About this role
Salary: £45,000 - 55,000 per year
Requirements
- Hold CSTM or another valid IASME List A qualification, such as CREST CRT, CREST Certified Infrastructure Tester, CSTL, OSCP, CPENT, ECSA Penetration Testing Practical, or a UK Cyber Security Council Security Tester title
- Maintain CE and CE+ assessor status and complete required CPD points
- Proactively identify potential risks or improvements and create remediation plans
- Demonstrate excellent decision-making when assessing customer risks and recommending actions
- Organise and manage workload effectively
- Lead customer meetings confidently and communicate security knowledge and experience
- Work effectively within a team and support colleagues
- Hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle
Responsibilities
- Complete CE+ assessments, schedule interactive user sessions, and sign off submissions
- Provide customers with feedback on required changes to their assessment answers using our template document
- Conduct internal and external vulnerability scans and sample testing in line with CE+ test specifications
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the IASME Cyber Essentials scheme, including marking requirements and qualification requirements
- Develop and improve our existing Cyber Essentials automation system
- Create and update process documentation within our Cyber Essentials department
- Act as an escalation point for other CE assessors, providing clarification and guidance
- Assist our service desk with remediating open vulnerabilities, including complex or unclear remediation actions
- Lead VMaaS customer meetings by reviewing open vulnerabilities, advising on remediation approaches, and analysing security posture trends
- Be available as a desirable secondary third-line escalation point for our service desk
Technologies
- Support
- Security
More
We are hiring a CE+ Lead Assessor to assess Cyber Essentials Basic and Plus submissions for our customers and, for managed customers, identify improvements and share preventative measures to address weaknesses in policies and configurations. The salary is £45,000–£55,000 per year, depending on experience. We offer 24 days of leave plus bank holidays, with an additional day per year of service up to 29 days; hybrid working after successful probation; a company pension; private healthcare; training and certifications; social events; bereavement leave; casual dress; a cycle-to-work scheme; financial planning services; free and on-site parking; sick pay; and work-from-home options. The stated work location is in person.
last updated 45 week of 2026