Security Risk Consultant

Salary: £48,000 – £84,000 per year

GRC Cyber Security Consultant & IA Architect – UK Wide

Our client is a well respected and rapidly growing NCSC Certified Cyber Security Consultancy and is looking to bring in an additional GRC Security Consultant / IA Architect at the Practitioner or Senior Practitioner level.

They are involved in information assurance, audit and risk assessments, ISO, NIST and Security Architecture reviews.

The role would be 60% remote, with travel that can include world wide travel for up to 5 days at a time.

You will be tasked with challenging and exciting roles across a diverse client base and be responsible for ensuring that the design of business solutions and ICT systems meet their exacting security and compliance standards. You will have the opportunity to engage stakeholders at all levels of seniority to achieve the requirements of the business.

Required Skillset:

You will have experience of hands-on technical security together with some knowledge of products and solutions and may be tasked to design or develop proof of concepts to validate the suitability and viability of new security-related technologies and solutions from both functional and technical perspectives.

Practitioner:

At the Practitioner level, we will expect you to have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in information security, with consultancy experience highly desirable. A good all-round knowledge of security technologies is essential, as is a knowledge of the information assurance policies and methods used by UK Government and industry, including the Security Policy Framework, Information Assurance standards, NCSC advice and guidance and architectural patterns, ISO/IEC 27001 and 27002.

Senior Practitioner:

At Senior Practitioner level, we will expect you to have a minimum of 5 years’ experience as an information security consultant. You will be comfortable working on complex system architectures, designing proportionate security controls and justifying your recommendations to senior decision makers. We will expect you to have the skills and experience to work unsupervised, often as the only IA expert, and be representative of our company to a client. You will either be certified at Senior Practitioner CCP level in either SIRA or IA Architecture, or be capable of achieving this certification based on your existing knowledge and experience.

At all levels, you will have the opportunity to work with some of the most experienced and respected security consultants in the UK and with a range of high-profile clients who are often subject to the most serious and persistent cyber threats. Certification under the NCSC Certified Cyber Professional (CCP) scheme (at Practitioner level), especially in the SIRA, IA Architect or IA Auditor roles, is highly desirable but not essential. Prior membership of the CESG Listed Advisor Scheme (CLAS) is desirable but not essential.

The salary on offer is £48,000 – £84,000depending on experience + generous benefits package including share options