Summary: The Senior Cyber Assurance Officer role is a client-side position focused on governance, risk, and assurance within a public sector digital transformation programme. The officer will provide cyber and information security assurance across multiple projects, ensuring security considerations are integrated into design and procurement processes. This role requires strong experience in cyber security assurance and the ability to communicate complex security issues to non-technical stakeholders. NPPV Level 3 vetting is required or must be obtainable.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide cyber and information security assurance across digital projects
- Review and assure security architectures and designs
- Define and assure security-related non-functional requirements
- Support procurement activity by assuring and scoring supplier responses
- Identify and articulate cyber risks and mitigations to senior stakeholders
- Work with architects, PMs and suppliers to embed secure-by-design principles
- Support governance, compliance and risk management activities
Key Skills:
- Strong experience in cyber security assurance or information assurance
- Background in risk, governance and security architecture review
- Comfortable challenging suppliers and technical teams constructively
- Able to explain complex security issues clearly to non-technical audiences
- Public sector or regulated-environment experience desirable
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Senior Cyber Assurance Officer - 12 month contract Inside IR35, April Start required
Predominantly remote, with occasional on-site work in Glasgow.
NPPV Level 3 vetting required (or ability to obtain)
Client-Side | Public Sector Digital Transformation
We’re building a pool of experienced Senior Cyber Assurance Officers to support a large, high-profile public sector digital transformation programme.
This is a client-side cyber assurance role, focused on governance, risk and assurance rather than day-to-day security operations.
You’ll work across multiple projects to ensure security considerations are embedded into design, procurement and implementation decisions.
What you’ll do
- Provide cyber and information security assurance across digital projects
- Review and assure security architectures and designs
- Define and assure security-related non-functional requirements
- Support procurement activity by assuring and scoring supplier responses
- Identify and articulate cyber risks and mitigations to senior stakeholders
- Work with architects, PMs and suppliers to embed secure-by-design principles
- Support governance, compliance and risk management activities
What we’re looking for
- Strong experience in cyber security assurance or information assurance
- Background in risk, governance and security architecture review
- Comfortable challenging suppliers and technical teams constructively
- Able to explain complex security issues clearly to non-technical audiences
- Public sector or regulated-environment experience desirable
