£750 Per day
Inside
Undetermined
Manchester
Summary: The role of Security Consultant involves working with a leading insurance company on a 6-month contract to support their transition from physical data centres to a cloud-based database. The position requires expertise in security assurance, stakeholder management, and collaboration with senior leadership to develop security strategies. The consultant will also address critical security risks and ensure compliance with security requirements throughout the project. This role is pivotal in achieving the organization's security vision and strategic objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Expertise in Security Assurance and Security Assessments.
- Collaborate with CIO, CISO leadership, and portfolio managers on business cases for security strategies.
- Develop security architecture patterns and technical configuration standards.
- Review information systems for policy, standards, and regulatory compliance.
- Stakeholder management experience.
- Threat recognition and modelling.
- Experience with cloud (Azure or GCP).
- Provide expert stewardship in IT Change Management and IT governance for Information Security.
- Offer security consultancy to ensure fit-for-purpose security capabilities.
- Support the CISO in achieving security vision and strategic objectives.
- Address and resolve critical security risks and issues with relevant stakeholders.
- Ensure security requirements are specified, reflected in design documents, and supported during deployment.
- Exhibit good stakeholder management with an engaging 'Can do' spirit for successful outcomes.
Key Skills:
- Expertise in Security Assurance and Security Assessments.
- Experience in collaborating with CIO, CISO leadership, and portfolio managers.
- Ability to develop security architecture patterns and technical configuration standards.
- Knowledge of policy, standards, and regulatory compliance.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Threat recognition and modelling capabilities.
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure or GCP).
- Expertise in IT Change Management and IT governance.
- Consultancy skills for security capabilities.
- Ability to address and resolve security risks.
- Strong communication and engagement skills.
Salary (Rate): £750 per day
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Your new company
We are currently working with a market leading insurance company, supporting them in partnership with their recruitment of an experienced Security Consultant for a 6 month contract.
This organisation is going through a large period of growth, with many different Tech initiatives and projects currently ongoing. Due to this – they are looking to recruit a Security expert to join them in achieving their goals and plans.
Your new role
This role is going to be within a project that is looking to decommission physical data centres and transition to a fully cloud-based database.
Requirements and Experience:
- Expertise in Security Assurance and Security Assessments.
- Experience in Collaborate with CIO, CISO leadership, and portfolio managers on business cases for security strategies.
- Develop security architecture patterns and technical configuration standards.
- Review information systems for policy, standards, and regulatory compliance.
- Stakeholder management experience
- Threat recognition and modelling
- Experience with cloud (Azure or GCP)
- Provide expert stewardship in IT Change Management and IT governance for Information Security.
- Offer security consultancy to ensure fit-for-purpose security capabilities.
- Support the CISO in achieving security vision and strategic objectives.
- Address and resolve critical security risks and issues with relevant stakeholders.
- Ensure security requirements are specified, reflected in design documents, and supported during deployment.
- Exhibit good stakeholder management with an engaging 'Can do' spirit for successful outcomes.
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