Defence Security Assurance Lead
Permanent | Belfast or London (Hybrid) | SC Held, DV Eligible
Morela is hiring a Defence Security Assurance Lead for a fast-growing UK sovereign AI scale-up. This is a permanent, full-time role, hybrid from either Belfast or London with travel to customer sites, reporting into the Security Lead. You will need active SC clearance and be eligible for DV. On offer is a competitive salary, pension, equity options and one of the most generous working patterns you will find anywhere.
About the Client
Our client builds a sovereign AI platform for organisations that can't compromise on security, including defence, national security, central government, policing and heavily regulated industries. They deliver real capability into some of the UK's most sensitive environments, so every feature is threat modelled, hardened and properly assured before it goes near customer data.
Security is central to the business and is now getting serious investment. The company is scaling a dedicated assurance function to match its growth in defence, and this hire is one of the founding roles in it.
The Role
You will own cyber assurance for the products and services delivered to the MOD and to allied defence and national security customers. Your job is to build the evidence-led assurance that customer risk owners depend on, applying Secure by Design for both UK and international partners.
You will work with engineering, product, IT, commercial and leadership, and directly with customers and assurance authorities. The scope is broad and will change as the business grows, so it suits someone curious and self-driven who wants a real hand in shaping a security function and a direct influence on new capability for defence.
Responsibilities
Lead Secure by Design for the product across defence deployments, in line with JSP 440 and JSP 453
Develop assurance cases using a claims, arguments and evidence approach, built to keep pace with rapid agile delivery
Assure AI-enabled capability against JSP 936 and the wider MOD framework landscape
Apply NIST CSF, RMF, AI RMF and SP 800-53 where they fit
Act as the main point of contact for customer risk owners and cyber assurance authorities
Help shape and deliver the overall security str...
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