Cyber Security Consultant
Role Overview
Client-facing consultancy role delivering cybersecurity needs for high-growth clients through consulting and managed services.
Works with a team including a CISO, SOC Manager, Security Architects, Penetration Testers and Cloud Security Specialists.
This is a consulting-team role, not a SOC role.
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Role overview
Client-facing consultancy role delivering cybersecurity needs for high-growth clients through consulting and managed services.
Works with a team including a CISO, SOC Manager, Security Architects, Penetration Testers and Cloud Security Specialists.
This is a consulting-team role, not a SOC role.
Salary and benefits
- Salary is £52,000–£64,000 depending on experience.
- Includes 24 days of paid holiday pro rata, birthday leave, bank holidays and one additional holiday day for every 12 months of service.
- Individual training plan and budget for one certification or course per year.
Working arrangements
- Team works together in the London Canary Wharf office three days per week; the remaining time can be worked from a location where the employee is productive.
- Working hours are eight hours per day, Monday to Friday, for 40 hours per week.
- Candidates must be able to attend the office every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Minimum requirements
- At least 2–4 years working in cybersecurity.
- Graduate of a UK, EU or US university with a technical academic background in computer science, software engineering, information security or a related field.
- Confident with Microsoft Office, especially Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
- Fluent business-level English is required for client-facing and business development work.
Client delivery
- Deliver security projects and coordinate with client senior management and technical teams.
- Prepare and deliver monthly executive and operational governance meetings; identify cyber risks and define remedial actions.
- Lead operational delivery for client certification audits, such as ISO 27001, CE+ and SOC 2.
- Raise cybersecurity awareness through bulletins, blogs, phishing simulations and tabletop exercises; coordinate penetration tests.
- Lead responses to third-party due diligence questionnaires and assess new vendors.
Practice development and team support
- Support internal operational improvement under direction from a Manager or above; design and implement business processes.
- Implement automation and AI securely and in a controlled way to speed up client delivery; maintain client deliverable templates and assets.
- Help direct reports with task management and help analysts and other team members onboard and embed within the team.
Business development
- Support drafting proposals and bids, contribute to discovery-call minutes and proposals, and write engaging cybersecurity blogs.
Senior Consultant accreditation
- A Senior Consultant is expected to have 1–2 professional accreditations, such as CompTIA+, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, Certified in Cyber Security, CISSP or CISM.
Team expectations
The employer values problem-solving, adaptability, independent and collaborative work, and self-starter behavior in a fast-paced environment with limited procedures.
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