IT Assurance Lead (contract)

Pearson Carter are working with a leading organisation delivering critical defence and technology programmes. They are looking for an experienced IT Assurance Lead to play a key role across a high-profile programme, ensuring applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments are secure by design and compliant throughout their lifecycle.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative environment where you'll work closely with customers, programme stakeholders, development teams, and security specialists to embed security from the outset and drive best practice across the programme.

Responsibilities:

• Lead IT Assurance activities across applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments, ensuring Security by Design principles and compliance requirements are embedded throughout the project lifecycle.
• Build strong relationships with customers, stakeholders, and technical teams to deliver secure, compliant solutions aligned with programme objectives.
• Define secure development standards, oversee assurance activities, and ensure effective security controls protect critical systems and data.
• Identify, assess, and manage IT risks while driving continuous improvements to security processes, compliance, and overall programme assurance.

Experience:

• Strong background in IT Assurance, Cyber Security, or Information Security, ideally within defence or another highly regulated environment.
• Excellent knowledge of Security by Design principles and recognised frameworks including ISO 44001, NIST 800-53/171/172, NIS2, DEFSTAN, and JSPs.
• Experience securing cloud, infrastructure, and application environments, with proven risk management and compliance expertise.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, organisational, and leadership skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and travel when required.

Salary

They offer a highly competitive daily pay rate and benefits package.

Location

The role is based on a hybrid working model in Reading, with travel to customer and programme locations as required.

How to Apply

Please apply asap with your CV to be considered for this position. You can also get in touch with me on [email protected] or 0191 406 6111.