Graduate Security Consultant – London – April 2026

BAE Systems (New); London; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Graduate Digital Intelligence Security Consultant in London. You will play a crucial role in managing cyber risks and enhancing security operations. The position offers hybrid working arrangements and a competitive salary package, including a welcome bonus. You will be involved in various responsibilities, from investigating security breaches to developing security policies, ensuring a secure environment for clients.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Help customers manage cyber risk and improve security operations.
• Support in investigating security breaches and incidents.

Responsibilities

• Investigate security breaches and incidents.
• Develop and review security policies and processes.
• Conduct application and system-level risk assessments.

Skills

Cyber Security

Risk Assessment

Incident Investigation

Security Governance

Policy Development

Job description

Job title: Graduate Digital Intelligence Security Consultant

Location: London

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements, however for this role you will be expected to attend your BAE Systems base location (or our customer sites) 3-5 days per week.

Salary: £34,000 + £2,000 Welcome Bonus

What you’ll be doing:

Security Consultants help our customers understand & manager their cyber risk, secure their business and improve their security operations. We are the people they trust to defend, or recover, from cyber attack through technical services, assurance and support.

Responsibilities might include support to:

• The investigation of security breaches and incidents
• Information security governance and management
• Development & review of security policies and processes
• Security maturity and compliance activities
• Application and system-level risk assessments
• Delivery of security improvement, remediation and hardening programmes
• Research into cyber threats and strategies to defend from them.
• Analysis of security technologies and development of innovative solutions

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Digital Intelligence Team:

Embark on a Security Consultant career at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, where your business acumen and security expertise will be pivotal in crafting solutions that safeguard critical assets and drive strategic success

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under represented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

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