Job Description hackajob is collaborating with Made Tech to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.We help UK public sector organisations build and run digital services that are secure, trustworthy, and resilient. As a Senior Security Assurance Engineer in our Cyber practice, you’ll take end-to-end ownership of security assurance work across complex government environments – designing audit approaches, leading risk assessments, and helping clients understand and improve their security posture in ways that are proportionate, practical, and grounded in how their services actually work.You’ll operate across client engagements where the stakes are high – services that handle sensitive citizen data, systems that need to meet GovAssure and Cyber Assessment Framework requirements, and programmes navigating a demanding regulatory landscape that includes UK GDPR, the NIS Regulations, and the HMG Security Policy Framework. you’ll be making informed judgements about what’s proportionate for each context and helping clients make better decisions about risk.At Senior level, you’re also expected to raise the standard of security practice around you – not just through your own work, but by mentoring colleagues, contributing to how the team operates, and helping clients build their own capability over time. We’re a consultancy that believes good security outcomes come from embedding security into delivery as a continuous concern, not bolting it on at the end. Design and lead security audits across complex government systems – combining automated scanning with manual testing, producing findings that are clearly framed around risk and remediation rather than just compliance status. Drive continuous compliance monitoring against applicable standards and regulations – Cyber Essentials, the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework, GovAssure, UK GDPR, and NIS Regulations – feeding posture data into governance and risk reporting rather than treating it as a point-in-time exercise. Lead risk assessments and threat-modelling sessions, selecting methodologies (ISO 27005, NIST RMF, STRIDE, MITRE ATT&CK) that are proportionate to system criticality, and ensuring findings feed into programme governance decisions rather than sitting in security documentation alone. Communicate security findings and risk clearly to a range of audiences – technical detail for engineering teams, risk-framed summaries for senior stakeholders – structuring reports around the decisions people need to make, not just the controls you’ve tested. Embed security as a continuous engineering concern, supporting threat modelling and security reviews throughout delivery, challenging designs that create unnecessary risk, and mentoring colleagues on secure-by-default practices. Support and assess supply-chain and third-party security, creating proportionate assurance processes aligned with recognised standards and helping clients identify and address gaps in how they manage vendor and software supply-chain risk. Contribute to the commercial and strategic health of engagements, staying alert to unmet client needs, managing scope within contracted boundaries, and surfacing opportunities or risks to account leadership as they arise.Hold one of the following — Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) — or an equivalent audit and assurance practitioner credential.
Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC). Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Experience advising clients on UK government security frameworks — including GovAssure, the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework, Cyber Essentials Plus, and the HMG Security Policy Framework — and how they interact in practice. Experience leading risk assessments using structured methodologies (ISO 27005, NIST RMF, or FAIR) and embedding risk outputs into programme governance rather than treating them as standalone deliverables. Demonstrated ability to design security controls and governance approaches for cloud environments, with an understanding of how compliance requirements apply in AWS, Azure, or GCP contexts. Working knowledge of incident response planning — establishing policies, assessing team readiness, and mentoring others on preparedness — ideally in a government or regulated environment. Experience conducting or leading supply-chain security assessments, including third-party risk and software provenance, with reference to recognised standards. Familiarity with tools used for continuous compliance monitoring, automated controls testing, or cloud security posture management (for example, CSPM tooling, SIEM platforms, or vulnerability management tools). Experience contributing reusable assets — playbooks, templates, tooling, or patterns — back into a practice or community rather than leaving knowledge within a single engagement or team. You can articulate trade-offs clearly and help clients understand the reasoning behind your recommendations. You’re as comfortable presenting risk findings to a senior civil servant as you are working through a threat model with an engineering team. You take responsibility for the outcomes of your work — maintaining momentum through ambiguity, escalating risks early rather than absorbing them, and seeing significant pieces of work through from start to finish.We’ve recently introduced a flexible benefit platform which includes a Smart Tech scheme, Cycle to work scheme, and an individual benefits allowance which you can invest in a Health care cash plan or Pension plan. 30 days Holidaywe offer 30 days of paid annual leaveFlexible Working Hourswe are flexible with what hours you workFlexible Parental Leavewe offer flexible parental leave optionsRemote Workingwe offer part time remote working for all our staffwe offer paid counselling as well as financial and legal advicetalent teamif you’d like an informal chat about the role and your suitability before applying. SC Eligibility An increasing number of our customers are specifying a minimum of SC (security check) clearance in order to work on their projects. Eligibility for SC requires 5 years’ UK residency and 5 year’ employment history (or back to full-time education)….