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Job Details
Cyber Security Consultant (Contract)
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Country: UK Rate: £450 per day
Venesky-Brown's client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Cyber Security Specialist for an initial 12 month contract with option to extend on a rate of £450/day (Outside IR35). This role will be a hybrid of working at home and in the office.
Responsibilities:
- Be aware of the current cyber threat landscape and industry best practices and standards.
- Support initial scoping and risk assessment of a change project.
- Interpret security best practice and accreditation requirements to determine security requirements
- Adapt existing cyber security standards and controls to fit specific change projects
- Carry out threat modelling and risk assessments
- Review high- and low-level designs drafted by solution architects.
- Maintain a security design assessment for new services
- Carry out basic hands-on security assessments (eg SSL Labs config or CSP evaluator, not including full pen testing)
- Plan and co-ordinate independent pen testing
- Provide recommendations for stage gating and go live decisions
- Own completion and accuracy of all security related product delivery evidence
- Provide recommendations for SecOps processes and automation for new systems
Essential Skills:
- Security and Risk assessment
- In depth understanding of and experience with enterprise scale digital service provision
- Demonstrable recent record making security contribution during the development of a new digital service
- Ability to work well in an agile project team with internal colleagues and suppliers
- Ability to self-start, accept ownership and see through security aspects of project start to finish
- Ability to share knowledge and experience with colleagues and effectively hand over to SecOps
Desirable Skills:
- Experience with MS Dynamics, Power Platform and Azure
- Experience managing independent testing (scope, pre-test config, triage findings)
- Experience with MCSE Certified or equivalent experience
- ITIL certification
- Microsoft - on-premise and cloud related engineering level certifications
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
Posted Date: 07 May 2024 Reference: JSV-53139-3 Employment Business: Venesky-Brown Contact: Kenny McCulloch