Security Consultant

Consult; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

Consult is seeking a Security Consultant in a hybrid contract role across UK locations (Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Halifax, Edinburgh). You’ll drive secure design and engineering practices within an agile framework, ensuring risk is understood and mitigated across multiple initiatives.

You will model threats, assess risks, and design secure solutions, communicating complex security concepts to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Dynamic, solution‑oriented, able to work under pressure.
• Broad knowledge of modern enterprise technologies including cloud and AI.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and containerised microservices.
• Familiar with threat modelling frameworks such as STRIDE and MITRE ATT&CK.
• Strong knowledge of cyber security domains in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Apply Agile methodologies to support engineers and deliver on multiple product initiatives, driving engineering excellence.
• Threat model by deconstructing technical solutions, identifying threats and risks.
• Analyse the risks and benefits of design options to support safe architectural decisions.
• Design secure solutions documenting the key security controls and adhering to security standards.
• Define security testing requirements and assess findings.
• Effectively communicate technical concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences, providing security direction and guidance.

Skills

Threat modelling

Cloud & AI

APIs & microservices

Security governance

Security domains

Job description

Title – Security Consultant

Location: Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Halifax, Edinburgh, UK (Hybrid- 2 days' work from office), prefer Leeds, UK

Type – Contract Inside IR35

Role Title – Security Consultant

About this opportunity

Are you someone who wants to be in the heart of Cyber Security delivering change and working in an agile way, ensuring we execute our strategy and transformation agenda safely? Then we have the perfect opportunity for you.

We are actively welcoming enthusiastic Cyber Security Professionals from all industries and backgrounds to join our expanding team as we embark on an exciting journey where you will have the opportunity to ensure security by design is embedded across our change portfolio.

Cyber Security sits at the heart of our business providing the Group with a secure operating environment, safe from malicious attacks. It is a dynamic and constantly evolving world where your experience and efforts can deliver tangible results to the safety of a huge company and over 30m customers.

What you'll do:

• Applying Agile methodologies to support engineers and deliver on multiple challenging product initiatives simultaneously, driving engineering excellence.
• Threat model by deconstructing technical solutions, identifying threats and vulnerabilities and assessing risks.
• Use experience to analyse the risks and benefits of design options to support making safe architectural decisions.
• Design secure solutions documenting the key security controls and adhering to security standards.
• Define security testing requirements and assess findings.
• Effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences, providing security direction, governance, assurance and guidance.

What we're looking for:

• Dynamic solution-oriented individual bringing energy to a rapidly evolving environment with an ability to work well under pressure.
• Broad knowledge of modern Enterprise technologies including Cloud and AI
• Exposure to contemporary architectures eg. RESTful APIs and containerised microservices.
• Up-to date on emerging threats and experienced with threat modelling frameworks eg. STRIDE / MITRE ATT\&CK.
• Significant knowledge of cyber security domains and how they apply to Enterprise business environments eg. endpoint, network, cryptography and IAM.

The nice to haves:

• Awareness of industry related security standards such as ISO 27000 series, PCI DSS, COBIT, NIST, OWASP.
• Certifications in security management eg. CISSP / CISM / CCSP or equivalent.
• Certifications in technical security domains eg. CEH / OSCP or equivalent.
• Experience of Public and or Private cloud environments.