Senior Consultant or Manager, Security Engineer / Secure by Design Specialist, Cyber, Defence & Security, Government and Public Sector

Our projects vary greatly and your responsibility as a consultant will differ based on the focus of the client engagement and your skillset, but could include and may require you to:

• Operate Secure by Design (SbD) procedures and produce required artefacts such as security impact assessments.
• Input into low level designs of security components.
• Be responsible for configuration of components to satisfy programme and security Architect requirements.
• Work with security architects and identity specialists to understand control objectives and create plans to implement them.
• Plan security engineering roadmaps with realistic view on task estimation.
• Design security controls and suggest improvements on configurations of critical controls such as WAF, firewalls, compliance monitoring and alerting.
• Conduct risk assessments and scoping vulnerability assessments to identify potential security threats and vulnerabilities.
• Collaborate with IT and development teams to integrate security measures into the software development lifecycle and infrastructure design.
• Stay up to date with emerging security threats, technologies, and industry best practices, and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Conduct security audits and assessments to identify gaps and recommend remediation actions.
• Develop understanding of client policy landscapes, security issues, and relationships with technical stakeholders.
  
  All applicants must be willing and eligible to apply for and obtain UK security clearance to Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) level, if not holding an existing clearance.
Candidates will be able demonstrate relevant knowledge & experience through a combination of qualifications and evidence of work history such as:
• Information Security qualifications e.g. CISM or equivalent.
• Understanding of security principles and the ability to assess alignment of controls to these principles.
• Ability to analyse and capture risk statements including references to likelihood, impact and mitigations.
• Ability to frame technology and process level risk in business and operational terms.
• Proficiency/awareness of Terraform desirable.
• Experience demonstrating understanding of CI/CD Pipelines & hands on configuration.
• Certifications or other knowledge of Cloud environments and their security controls available (AWS, Azure or Google).
• Technically proficient in designing perimeter controls e.g. WAF & Cloud based firewalls.
• Proficient in the use of cloud hosting logging to troubleshoot configurations and assist in information gathering as part of an incident.
• Understanding of cloud networking and security implications.
• Understanding of technical documentation and configuration options.
• Experience working in or with Government organisations, including the handling of assets subject to the Government Security Classification Policy.
• Knowledge of Government cyber requirements related to Defence and Security e.g. Secure by Design, JSP 440.
  
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