Senior Cyber Assurance consultant

Senior Cyber Assurance Officer

Location: Glasgow / Hybrid

Employment Type: Contract

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Cyber Assurance Officer to play a key role in strengthening cyber resilience across complex environments. You’ll provide assurance that security controls, risk management practices, and governance frameworks are effective, proportionate, and aligned to recognised standards.

This is a senior, trusted role — ideal for someone who enjoys working across technical, risk, and business teams to influence outcomes and raise cyber maturity.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver cyber assurance activities across systems, services, and third-party suppliers
• Assess and assure compliance against frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST, Cyber Essentials, and NCSC guidance
• Conduct and review risk assessments, control testing, and security assurance reports
• Provide expert advice on security-by-design for new and existing services
• Support audits, certifications, and regulatory requirements
• Identify security gaps and work with stakeholders to define pragmatic remediation plans
• Act as a senior cyber risk advisor to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Contribute to continuous improvement of assurance processes, tooling, and reporting

Skills & Experience

Essential:

• Strong experience in cyber assurance, cyber risk, or information security governance
• Proven knowledge of security standards and frameworks (ISO 27001, NIST, NCSC, etc.)
• Experience assessing technical and organisational security controls
• Ability to translate cyber risk into clear, business-focused language
• Confident stakeholder engagement at senior and delivery levels

Desirable:

• Experience working in regulated or public-sector environments
• Exposure to cloud, digital, or large transformation programmes
• Relevant certifications (e.g. CISSP, CISM, ISO 27001 LA/LI, CRISC)

What You’ll Bring

• Strong judgement and professional curiosity
• A pragmatic, risk-based mindset (not box-ticking)
• Confidence to challenge constructively and influence decisions
• A collaborative approach with delivery, architecture, and leadership teams

What’s in It for You

• Opportunity to work on high-impact, complex environments
• Influence real cyber outcomes, not just reports
• Supportive, professional culture with room to grow
• Competitive salary + benefits package

Apply Now

If you’re a senior cyber professional who enjoys assurance, influence, and making systems genuinely safer, we’d love to hear from you.