Cyber Security Audit & Assurance Specialist

Cyber Security Audit & Assurance Specialist

St Neots / Hybrid | Permanent | Competitive Salary + Benefits | Subject to contract win

Join our Cyber Assurance team

At MASS, cyber security assurance plays a vital role in helping our customers manage risk, achieve compliance and maintain trusted, resilient systems. As a Cyber Assurance Specialist, you'll support and lead a range of assurance activities across internal and customer environments, helping organisations meet recognised cyber security standards and certification requirements.

Working within a collaborative cyber security team, you'll deliver assessments against frameworks such as Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus and Defence Cyber Certification, while supporting wider assurance, compliance and security improvement activities. This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop expertise in cyber assurance while maintaining exposure to broader cyber security disciplines.

What you'll be doing

• Delivering Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus assessments in line with scheme requirements.
• Leading smaller-scale cyber assurance engagements, including Defence Cyber Certification assessments, with appropriate support and oversight.
• Supporting larger assurance engagements against frameworks such as Defence Cyber Certification and NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
• Reviewing technical and documentary evidence to assess compliance against security requirements.
• Supporting customers and stakeholders in understanding and addressing identified security gaps.
• Helping maintain compliance with internal security policies and ISO 27001 certification requirements.
• Monitoring security tooling and supporting investigation or escalation of security events where required.
• Assisting with vulnerability assessments, penetration testing activities and technical security reviews.

The invaluable experience you'll bring to help us achieve more

Essential

• Minimum of 3 years' experience in a cyber security, governance, compliance or assurance-related role.
• Experience supporting or delivering: Security audits, Compliance assessments, Cyber assurance activities
• Experience with recognised cyber security frameworks and standards, including: Defence Cyber Certification (DCC), DefStan 05-138, Cyber Essentials, NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Can conduct robust reviews of technical and documentary evidence, translating findings into clear, defensible assessment reports.
• Working knowledge of:
  • IT infrastructure
  • Networking
  • Security technologies
  • Vulnerability management concepts
• Current ISO 27001 Lead Auditor qualification or ability to achieve this certification within one year of employment
• Commitment to maintaining and developing professional cyber security certifications.

Desirable

• Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus Assessor qualification.
• Experience supporting vulnerability assessments or penetration testing engagements.
• Knowledge of ISO 27001 implementation and continual improvement activities.
• CompTIA Security+, ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC), or similar industry certification.
• Experience working within defence, government or other highly regulated environments.

Wellbeing at MASS

Wellbeing is at the centre of everything we do. We are committed to providing an environment where our people can thrive, with access to wellbeing resources, employee assistance programmes and a supportive, collaborative culture.

Our non-negotiables

Due to the highly secure nature of the work you will be involved in, you must be:

• A UK National and eligible to work in the UK.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain UK Government Security Clearance (SC).

Apply today

If you're passionate about cyber security assurance and want to help customers achieve compliance while strengthening their overall security posture, we'd love to hear from you. This is a fantastic opportunity to build your expertise across recognised cyber security frameworks while contributing to meaningful and impactful projects.