Cyber Security Consultant

Location

Surrey | United Kingdom

Job description

Company Overview:

Our client is an expanding independent firm that provides business and technical consulting services to the U.K public sector and other related organisations. They work with cutting edge technology, and on a wide range of I.T projects which include areas of expertise in cyber security, mission critical communications, analytical and agile processes. 

Role and Responsibilities:

As a cyber security consultant with this company you will have the opportunity to provide support to a wide range of high profile organisations. Your expertise and experience will help protect their ICT investments, and in doing so you will play a key role in nationally critical projects which make a difference to people's everyday lives.

This role involves working individually or as a part of a larger team and you will undertake a number of varying consultancy assignments. This could range from developing security architectures, to providing guidance on GRC activities. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide security expertise for major system procurements and agile programs to ensure solution delivery
• Identifying, analysing and evaluating information risks across a range of programs, projects and systems.
• Explaining to risk owners and to stakeholders the causes, likelihood and potential business impacts of information risks 
• Identifying and presenting options for treating or transferring information risks
• Supporting the development of security assurance documentation
• Developing and reviewing new security architectures that mitigate risks posed by new technologies 
• Provide consultancy to customers on information assurance and architectural problems 
• Scoping security testing activities, explain the results and provide solutions 
• Conducting security monitoring and investigating security incidents 

This is a hybrid role but when required will be working on client sites, with other project members including client staff, suppliers and colleagues. Client site work will require regular travel within the U.K. 

Essential Skills:

• Commercial experience of complex ICT systems in a technical delivery or consulting capacity
• Good understanding of enterprise information and communications technology
• Ability to present and justify conclusions to project teams and stakeholders 
• Strong verbal and written communication 
• Willingness to travel (U.K based)
• Eligible and willing to gain UK security clearance 

Desired Skills:

• Strong knowledge of structured security frameworks (ISO27001, HMG SPF, etc)
• Security, enterprise and technical architecture methods 
• Technical risk assessments 
• Software development and delivery 
• ICT service delivery, including ITIL
• Enterprise security packages, security enforcing software and devices 
• STEM, or a security based degree 
• Experience within the defence or UK public sector.

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Salary

£40k - £55k per annum