Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Expert - Contractor
Posted Today by 1768275280
£700 Per day
Undetermined
Hybrid
London
Summary: The Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Expert will serve as a trusted security advisor within a large financial services organization, focusing on risk assessment and secure design principles. This contractor role requires extensive experience in cybersecurity, particularly in regulated environments, and involves working closely with IT and business projects. The position emphasizes early identification of security risks and the translation of these risks into actionable requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform security risk assessments and impact analyses
- Translate security policies into project-level security requirements
- Review and validate solution and architecture designs
- Define security testing and penetration testing scope
- Produce security documentation, standards, and principles
- Act as the security point of contact for projects and stakeholders
- Support audits and regulatory reviews
Key Skills:
- 5-10+ years cyber security experience
- Strong risk assessment and secure-by-design background
- Experience in regulated or complex environments
- Strong communication and documentation skills
- Fluent in English
Salary (Rate): £700.00 per day
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Expert - Contractor - 1 year
Rate: 700 per day
Duration: 1 year
Locations: London, Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam
OverviewWe are supporting a large, highly regulated financial services organisation operating critical market infrastructure. Security is Embedded at the heart of technology delivery, governance, and architecture.
We are looking for experienced Cyber & Information Security Consultants to act as trusted security advisors to IT and business projects. This is not a SOC, monitoring, or tooling role. It is a secure-by-design, risk-focused advisory position.
You will operate as a Security SPOC for multiple projects, ensuring that security risks are identified early, translated into clear requirements, and addressed throughout the delivery life cycle.
Key Responsibilities- Perform security risk assessments and impact analyses
- Translate security policies into project-level security requirements
- Review and validate solution and architecture designs
- Define security testing and penetration testing scope
- Produce security documentation, standards, and principles
- Act as the security point of contact for projects and stakeholders
- Support audits and regulatory reviews
- Identity & Access Management (IAM, IGA, PAM, federation)
- Application Security (Secure SDLC, OWASP)
- Infrastructure & Platform Security (Cloud, Networks)
- PKI & Cryptography
- 5-10+ years cyber security experience
- Strong risk assessment and secure-by-design background
- Experience in regulated or complex environments
- Strong communication and documentation skills
- Fluent in English
- Long-term engagement
- Hybrid working with approx. 8 days per month onsite
Please do send across an up to date CV to (see below)
*Rates depend on experience and client requirements
