Information Assurance; IA Consultant South West DM

Information Assurance (IA) Consultant

Location:

South West (Wiltshire, Hampshire, Bristol)

Salary: £60,000- £65,000, Hybrid 3 days on site.

We are seeking an experienced Information Assurance (IA) Consultant to support high-profile Defence programmes across the South West. This role works with key MOD stakeholders to ensure security, governance, and risk management activities are delivered to the highest standards.

• Deliver Information Assurance and security consultancy across Defence projects and programmes.
• Support security accreditation and assurance activities in line with MOD and government standards.
• Conduct risk assessments and provide pragmatic risk management recommendations.
• Produce and review security documentation, policies and assurance artefacts.
• Engage with technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure security requirements are understood and implemented.
• Support governance, compliance and audit activities.
• Contribute to security architecture reviews and secure-by-design initiatives.
• Provide guidance on security controls, cyber risk and information governance.

• Experience in Information Assurance, Cyber Security, Information Security, or Security Risk Management.
• Experience with in MOD, Defence, Government or other highly regulated environments.
• Experience with security assurance, governance, compliance activities.
• Experience with risk assessment and risk management.
• Experience with security accreditation and assurance processes.
• Stakeholder engagement and consultancy experience.
• Competence in producing high-quality security documentation and reports.

• CISSP, CISM, ISO 27001, CCP or equivalent security qualifications.
• Experience supporting Defence Digital, DE&S, Army or wider MOD organisations.
• Knowledge of JSP 440, NCSC guidance and Secure by Design principles.

• Security‑cleared candidates with current SC or DV clearance are required.
• Applicants must hold active clearance at the time of application.

• Competitive salary of £60,000 – £65,000.
• Hybrid working model with 3 days on site expected.
• Opportunity to work on nationally significant Defence programmes.

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