Assurance Consultant - SC Cleared - Outside IR35

Applications Assurance Consultant - SC Cleared - Outside IR35

• Location
  :
  London
• Type
  : 1 day a week on-site
• Length: 6 months
• Clearance
  :
  Active SC Clearance
• IR35: Outside
• Rate: £500 - £550
• Contingency
  :
  Must be able to start within 1-2 weeks

Sanderson G&D are seeking an Applications Assurance Consultant operating with a technical consultancy supplying into the Public Sector. This is a great chance to join an exciting team and project area.

The role revolves around collaboration, working in an environment with several departments, applications, websites and processes and providing the consultancy to drive forward solutions that optimise assurance.

Application Discovery & Mapping

• Ability to analyse complex application estates across multiple departments
• Skilled at identifying application owners, data flows, integrations, and access models
• Understanding of legacy, cloud, and hybrid application architectures

Access & Permissions Management

• Hands‑on experience analysing RBAC models, user groups, entitlements, and access hierarchies
• Knowledge of identity governance and access controls across multiple systems
• Experience with permission reviews, user-role mapping, and least‑privilege analysis

User Group & Stakeholder Analysis & Consultancy

• Ability to map user groups to business functions and departmental responsibilities
• Skilled in analysing how permissions propagate through roles, groups, and nested groups
• Understanding of multi‑department access issues and governance challenges

Documentation & Reporting

• Producing clear application inventories, access control lists, user group maps, and gap analyses
• Communicating findings to non‑technical stakeholders in structured, actionable formats

Web Application Analysis

• Reviewing site structures, admin functionality, integrations and API use
• Understanding common security issues that arise in departmental web systems
  
  Identifying where access control is implemented (front‑end, back‑end, service layer)

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.

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