Security Architect & Advisory Consultant – Public Sector

Accenture; Newcastle; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Vacation days 25–30

Charitable leave

Job summary

Accenture in Newcastle is seeking a Security Consultant - H&PS to join a team delivering security architectures and advisory across UK health, public sector, Defence and Government. You will design security architectures and advise on regulatory compliance while working with stakeholders to manage risk and secure IT solutions.

The role requires BPSS/SC security clearance, UK nationality, and agility to work hybrid with possible onsite collaboration across client sites in the UK.

Qualifications

• Passion for improving UK public sector security posture.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles and risk management.
• Experience applying security technologies to architectures and solution designs, such as Privilege Access Management, SSO, IDAM, Network security and encryption.
• Understanding of IT infrastructure, technical concepts, and design methodologies.
• Understand threat modelling and development of reference architecture.
• Ability to learn and adapt quickly; preferred hands on experience in Network and/or Cloud security.
• Ideally hold SABSA/CISSP or similar certification.
• Preferred current Government Security Clearance (SC, DV etc.) or ability to gain clearance.

Responsibilities

• 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 (e.g., ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR, PCI-DSS).
• Communicate to a wide range of stakeholders on secure design solutions and IT risk mitigation strategies.
• Solve challenging security problems via research and innovation.
• Identify security vulnerabilities in system architectures and articulate these via risk terminology.

Skills

Public sector security

Cybersecurity principles

Privilege access management

IDAM

Network security

Encryption

IT infrastructure

Threat modelling

Cloud security

CISSP/SABSA

Job description

Accenture in Newcastle is seeking a Security Consultant - H&PS to join a team delivering security architectures and advisory across UK health, public sector, Defence and Government. You will design security architectures and advise on regulatory compliance while working with stakeholders to manage risk and secure IT solutions.

The role requires BPSS/SC security clearance, UK nationality, and agility to work hybrid with possible onsite collaboration across client sites in the UK.