Job Description:

£630 p/d | Outside IR35 | 12 Months | Manchester (1 day per week)

Join a major cyber transformation programme within a highly regulated environment where you'll play a key role in strengthening security assurance across critical Operational Technology (OT) and cloud platforms.

This is an opportunity to influence security strategy, challenge technical decisions, and drive assurance activities across some of the organisation's most business-critical systems. You'll work directly with architects, engineering teams, risk owners, and senior stakeholders to ensure cyber risks are understood, managed, and aligned to industry best practice.

• Leading cyber assurance activities across complex OT and cloud environments
• Assessing security controls against NCSC CAF, NIST and ISO standards
• Conducting and supporting internal and external audits
• Providing expert guidance on cyber risk, governance and compliance
• Challenging and influencing stakeholders at all levels to drive security improvements
• Supporting the evolution of the organisation's cyber assurance capability

• Strong experience working with the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF)
• Technical cloud security expertise across Azure, AWS or GCP
• Experience operating within OT or critical infrastructure environments
• Proven track record leading audits from planning through to remediation
• Knowledge of Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001, ISO 27005 and/or NIST

✅ Outside IR35
✅ Long-term 12-month engagement
✅ High-profile cyber transformation programme
✅ Exposure to both Cloud and OT security challenges
✅ Opportunity to shape cyber assurance across a complex enterprise environment

SC Clearance eligibility is required.

If you're a Cyber Assurance professional looking for an opportunity to influence security at scale rather than simply tick compliance boxes, I'd be keen to speak with you.