Secure by Design Consultant - Outside IR35

• Location: London
• Type: 1 day a week on-site
• Clearance: Active SC Cleared
• IR35: Outside
• Rate: £500 - £550
• Contingency: Must be able to start within 1-2 weeks

Sanderson G&D are seeking a Secure by Design Consultant. The role revolves around providing expert Secure by Design leadership across digital services, ensuring security is embedded from the earliest stages of discovery through delivery and into live operation. The role focuses on identifying risk early, shaping secure solutions, and enabling teams to make proportionate, well-evidenced security decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Secure by Design discovery and assessment activities across digital services
• Identify security risks, constraints, and dependencies, and translate these into clear, prioritised recommendations.
• Facilitate threat modelling and risk workshops with multidisciplinary teams.
• Define pragmatic security control expectations aligned to service risk and context.
• Produce concise written outputs that support decision-making and assurance.
• Coach delivery teams to embed secure ways of working without impeding delivery pace.
• Support governance and assurance activities by articulating risk, mitigation, and residual exposure.

Essential Experience

• Strong experience embedding security into digital delivery, not just reviewing it.
• Deep understanding of Secure by Design and risk-based security principles.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with a focus on clarity and actionability.

If you're interested in any of the above and interested in learning more, apply or reach out to

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

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