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Job Title: Information Assurance Consultant
Location: Nationwide (London, Cheltenham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol).
Security Clearance: This role requires going through a Security Clearance process, which requires 5+ years UK address history at the time of application.
Responsibilities
- Support our clients in complex security landscapes to shape and deliver Security Information Assurance, Secure by Design and Security Strategy activities which impact our clients across their businesses.
- Facilitate and manage stakeholder engagements across multi-functional teams and with senior stakeholders to effectively communicate the value of cybersecurity initiatives and align with industry best practice.
- Build trusted relationships with our clients to ensure requirements, outcomes and expectations are met and exceeded.
- Engage and collaborate with clients to understand their security challenges and identify how to drive their security strategy and impact across various industries and sectors.
- Drive strategic implementation of security using your knowledge and experience of security, industry requirements and trends to improve their security. This includes the delivery of compliance, information assurance and Secure by Design measures to complex technical transformation and capability enhancement projects to support clients in their security transformation journey.
- Provide expert security compliance advice, guidance and support to both technical and non-technical teams within complex projects. This includes assessing and articulating project, information and business risks and proposing proportionate mitigations.
- Become a subject matter expert in Security Information Assurance and Secure by Design, creating impactful project deliverables to our clients, such as threat and risk assessments, security policies and procedures, security assurance management plans and accreditation evidence. This includes introducing holistic security compliance processes to projects, encompassing both technical and procedural controls.
- Team leadership and practice contribution providing day‑to‑day guidance and mentoring to analysts, reviewing work and supporting their development.
- Contribute to internal Secure by Design activity including developing new assets, methodologies and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support business development activities such as input to bids, proposals or client thought leadership, where required.
Qualifications (Essential)
- Strong understanding of secure system lifecycle principles and risk‑based assurance, with experience and familiarity with NIST, NCSC guidance and HMG policy such as GovS 007 and Secure by Design, as well as recognised security standards and frameworks for cloud security.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain security risks and recommendations clearly to stakeholders at various levels.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience delivering and presenting deliverables and/or ideas to diverse audiences.
- Project delivery capabilities with the ability to work independently, prioritise effectively and manage multiple delivery commitments.
- Industry experience within the public sector, critical national infrastructure and/or HMG supply‑chain security.
- Demonstrable experience delivering information assurance, cyber security or Secure by Design activities in complex environments.
Desirable Experience
- Exposure to assurance and compliance activities in regulated environments.
Set Yourself Apart
- Relevant qualifications such as CISSP, CISM or similar.
- Experience providing security compliance expertise to projects delivering complex technical cloud‑based solutions and platforms.
- Experience in information assurance / Secure by Design delivery.
- Progress towards, or holding, relevant security certifications (e.g., ISO 27001, CISSP, CISM or equivalent).
Benefits
In addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package, which includes 30 days' vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice. Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there may be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners.
EEO Statement
Accenture is an equal‑opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.
Closing Date
31/08/2023
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Location: London
Job Description:
Job Title: Information Assurance Consultant
Location: Nationwide (London, Cheltenham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol).
Security Clearance: This role requires going through a Security Clearance process, which requires 5+ years UK address history at the time of application.
Responsibilities
- Support our clients in complex security landscapes to shape and deliver Security Information Assurance, Secure by Design and Security Strategy activities which impact our clients across their businesses.
- Facilitate and manage stakeholder engagements across multi-functional teams and with senior stakeholders to effectively communicate the value of cybersecurity initiatives and align with industry best practice.
- Build trusted relationships with our clients to ensure requirements, outcomes and expectations are met and exceeded.
- Engage and collaborate with clients to understand their security challenges and identify how to drive their security strategy and impact across various industries and sectors.
- Drive strategic implementation of security using your knowledge and experience of security, industry requirements and trends to improve their security. This includes the delivery of compliance, information assurance and Secure by Design measures to complex technical transformation and capability enhancement projects to support clients in their security transformation journey.
- Provide expert security compliance advice, guidance and support to both technical and non-technical teams within complex projects. This includes assessing and articulating project, information and business risks and proposing proportionate mitigations.
- Become a subject matter expert in Security Information Assurance and Secure by Design, creating impactful project deliverables to our clients, such as threat and risk assessments, security policies and procedures, security assurance management plans and accreditation evidence. This includes introducing holistic security compliance processes to projects, encompassing both technical and procedural controls.
- Team leadership and practice contribution providing day‑to‑day guidance and mentoring to analysts, reviewing work and supporting their development.
- Contribute to internal Secure by Design activity including developing new assets, methodologies and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support business development activities such as input to bids, proposals or client thought leadership, where required.
Qualifications (Essential)
- Strong understanding of secure system lifecycle principles and risk‑based assurance, with experience and familiarity with NIST, NCSC guidance and HMG policy such as GovS 007 and Secure by Design, as well as recognised security standards and frameworks for cloud security.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain security risks and recommendations clearly to stakeholders at various levels.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience delivering and presenting deliverables and/or ideas to diverse audiences.
- Project delivery capabilities with the ability to work independently, prioritise effectively and manage multiple delivery commitments.
- Industry experience within the public sector, critical national infrastructure and/or HMG supply‑chain security.
- Demonstrable experience delivering information assurance, cyber security or Secure by Design activities in complex environments.
Desirable Experience
- Exposure to assurance and compliance activities in regulated environments.
Set Yourself Apart
- Relevant qualifications such as CISSP, CISM or similar.
- Experience providing security compliance expertise to projects delivering complex technical cloud‑based solutions and platforms.
- Experience in information assurance / Secure by Design delivery.
- Progress towards, or holding, relevant security certifications (e.g., ISO 27001, CISSP, CISM or equivalent).
Benefits
In addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package, which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice. Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there may be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners.
EEO Statement
Accenture is an equal‑opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.
Closing Date
31/08/2023
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Posted: April 26th, 2026