Cyber Assurance Lead

Duration: 6 months Rate: £525-£555 per day (Outside IR35) Location: Stevenage (Hybrid 1-2 Days per Week)

We're looking for a Cyber Security Delivery Lead to support a CISO-led security uplift programme following an internal security audit. Whilst not hands-on you will need a technical understanding for this delivery-focused contract role, combining technical security enablement with governance and programme delivery.

Reporting directly to the CISO, you will act as the execution lead across a number of priority cyber initiatives, translating audit findings and business requirements into practical, deliverable security improvements.

The Role:

You will manage parts of a cyber security programme alongside core security activity, including:

• Microsoft onboarding to E5 (Defender, Identity, DLP, etc.)

• Privileged Access Management (PAM) and least-privilege controls

• Onboarding and operationalising security tooling

• Integrating tooling and logs into a SOC capability

• Delivering elements of a security governance programme (policies, controls, reporting) This role blends technical delivery, stakeholder engagement, and governance, with responsibility for driving outcomes rather than just planning activity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead delivery of priority cyber security workstreams

• Own and coordinate Microsoft E5 security enablement

• Implement and mature PAM controls and processes

• Onboard, integrate, and tune security tools

• Support SOC onboarding, use cases, and response processes

• Develop and embed governance artefacts (policies, standards, controls)

• Capture requirements across business units and translate them into a delivery roadmap

• Track milestones, risks, dependencies, and outcomes

• Provide clear reporting to the CISO and senior stakeholders What We're Looking For:

• Proven experience delivering cyber security programmes or transformations

• Technical Understanding of:

• Microsoft security stack (Defender, Entra ID, Purview, etc.)

• Privileged Access Management / PIM

• SOC integration or MSSP onboarding

• Experience working across technical and governance domains

• Comfortable engaging senior stakeholders and business units

• Strong delivery mindset - pragmatic, outcome-driven, and organised

• Background in regulated or complex enterprise environments preferred