SC Cleared - Cyber Security Technical Consultant - Perm

Sanderson; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A technical consultancy is seeking a Cyber Technical Consultant to work in London or Cheltenham. The role involves assessing client needs, designing security strategies, and implementing controls while working on various projects. A valid SC clearance or willingness to undergo security clearance is necessary. Strong interpersonal skills and cyber security expertise are essential for this position, which offers a competitive salary and benefits.

Qualifications

• Recent experience in the cyber security industry is essential.
• Proven consulting or customer-facing role experience is required.
• Knowledge of security control frameworks like ISO27001 or NIST is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assessing clients' needs and managing stakeholder relationships.
• Designing security management strategies and implementing security controls.
• Performing threat modelling and risk assessments.

Skills

Experience in the cyber security industry

Consulting or customer-facing role experience

Security Architecture

Security Operations

Identity & Access Management

Security Engineering

Knowledge of security controls in cloud environments

Experience with security control frameworks

Strong interpersonal skills

UK SC security clearance or eligibility

Job description

Cyber Technical Consultant – SC Cleared – Perm

• Location: London or Cheltenham, 3 days in the office
• Clearance: Active SC Clearance
• Salary: GBP45,000 – GBP70,000 + Benefits

This is an exciting opportunity for a Technical Cyber Security Consultant to join an expanding technical consultancy as they support public sector clients across cyber, telecoms, and data. This role involves designing secure networks, analysing complex datasets, and contributing to protecting UK security through data driven insights and solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Assessing your client's' needs, understanding how their needs may differ from their wants, and appropriately managing stakeholder relationships.
• Selecting, understanding and adapting security control frameworks.
• Designing, justifying and implementing security management strategies.
• Identifying risks from design documentation and proposing proportionate cyber security controls.
• Ensuring security principles are applied during design and development to reduce risk.
• Developing and communicating corporate information security policy, standards and guidelines.
• Developing organisational strategies that address information control requirements. Identifying and monitoring environmental and market trends and proactively assessing impact on business strategies, benefits and risks.
• Performing threat modelling and risk assessments to develop a holistic picture of threat.
• Developing new architectures that mitigate the risks posed by new technologies and business practices.
• Accurately delivering high quality work to agreed timelines. Taking the initiative on project work, and knowing how to jump straight in.
• Supporting client engagements, including pitches and presentations.

Skills/Knowledge

• You have relevant and recent experience working within the cyber security industry.
• You have experience in a consulting or customer facing role.
• You have worked in technical client deliveries across a range of cyber security related projects
• You can demonstrate subject matter expertise in one of the following domains: Security Architecture, Security Operations, Identity & Access Management, Security Engineering.
• You have experience of programming, programming and scripting concepts.
• You have experience working with security controls within cloud–based infrastructure (e.g Azure, AWS, GCP). This may include design, configuration, or protective monitoring.
• You have experience working with security control frameworks e.g. ISO27001, NIST, CAF or others.
• You have demonstrable continuous personal development with relevant certifications and accreditations.
• You have strong interpersonal skills
• You have UK security clearance at SC or above or are eligible and willing to go through clearance

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