Your new company
One of the largest Public Transport Organisations in the UK
Your new role
Cyber Contract Security Advisor
What you'll need to succeed
As cyber threats continue to diversify and grow, so too does the client’s need to develop our cyber security culture and capabilities to ensure we continue to protect the services and systems which keep London moving.
Cyber security professionals play a critical and ever-increasing role in protecting these services and systems, safeguarding our customers as they travel across the capital’s network, and ultimately helping to realise the Government’s ambition to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online and do business.
The ideal candidate would have experience working with Information Technology and be able to demonstrate their ability to rise to new challenges and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills. Prior experience in cyber security is essential.
This role is for a Supplier Assurance Advisor therefore candidates must have strong experience undertaking this type of role, be able to undertake those responsibilities described below and demonstrate the desired skills and qualifications. Candidates who are unable to meet the responsibilities of the role will not be considered.
Responsibilities:
- Delivery focused
- Providing cyber expertise to commercial procurement teams
- Ensuring appropriate information and cyber security requirements are placed on our supply chain
- Assessing the security maturity of bidders during the procurement process
Skills:
- A demonstrable passion for Cyber Security
- A detailed and proven understanding of network infrastructure, system and application architecture and associated security controls within highly complex environments
- Experience in public cloud application hosting, mobile and web application security
- Proven understanding of current best practise approach to security assurance and the application of security frameworks (E.g. NCSC 10 Steps to Security, CIS 20 Critical Controls, NIST, ISO27001)
- Experience in project and development methodologies covering; architecture pattern development, requirements analysis, design review and project risk assessment
- Planning and prioritising multiple project work streams in response to rapidly developing and changing portfolios
- Turning business problems into optimal technical security designs, aligning user needs with systems requirements and organisational goals
- Experience of supplier and third party risk management
- Capable of making and guiding effective decisions, explaining clearly how decisions have been reached and the ability to understand and resolve technical disputes across varying levels of complexity and risk
- Highly effective written and verbal communications skills
Qualifications:
Qualification and certifications, such as:
- ISA Certification
- GIAC Certification
- CompTIA Certification
- ISACA Certification
- (ISC)2 Certification
- Any other cyber security-related certifications
What you'll get in return
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Cyber Security Candidate to assist the client across a large-scale Cyber Project.
What you need to do now
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