CE+ Lead Assessor

Redpalm Technology Services; Northampton; Ibrido; GBP 45.000 - 55.000; Tempo pieno

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Salary range 45k-55k

Hybrid working

Company pension

Private healthcare

Training & certifications

Company events

Leave & holidays

Descrizione del lavoro

Redpalm Technology Services seeks a CE+ Lead Assessor to evaluate Cyber Essentials (Basic & Plus) submissions and guide customers on remediation and improvements. The role includes conducting vulnerability tests, maintaining assessor status, and contributing to automation within the Cyber Essentials team.

Responsibilities cover client sessions, detailed feedback, documentation, and escalation support, with a focus on security posture enhancements and ongoing CPD participation.

Competenze

• Hold CSTM or another IASME List A qualification.
• Maintain CE and CE+ assessor status and CPD points.
• Proactively identify risks or improvements and create remediation plans.
• Excellent decision-making and team collaboration for security reviews.

Mansioni

• Complete CE+ assessments, schedule interactive sessions, and sign off submissions.
• Provide feedback on changes required to assessment answers using the template.
• Conduct internal/external vulnerability scans and sample testing per CE+ specs.
• Maintain knowledge of IASME CE scheme and marking requirements.
• Develop Cyber Essentials automation and update department documents.
• Escalate as needed to other CE assessors with guidance.
• Assist VMaaS in remediation and lead customer meetings on vulnerabilities.
• Support service desk as a secondary 3rd line escalation point.

Conoscenze

Decision making

Teamwork

Risk assessment

Customer meetings

Formazione

IASME List A qualification

Descrizione del lavoro

Job Summary

A CE+ Lead Assessor is primarily responsible for assessing Cyber Essentials (Basic & Plus) submissions from our customers. For our managed customers, this also requires identifying areas of improvement & sharing preventative measures to remediate weaknesses in policies and configurations.

Breakdown of Key Responsibilities

Cyber Essentials Assessor (Basic & Plus)

• Responsible for the completion of all CE+ assessments, scheduling interactive user sessions and signing off on submissions
• Providing customer’s feedback on changes required to their assessment answers, using our template document
• Conduct internal/external vulnerability scans & sample testing in line with CE+ test specifications
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the IASME Cyber Essentials scheme, including the latest marking scheme requirements & maintaining qualification requirements
• Develop our Cyber Essentials automation, improving our system already in place
• Creating/updating process documentation within the Cyber Essentials department
• Escalation point for other CE assessors, providing clarification and guidance when needed

Vulnerability Management as a Service (VMaaS)

• Assist the service desk in remediating open vulnerabilities, either as an escalation point or where remediation actions are complex or unknown
• Leading VMaaS customer meetings by reviewing open vulnerabilities, advising clients on the best approach to full remediation and analysing trends in security posture

Support

• Availability as a secondary 3rd line escalation point for the service desk is desirable

Necessary skills required:

• Hold CSTM or another valid IASME List A qualification (e.g. CREST CRT, CREST Certified Infrastructure Tester, CSTL, OSCP, CPENT, ECSA Penetration Testing Practical, or a UK Cyber Security Council Security Tester title)
• Maintain your CE and CE+ assessor status and complete the required CPD points
• Proactively identify potential risks or improvements and create a remediation plan
• Excellent decision-making ability and comfortable in assessing a customer’s open risks, before making suggestions on actions to be taken
• Confident in structuring your workload in an organised fashion
• Confident in leading customer meetings, reassuring them of your security knowledge & experience
• Ability to work well within a team, supporting other team members
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle

Package and Benefits:

• Salary Range £45k – £55k (Depending on candidate experience)
• 24 Days' Leave + Bank Holidays, increasing by one day for each year of service up to 29 days
• Hybrid Working Available (following successful probation)
• Company Pension
• Private Healthcare
• Training & Certifications
• Company Social Events