Security Consultant

Capgemini-Freelancer Gateway; London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job description

Role Title: Security Consultant

Duration: contract to run until 02/10/2025

Location: London/Knutsford. Hybrid 2-3 days a week onsite

Rate: up to £378 p/d Umbrella inside IR35

Role purpose/summary

This is a client-focused technical role to support the secure design and implementation of change across a variety of business areas, technologies and platforms.

• Work with stakeholders and customers to deliver secure solutions that mitigate risk and reduce cost & rework.
• Identify opportunities for the use and development of CISO capabilities and products.
• Provide direction and guidance to change stakeholders to ensure system security is maintained.
• Deliver product and project support & review capability throughout the system development life cycle, to highlight and articulate information security risk to stakeholders.
• Engage and partner with change delivery teams to identify and track security requirements and ensure the client maintains a secure environment.

The role of the Senior Security Consultant is to take a primary role in the delivery of the Security Solutions Consultancy services.

Key Skills/requirements

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

• Demonstrable understanding of security solutions and designs from a people, process and technology perspective; including security technologies, controls and assessment methodologies.
• Strong relationship, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge of information security frameworks and standards such as ISO27001/2, NIST, PCI DSS and their application into diverse environments.
• Security qualification.

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with a Consultancy practice.
• Good awareness and understanding of the business unit responsibilities and structure.
• Knowledgeable about existing best practices for integration of security controls.
• Understands core development methodologies and their associated technologies.

Person Specification

• Shows integrity while addressing challenging situations.
• Actively seeks ways to understand, mitigate or reduce risks.
• Ability to work under pressure or within tight timescales.
• Freely shares information and experiences and seeks knowledge from others.
• Effective at working with minimal guidance in unstructured teams, situations and environments.
• Challenges way of operating with a focus on pragmatism.
• Demonstrates initiative and competence.
• Supports and encourages positive working behaviours in others.
• Able to shift well from task to task.
• Continuously developing their technical and personal skills.
• Is always developing their personal skills and knowledge.

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!