Senior Cyber Security Consultant

Salary: £80,000 - 80,000 per year

Requirements

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities, with a passion for cyber security and a desire to learn and grow within the field.
• Ability to adapt and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Strong organisation skills and forward planning.
• Hands-on experience and working knowledge of security-related legislation, such as GDPR, PCI DSS and ICO requirements.
• Working knowledge of security control frameworks such as NCSC Cyber Assurance Framework, ISO 27001, NIST CSF and CIS.
• Understanding of HMG and NCSC security policies, standards and guidance.
• Good understanding of cyber risk management in an agile delivery environment.
• Good understanding of modern IT technologies and services such as cloud computing (Azure, M365, AWS, Google), mobile computing, IT security, infrastructure technologies and Zero Trust.
• Understanding of security architecture.
• Skilled in workshop facilitation, particularly for risk identification and assessment.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC or other.
• Achieved or working towards Full Membership of CIISEC and UK Cyber Security Council professional registration at Chartered or Principal level for Cyber Security Governance & Risk Management.

Responsibilities

• Work within our Consulting team, supporting new and existing clients across various sectors to define and implement security risk assessment and best practice solutions.
• Partner closely with clients to deliver expert services by complementing their in-house Information and Cyber Security resources.
• Identify risks relating to security architecture and maintain awareness of published vulnerabilities and best practices across multiple platforms, especially cloud infrastructures.
• Help clients make the best use of their existing technology and make proportionate, risk-informed decisions.
• Ensure protection of client assets and support transformation of their security architecture.
• Work cross-functionally with the Delivery Manager and others to support and assure project delivery through all phases of the agile workflow.
• Provide expert advice on cyber risk management, assessment principles and frameworks such as ISO27005 and the NIST Risk Management Framework.
• Work with multi-disciplinary teams to help ensure products are delivered securely and aligned with wider business risk appetite.
• Manage and support risk identification, assessment, remediation and risk treatment for digital systems, applications and infrastructure.
• Identify and validate technical, procedural, physical and personnel security controls, and recommend actions to address vulnerabilities and control weaknesses.
• Facilitate cyber risk workshops and threat modelling to identify and assess risks arising from solution architectures.
• Support the scoping of IT Health Checks and review outcomes, providing advice, guidance and action plans where required.
• Produce informative and succinct reporting on vulnerabilities, associated risks, controls and risk treatment activity.
• Produce residual risk registers.
• Provide pragmatic remediation and risk management guidance.
• Conduct security gap analysis against security control frameworks, including remediation planning and monitoring.
• Evaluate third-party suppliers to assure the effective design and operation of security controls.
• Produce security audit reports, checklists and briefings.
• Share knowledge with our team, clients and the wider Cyberfort community, including contributing to group blogs and research related to technology enhancements.

Technologies

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Support
• Mobile
• Security

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We are a remote-first consultancy with occasional travel to customer sites, offering a salary of £65k–£80k package. We provide flexibility first through hybrid/remote working options, continuous learning opportunities and professional development, plus a comprehensive benefits package that includes Private Health Care, a Cash Back Plan, Buy and Sell Holiday Options and Life Assurance. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive community and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by a spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients, and we support reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

last updated 36 week of 2026