Cyber Security Consultant

Tektora Limited; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Tektora Limited is seeking a Cyber Security Consultant with active SC Clearance to deliver threat modelling and secure design across complex client environments. The role requires hybrid travel to Bristol, Manchester, the North West England and London as needed.

You will engage stakeholders, run workshops, review architectures, and produce actionable risk-based recommendations while supporting secure-by-design delivery and monitoring strategies.

Qualifications

• UK National with active SC Clearance is essential.
• Proven experience delivering threat modelling for complex systems or enterprise architectures.
• Experience in client-facing consultancy or advisory roles across multiple projects.
• Strong knowledge of secure design, architecture review, and system decomposition.
• Experience creating security monitoring strategies and use cases.

Responsibilities

• Deliver threat modelling for complex systems, cloud environments, and enterprise architectures.
• Run threat modelling workshops with technical and business stakeholders.
• Review solution architectures and perform system decomposition.
• Conduct security risk assessments and provide practical, risk-based recommendations.
• Develop security monitoring strategies and threat detection requirements.
• Provide security guidance across multiple projects.
• Support secure solution design and architecture review activity.
• Collaborate with Security Operations Centre and detection engineering teams.
• Produce reports and presentations for technical and senior audiences.

Skills

Threat modelling

Security architecture

Client-facing

Risk assessments

Security monitoring

Workshop facilitation

Report writing

Stakeholder engagement

SIEM knowledge

Tools

Splunk SIEM

Sentinel

Elastic Security

CrowdStrike

Job description

Cyber Security Consultant – Threat Modelling & Security Architecture

Location: UK-based, with travel to Bristol, Manchester, North West England and London for on-site work

Working Pattern: Hybrid with travel to client sites as required

Type: Permanent

Clearance: UK National with active SC Clearance — this is a mandatory requirement

Company: Tektora, supporting an established Technology Consultancy

Tektora are supporting an established Technology Consultancy who are looking to speak with SC Cleared Cyber Security Consultants for a permanent opportunity delivering threat modelling and secure design across complex client environments.

Please note: active SC Clearance is essential for this role. Applications cannot be considered without it.

This role would suit someone with strong threat modelling and security architecture experience and who has worked in a client-facing consultancy or advisory setting and is looking to develop further across security monitoring strategy, detection requirements and secure‑by‑design delivery.

The Role

You will be involved in:

• Delivering threat modelling for complex systems, cloud environments and enterprise architectures
• Running threat modelling workshops with technical and business stakeholders
• Reviewing solution architectures and performing system decomposition
• Conducting security risk assessments and producing practical, risk-based recommendations
• Developing security monitoring strategies, threat detection requirements and security use cases
• Providing security guidance across multiple concurrent projects
• Supporting secure solution design and architecture review activity
• Working alongside Security Operations Centre and detection engineering teams
• Producing reports, documentation and presentations for technical and senior audiences
• Engaging with technical specialists, project teams and senior business stakeholders across secure environments

Key Experience Required

• UK National with active SC Clearance — essential, non-negotiable
• Proven experience delivering threat modelling for complex systems, cloud environments or enterprise architectures
• Experience working in a client-facing consultancy or advisory role, or providing security guidance across multiple projects
• Strong understanding of secure solution design, architecture review and system decomposition
• Demonstrable experience conducting security risk assessments and producing risk-based recommendations
• Experience developing security monitoring strategies, threat detection requirements and security use cases
• Hands-on exposure to SIEM tooling — Splunk preferred, though Sentinel, Elastic Security, CrowdStrike or similar are acceptable
• Excellent workshop facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
• Strong report writing, documentation and presentation skills
• Comfortable travelling to Bristol, Manchester, the North West and London when required
• Experience delivering cyber security services within the UK public sector or other highly regulated environments
• Familiarity with government security principles, secure‑by‑design approaches and risk management frameworks
• Knowledge of threat modelling methodologies such as STRIDE, PASTA, ATT&CK or equivalent
• Experience working with Security Operations Centres and detection engineering teams
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, SABSA, TOGAF, Microsoft Security or CREST, although practical experience is valued more highly

Interested?

Tektora are looking to speak with SC Cleared Cyber Security Consultants who are open to permanent opportunities and keen to develop further across threat modelling, secure design and security monitoring strategy.