Graduate Security Consultant - London - Jan 2026

BAE; London; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join BAE Systems as a Graduate Digital Intelligence Security Consultant in London, where you'll help clients manage cyber risks and improve their security operations. This role offers a hybrid work arrangement and a competitive salary package, including a welcome bonus. You'll be involved in investigating security incidents, developing policies, and analyzing security technologies to create innovative solutions.

Benefits

Employee share plans

Discounted health perks

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Potential annual incentives

Qualifications

• Understanding and managing cyber risk.
• Development and review of security policies.

Responsibilities

• Investigate security breaches and incidents.
• Conduct application and system-level risk assessments.
• Deliver security improvement and remediation programs.

Skills

Information security governance

Cyber risk management

Security incident investigation

Risk assessments

Security policies 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 & manage their cyber risk, secure their business, and improve their security operations. We are the trusted partners to defend or recover from cyber attacks 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 against them
• Analysis of security technologies and development of innovative solutions

Benefits:

In addition to a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems offers employee share plans and a wide range of flexible benefits including discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle perks, a green car scheme, private health plans, shopping discounts, and potential annual incentives.

The Digital Intelligence Team:

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

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you can make a real difference. We foster an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and empowers you to reach your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, especially from underrepresented groups including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We aim to ensure our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (e.g., dyslexia, autism, anxiety disorder) that may affect your assessment performance, please discuss reasonable adjustments with your recruiter.

Please note that many roles are subject to security and export control restrictions based on factors such as nationality, previous nationalities, and place of birth. All applicants must meet at least the Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Higher security vetting levels may require 5-10 years of continuous UK residency, depending on the role.