Cyber Security Consultant

Sanderson Government & Defence; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanderson Government & Defence is seeking an experienced security architect to help identify and deploy innovative security solutions across industries from UK government projects to enterprise deployments. The role requires influencing design decisions, applying risk methodologies, and advising on regulatory compliance within large IT transformations.

Candidates should understand cybersecurity principles, assess vulnerabilities in architectures, and have hands-on experience with network or

Responsibilities

• Identify and deploy innovative security solutions to real world problems, across a variety of industries
• Collaborate with clients and internal stakeholders across disciplines, providing expert input and influencing design of large and complex IT solutions
• Apply a range of risk methodologies, advising stakeholders on risk mitigations
• Work with security technologies, including new and emerging technologies
• Design security architectures for IT solutions, including large digital transformational programmes
• Provide advisory to complex transformation programmes shaping the future of the UK
• Advise clients on regulatory compliance
• Identify security vulnerabilities in system architectures
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles and risk management
• Experience applying security technologies to architectures and solution designs
• Understand IT infrastructure, technical concepts, and design methodologies
• Understand threat modelling and development of reference architecture
• Hands-on experience in Network and/or Cloud security

Job description

The core responsibilities / skills of the role will include:

• Identify and deploy innovative security solutions to real world problems, across a variety of industries
• How to work with both clients and internal stakeholders, across a wide range of disciplines, providing expert input and influencing design of large and complex IT solutions
• How to apply a range of risk methodologies, advising both internal and external stakeholders on risk mitigations.
• How to work with a wide range of security technologies, including new and emerging technologies
• Design security architectures for a range of IT solutions, including large digital transformational programmes
• Provide advisory to wider complex transformation programmes that shape the future of the UK
• Advise clients on regulatory compliance
• Identify security vulnerabilities in system architectures
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles and risk management
• Experience applying security technologies to architectures and solution designs
• Understanding of IT infrastructure, technical concepts, and design methodologies
• Understand threat modelling and development of reference architecture
• Preferred hands‑on experience in Network and/or Cloud security

Reasonable Adjustments:

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