Cyber Solutions Consultant

Direct Line Group Careers; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK insurance firm is seeking a Cyber Security Solutions Consultant to enhance security in change and run initiatives. The ideal candidate will work hybrid in London/Bristol, collaborating closely with teams while providing security architecture expertise. Strong experience in cyber security and familiarity with security controls frameworks are essential. Benefits include a competitive pension, annual bonuses, and employee discount programs.

Benefits

9% employer contributed pension

Annual company bonus of up to 10%

Generous holiday allowance

50% off insurance

Optional Health and Dental insurance

EV car scheme

Buy as you earn share scheme

Employee discounts and cashback

Qualifications

• Experience in cyber security privacy and resilience controls, threat modelling, risk management, and data protection.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships and influence stakeholders at various levels.
• A keen technology, regulatory and resilience focus, including Lean IT and cloud processes.
• A self-starter who can proactively manage and prioritise work across multiple workstreams.
• Experience of one or more security controls frameworks including ISO 27001, NIST CSF, Cyber Essentials Plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with aligned product areas and customer partners.
• Remain aware of security and resilience landscape including incidents and change programmes.
• Advise the aligned business units on risk responsibilities.
• Embed security and resilience into the aligned business units.
• Ensure all security queries within aligned business units are addressed.

Skills

Experience in cyber security privacy and resilience controls

Ability to build and maintain relationships and influence stakeholders

Keen technology, regulatory and resilience focus

Self-starter who can manage and prioritise work

Experience of security controls frameworks such as ISO 27001

Job description

Title – Cyber Security Solutions Consultant

Location – London/Bristol hybrid (2 days a week in the office)

Time Type- Fixed Term contract for 18 months

DLG is evolving. Across every facet of our business, our teams are embracing new opportunities and putting customers at the heart of everything they do. By joining them, you’ll have the opportunity to not just be recognised for your skills but encouraged to build upon them and empowered to do your absolute best.

The Cyber Security Solutions Consultant role sits in our Security Design, Innovation & Enablement team, purpose of role is to enable our business in their change and run initiatives whilst remaining secure and resilient. You will be working closely with our product areas (e.g. Solutions Architects, Engineering Leads, Product Owners, Project Managers etc) and be security architecture SME to provide security consultancy, design and architect input to ensure secure and resilient solutions, whilst promoting an environment and culture of continuous improvement, experimentation and innovation.

Our hybrid model offers a 'best of both worlds' approach. When you'll be in the office depends on your role and team, but colleagues spend at least 2 days a week in the office.

What you'll be doing:

• Developing and maintaining relationships with, and an in‑depth understanding of, aligned product areas, customer partners, third parties, processes, technologies, data, and the direction of travel for your aligned business units.
• Remaining aware of security and resilience landscape of your aligned business unit(s) including all incidents, change programmes and CISO resource requirements.
• Understanding aligned business units’ risk responsibilities and advising accordingly.
• Embedding security and resilience into your aligned business units.
• Advising your product areas on the most efficient way to deliver change whilst remaining secure and resilient and when to use Enterprise standards, guardrails and patterns.
• Ensuring all security and resilience queries and questions within your aligned business units are addressed.

What you'll need:

• Experience in cyber security privacy and resilience controls, threat modelling, risk management and data protection.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships and influence stakeholders at various levels.
• Has a keen technology, regulatory and resilience focus: you are passionate about major trends in the new way of working, including Lean IT, continuous delivery, cloud processes, etc.
• A self‑starter who can proactively manage and prioritise work across multiple workstreams.
• Experience of one or more security controls frameworks including ISO 27001, NIST CSF, Cyber Essentials Plus.

Benefits

• 9% employer contributed pension
• Annual company bonus of up to 10%
• Generous holiday allowance (plus the option to buy or sell up to 5 days each year)
• 50% off home, motor and pet insurance, plus Green Flag breakdown cover
• Additional optional Health and Dental insurance
• EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug‑in hybrid car in a tax efficient way
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Employee discounts and cashback
• Plus, many more

We want everyone to get the most out of their time at DLG. Which is why we’ve looked beyond the financial rewards and created an offer that takes your whole life into account. Supporting our people to work at their best – whatever that looks like – and offering real choice, flexibility, and a greater work‑life balance that means our people have time to focus on the things that matter most to them. Our benefits are about more than just the money you earn. They’re about recognising who you are and the life you live.

Be yourself

Direct Line Group is an equal opportunity employer, and we think diversity of background and thinking is a big strength in our people. We're delighted to feature as one of the UK's Top 50 Inclusive Employers and are committed to making our business an inclusive place to work, where everyone can be themselves and succeed in their careers.

We know you're more than a CV, and the things that make you, you, are what bring potential to our business. We recognise and embrace people that work in different ways so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Hours: 35 hours Monday to Friday
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