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Technical Cyber Security Consultant

£48,000 - 88,000
Sanderson Government and Defence
Whiteladies Road 42, North West England
£48,000 - 88,000
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Company Size
50-200
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Company Type
Services
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Senior
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Full-Time
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Language
English
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Visa sponsorship
No

Requirements

Must:
- Proven experience in cyber / information security risk management and control assurance roles. - Strong analytical skills with the ability to evaluate technical, procedural and design evidence. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to senior and non-technical audiences. - Experience working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams across business and technology functions. - Familiarity with recognised security frameworks and standards (ISO 27001, NIST, CIS Controls). - Highly organised with strong attention to detail and a commitment to high-quality, auditable documentation. - Candidates must hold government security vetting at SC level and be able to meet UK residency requirements.

Responsibilities

- Deliver security risk identification, assessment, analysis and logging activities, ensuring risks are clearly articulated, consistently scored and recorded in approved Information Security Risk Management (ISRM) tools. - Perform control assurance activities to validate how control objectives are being met in practice, working closely with technical delivery teams to understand design and implementation. - Identify and document control gaps, assess residual risk, and clearly articulate outcomes within control and assurance artefacts. - Support the delivery, rollout and continuous improvement of Information Security Risk Management methodologies, including the discovery, review and transformation of historic risk assessments into an updated, consistent approach. - Manage allocated assignments end-to-end, ensuring all control, assurance and risk outputs are delivered accurately and in a timely manner. - Maintain oversight of risk remediation activities, tracking actions through to implementation and ensuring ongoing risk treatment and control effectiveness. - Provide advice, guidance and intelligent challenge on enterprise control alignment during reviews of solution designs, security documentation and architecture artefacts. - Lead and facilitate collaborative control and risk workshops with business and technical stakeholders to drive shared understanding, surface key risks and agree appropriate outcomes. - Contribute to post-incident and remedial assurance activities, ensuring lessons learned are captured and embedded into control improvements. - Provide input into formal scoping, ensuring key security risks are reflected in test scope and that critical controls are robustly assessed against expected security outcomes. - Prepare clear, concise risk summary statements and assurance outputs for senior stakeholders and risk owners, translating technical issues into business-focused language to enable effective information risk decisions. - Present assurance findings and risk positions at governance forums and stakeholder meetings, representing the security assurance function with credibility. - Ensure effective knowledge transfer on key assignments, building capability and understanding across business and technical stakeholders. - Contribute to the continuous improvement of assurance practices, maintaining awareness of emerging threats, vulnerabilities and industry best practice.

Description


We are a leading organisation in our field, committed to supporting the digital security risk management capability through comprehensive cybersecurity solutions. Our Cyber Security Consultant will play a critical role in identifying, assessing, and managing information and cyber security risks. We offer a competitive salary and a flexible remote-first working environment, with opportunities for career development and continuous learning. Our benefits package includes Private Health Care, Cash Back Plan, Buy/Sell Holiday Options, Life Assurance, and more. We pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive community and encourage applications from all backgrounds.
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