Cyber Security Consultant

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Do you want to work for an innovative, family-owned and independent SME where you will have the opportunity to shape our future Cyber Security offering and join us in a period of exciting growth?

We are looking for both Mid and Senior level Cyber Security and Information Assurance Professionals to join us on a permanent basis.

Main Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be a knowledgeable, enthusiastic and conscientious individual who has the relevant CS&IA qualifications, certifications and experience. You will work on a range of client facing projects, large and small, but will also be expected to contribute to winning new business and managing delivery. To be successful in this role you need to have the ability to work on multiple projects and with many stakeholders concurrently. Your key responsibilities will encompass the following:

• Provide security advice and guidance for clients in ‘business as usual’, technical refresh and new project environments.
• Identify and establish good security governance to meet client business requirements
• Identify client CS&IA risks within client operational environments and determine appropriate remediation based on business risk appetite that protects information assets from loss, misuse, leakage or corruption.
• Perform compliance activity on client systems and business processes to assess the levels of CS&IA controls and identify gaps to address.
• Create or review client CS&IA policies and procedures to meet corporate and regulatory requirements.
• Build successful working relationships with team members, key customers and stakeholders that improves the value of the CS&IA services being performed.
• Work in partnership with clients to implement CS&IA controls in pragmatic ways that deliver investment value and support business operations.
• Mentor others within the CS&IA team in a technical and consultancy capacity.
• Proactively assist the Head of CS&IA Services in the strategy and growth of the BU.
• Maintain and update the accreditation documentation sets for CDS DS internal information systems used to handle.

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience of delivering technical CS&IA consultancy within a Defence environment, or other UK Government sectors.
• Ability to provide technical CS&IA assurance risk management and solutions within complex scenarios.
• Ability to conduct, deliver and maintain technical security risk assessments using established or novel approaches.
• Ability to work on multiple projects and tasks concurrently, successfully balancing business and client priorities.
• Ability to work effectively both individually and as a senior team member in a multi-disciplined organisation.
• Ability to coordinate and manage multi-disciplined CS&IA resources including technical specialists, while providing coherent reporting to non-technical business stakeholders.
• Ability to provide threat detection and monitoring technologies and services.
• Ability to produce CS&IA incident response plans and coordinating desktop incident response exercises.
• Broad knowledge and application of common CS&IA bodies, standards, frameworks, guidelines and legislation

Benefits

• Competitive remuneration package
• Life assurance scheme
• 25 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays)
• Flexible working hours
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension scheme
• Medicash