Senior Incident Response & Crisis Management Consultant

NCC Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A cybersecurity consulting firm is seeking a Senior Security Consultant to design and enhance incident management frameworks. The role involves leading exercises, assessing readiness, and providing trusted advice to stakeholders. Ideal candidates have strong backgrounds in incident and crisis management, excellent facilitation skills, and familiarity with industry frameworks like NIST and ISO. This position offers a hybrid working model and requires travel to client sites in the UK.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in incident management or crisis management within complex environments.
• Proven background designing and running tabletop exercises at Silver level.
• In-depth knowledge of incident response lifecycle principles.
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills for leading workshops.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver incident management frameworks aligned to best practices.
• Lead Silver-level tabletop exercises simulating real-world cyber events.
• Conduct gap analyses to identify strengths and improvement areas.
• Create actionable incident management playbooks.

Skills

Incident management

Crisis management

Cyber resilience consulting

Facilitation skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Written reporting

Tools

NIST CSF

ISO 27035

ISO 22301

Job description

A cybersecurity consulting firm is seeking a Senior Security Consultant to design and enhance incident management frameworks. The role involves leading exercises, assessing readiness, and providing trusted advice to stakeholders. Ideal candidates have strong backgrounds in incident and crisis management, excellent facilitation skills, and familiarity with industry frameworks like NIST and ISO. This position offers a hybrid working model and requires travel to client sites in the UK.