Lead Security Engineer

Location: Luton (1 day per week onsite)
Duration: 12 month contract
Rate: £78ph UMB (Inside IR35)
Job specification:
Our client is looking for a security engineer with expertise in developing and maintaining product security management systems for defence and government customers.
This position will report to the Head of Product Security and will take responsibility for all security aspects of product design, development, verification and maintenance through all phases of the product lifecycle. The role will focus on undertaking security risk assessments for products, preparing security risk mitigation plans, deriving security requirements and working with product development teams to design, implement and maintain appropriate security controls.
Key Responsibility Areas:
The successful candidate will report to the Head of Product Security (ISP) and be responsible for providing security advice to product development teams in a range areas including:
Production of Security Managements Plans, work package descriptions and cost estimates in support of product bids, services and proposals.
Undertaking security risk assessments, risk mitigation plans, mitigation gap analysis and preparation of security management documentation for system Accreditation.
Defining product security requirements, advising development teams on suitable implementation standards and techniques and...