Security Assurance Specialist

SECURITY ASSURANCE COORDINATOR

• Initial contract until 31/03/2027
• Bristol or London based
• Hybrid working – 1 to 2 days per week on client site in Bristol, Bath, or London
• £640 per day via Umbrella
• MOD SC clearance required
• Opportunity to support a major MOD digital transformation programme

You’ll be joining a high-profile MOD transformation programme as a senior client-facing Security Assurance specialist, supporting the delivery of secure digital platforms and products deployed onto the MODCloud estate.

Working across multiple work streams, you’ll collaborate closely with Delivery Managers, Architects, Technical Leads, and MOD stakeholders to ensure all products are Secure by Design, compliant with MOD standards, and aligned with security assurance requirements throughout the full product lifecycle.

You’ll play a key role in security governance, risk management, JSP
453 compliance, cyber assurance activities, and supporting Agile delivery teams across a complex defence environment.

• MOD Security Assurance activities
• Secure by Design (SbD) principles
• JSP 453 / JSP 604 / JSP 440 compliance
• MODCloud or MOD digital estate deployments
• Threat and risk assessments
• Security governance and cyber assurance
• Security management plans (SMPs) and SyOPs
• Vulnerability and patch management processes
• Security risk and RAID management
• Agile delivery environments
• Cross-functional stakeholder engagement
• Jira and Confluence

• MOD digital transformation programmes
• GDS lifecycle delivery
• SSDLC management
• ITHC, SAST or DAST testing coordination
• MODCERT / Vigilant reporting
• NCSC Bulk Data Assessments
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CCP, ISO
  27001 or equivalent