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Location: Bristol, London, Manchester
About The Role
You’ll join GDS, the digital centre of government, working at the heart of services like GOV.UK and One Login.
In This Role, You Will
- Lead cyber risk and security assurance across major digital services
- Work across teams delivering services in alpha, beta and live phases
- Influence how security is embedded across government digital delivery
- Support a strong “secure by design” culture across the organisation
What You’ll Be Doing
- Leading cyber and information security risk management and assurance
- Conducting security assessments and IT Health Checks across services
- Ensuring SaaS and cloud solutions meet NCSC security principles
- Facilitating security working groups across delivery stages
- Producing formal risk assessments and risk treatment plans (RTPs)
- Advising on secure by design practices, including AI and secure coding
- Supporting incident management and live service security improvements
- Delivering risk briefings to senior leaders, with clear recommendations
- Mentoring teams and building capability across security practices
- Promoting a positive, collaborative security culture
What We’re Looking For
- Strong experience delivering cyber risk assessments and assurance
- Deep understanding of threat modelling, cloud security and SaaS environments
- Experience applying security standards and regulatory frameworks
- Confident working in complex, fast-paced digital environments
- Strong stakeholder engagement, able to influence senior leaders
- Excellent communication skills, translating complex risks into clear actions
- Experience mentoring, coaching or building team capability
- Ability to assess risks across emerging technologies (AI, cloud, SaaS)
- Commitment to continuous learning and best practice sharing
Company: Manchester Digital
Location: Manchester
Job Description:
Location: Bristol, London, Manchester
About The Role
You’ll join GDS, the digital centre of government, working at the heart of services like GOV.UK and One Login.
In This Role, You Will
- Lead cyber risk and security assurance across major digital services
- Work across teams delivering services in alpha, beta and live phases
- Influence how security is embedded across government digital delivery
- Support a strong “secure by design” culture across the organisation
What You’ll Be Doing
- Leading cyber and information security risk management and assurance
- Conducting security assessments and IT Health Checks across services
- Ensuring SaaS and cloud solutions meet NCSC security principles
- Facilitating security working groups across delivery stages
- Producing formal risk assessments and risk treatment plans (RTPs)
- Advising on secure by design practices, including AI and secure coding
- Supporting incident management and live service security improvements
- Delivering risk briefings to senior leaders, with clear recommendations
- Mentoring teams and building capability across security practices
- Promoting a positive, collaborative security culture
What We’re Looking For
- Strong experience delivering cyber risk assessments and assurance
- Deep understanding of threat modelling, cloud security and SaaS environments
- Experience applying security standards and regulatory frameworks
- Confident working in complex, fast-paced digital environments
- Strong stakeholder engagement, able to influence senior leaders
- Excellent communication skills, translating complex risks into clear actions
- Experience mentoring, coaching or building team capability
- Ability to assess risks across emerging technologies (AI, cloud, SaaS)
- Commitment to continuous learning and best practice sharing
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Posted: May 19th, 2026