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Cyber Security Consultant
Undisclosed
- Preston, England, United Kingdom
- Preston, England, United Kingdom
About
contract to run until 30/11/2026
Location:
Preston. Hybrid 2 days per week onsite
Rate:
up to £600 p/d Umbrellainside IR35
Clearance required:
Must Be MOD SC Cleared And Be A Sole UK National. SC must have been actively used within the last 12 months and must have 3 months left on the clearance
The Cyber Security Process Alignment & Supplier Onboarding Consultant operates within the Operational Integrator (OI) function to support the onboarding of new service providers into a multi-supplier (SIAM) environment within a Defence programme.
The role focuses on translating established security processes, policies, and governance into structured onboarding materials, ensuring that incoming suppliers clearly understand their obligations and are aligned from day one.
Working closely with Security Assurance, Incident, and Vulnerability Management leads, the consultant ensures that supplier processes are understood, integrated, and evidenced, rather than redesigned. The outcome is a consistent, controlled onboarding approach that enables suppliers to operate effectively within the existing security operating model.
This is a governance, integration, and enablement role, not a hands‑on operational security or engineering function.
Key Responsibilities Supplier Onboarding & Process Integration
Develop structured onboarding packs for new suppliers covering:
Security processes (e.g. incident management, vulnerability management, assurance)
Policies, standards, and governance expectations
Reporting and escalation requirements
Define and agree:
Supplier roles and responsibilities
Interaction models between Supplier, SI, OI and Client
Act as the central integration point for onboarding suppliers into the SIAM security model
Process Alignment (SIAM / OI Model)
Work with Security Assurance, Incident and Vulnerability leads to translate defined processes into supplier-consumable guidance
Ensure suppliers adopt and align to existing processes, with minimal change
Compliance & Assurance Enablement
Support the assessment of supplier:
Security Management Plans
Compliance reporting and outputs
Evidence requirements:
Assurance expectations
Audit and governance processes
Provide confidence that suppliers can demonstrate compliance from Day 1 of service commencement
Governance & Communication
Support onboarding for multiple Service Commencement Dates, working across:
Client stakeholders
Transition teams
Ensure security expectations are:
Clearly communicated
Consistently applied
Understood at both operational and governance levels
Documentation & Knowledge Transfer
Produce clear, structured documentation including:
Process packs
Supplier guidance materials
Governance and reporting expectations
Consistent across all suppliers
Aligned to NIST CSF and Secure by Design principles
Suitable for reuse in BAU onboarding
Transition Support
Support phased onboarding aligned to transition timelines
Help ensure continuity between:
New supplier responsibilities
Contribute to establishing a repeatable onboarding model for future suppliers
Service Management & Operational Readiness Enablement
Support the onboarding of suppliers across core IT Service Management processes, ensuring alignment with client operational standards and governance
Work with service management and security leads to ensure supplier readiness in areas such as:
Incident and vulnerability management
Backup and recovery
Monitoring, alerting and operational reporting
Access control and service request processes
Ensure suppliers are able to:
Demonstrate operational readiness for Service Commencement (including ORR and service readiness assessments)
Provide appropriate evidence to support operational baselines and ongoing updates
Coordinate with transitioning and exiting providers to validate:
Service baselines
Alignment to agreed operational and security expectations
Key Skills & Experience
Experience in cyber security governance, GRC, or security process roles
Experience working in multi-supplier or SIAM environments
Strong understanding of security processes such as:
Vulnerability Management
Security Assurance
Ability to interpret operational outputs (e.g. SOC reporting) without direct tool ownership
Strong stakeholder engagement and coordination skills
Experience supporting audit, compliance, and assurance activities
Experience working in transition or transformation programmes
Knowledge of:
NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF)
Secure by Design principles
NCSC / UK Government security guidance
Experience in defence or other high-security environments
Supplier onboarding packs aligned to security processes and governance
Standardised supplier interaction model within SIAM
Supplier-aligned process documentation and guidance
Verified supplier readiness for Service Commencement
Repeatable onboarding approach for future suppliers
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- English
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