preferred
Clearance:Active SC Clearance essential
Client: Government Client
We are looking for an experienced Principal Cyber Risk Management & Assurance Advisor to join a major Government Client, supporting complex digital, cloud and technology transformation programmes.
This is a senior-level opportunity requiring someone with strong, practical cyber security risk management experience who can lead risk assessments, provide security assurance and influence key stakeholders across complex technical environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead cyber and information security risk assessments and assurance across major digital services.
- Produce formal risk assessments and risk treatment plans, ensuring risks and controls align with business risk appetite.
- Provide assurance across cloud and SaaS environments, including compliance against NCSC Cloud Security Principles.
- Support and promote Secure by Design practices across digital delivery.
- Provide security architectural advice and support technical and business decision-making.
- Engage with senior technical and business stakeholders, presenting risks and recommending appropriate mitigations and controls.
- Support security governance, assurance reviews and risk management activities.
- Mentor and advise digital teams, helping to strengthen cyber risk capability.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong experience delivering cyber security risk assessments and assurance within large, complex digital environments.
- Excellent knowledge of cyber risk management, threat modelling and security architecture.
- Strong cloud security experience, ideally including AWS, SaaS environments and cloud governance.
- Experience applying cyber security standards, regulatory frameworks and Secure by Design principles.
- Proven ability to assess risks, recommend controls and demonstrate tangible security outcomes.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and advise senior stakeholders.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex security risks into clear, actionable recommendations.
- Experience working within Government, critical infrastructure, financial services or another regulated environment would be advantageous.
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