CE+ Lead Assessor

Redpalm Technology Services Ltd; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working Availability

Company Pension

Leave entitlements: 24 days + bank

Job summary

Redpalm Technology Services Ltd is seeking a CE+ Lead Assessor to manage Cyber Essentials (Basic & Plus) assessments for our customers. You will schedule user sessions, sign off submissions and provide feedback using our templates.

You will conduct vulnerability scans, stay current with the IASME scheme, and help improve automation and policy documentation. A full UK driving licence and the ability to work in a hybrid UK-based role are required.

Qualifications

• Hold an IASME List A qualification (e.g. CREST CRT, CSTL, OSCP, CPENT, ECSA, or UK Cyber Security Council title).
• Maintain CE/CE+ assessor status and complete CPD points.
• Identify risks/improvements and create remediation plans.
• Strong decision-making and risk assessment before action.
• Team-oriented with ability to support colleagues.
• Must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Complete CE+ assessments, schedule sessions, and sign off submissions.
• Provide feedback on changes required using the template document.
• Conduct internal/external vulnerability scans and sample testing per CE+ specs.
• Maintain knowledge of the IASME Cyber Essentials scheme and marking requirements.
• Develop Cyber Essentials automation and improve existing systems.
• Create/update process documentation in the Cyber Essentials department.
• Serve as escalation point for other CE assessors.

Skills

Decision making

Customer meetings

Teamwork

Organised workflow

Full UK driving licence

Education

IASME List A qualification

Job description

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 3 rd 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 identifypotentialrisks orimprovements 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