Cyber Security Consultant

About the role

Working with our other Cyber Consultants you will act as a €œtrusted advisor€ by providing authoritative cyber security advice and guidance to internal and external teams at all stages of a project lifecycle. As a Security Consultant, you will add value to the development of the organisations security strategy, which combines non-functional requirements, technology reference models, security policies and standards.

This is an important role in bridging the gap between managing risk and the deployment of proportionate controls. You will be expected to provide expert and authoritative advice to project teams to ensure solutions comply with relevant policies, reference models, regulations and best practices.

Youll participate in ensuring project risks are documented, accepted and transferred to bring closure. You will provide support on security validations; by advising, reviewing and signing off test strategies against requirements. You will also play a vital part in delivering cyber education, awareness and readiness across OS and our projects.

What were looking for 

Proven experience working as a Cyber Security Consultant or Assessor

Experience of consulting, influencing and assessment skills with the ability to communicate with stakeholders

Ability to define and deliver training exercises, workshops, presentations and briefings

Knowledge of delivering and maintaining compliance and security standards such as GDPR, DPA, PCI-DSS, Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001, NIST and those published by the NCSC

Knowledge of cyber platforms such as SIEM, WAF, Malware Defences and IAM

Technical knowledge of, and able to, articulate business and cyber security risk

Knowledge and understanding of information risk concepts and principles

You may also have:

Formal cyber security certification - CISSP, SSCP, CISM

Experience of working on competitive bids, proposition development and procurements

Good knowledge of cloud and big-data platforms - Azure, Oracle

The rewards 

We want you to love what you do. Thats why our benefits package rewards a job well done. Well give you: 

Salary: £53,754 - £63,240

Performance related bonus

A competitive pension scheme

37 hour working week (with flexible working options)

25 days annual leave - (30 days after five years) bank holidays and an extra 3 over Christmas

Plus, a suite of excellent additional benefits

Location

This role will be based at our state-of-the-art Headquarters in Southampton. However, all our people, where they can are currently working from home. 

We recognise that Ordnance Surveys ambition to continue attracting and retaining the most talented individuals means providing flexibility where possible, which is why were keen to hear from suitable open to hybrid working; where there will be a split between home and office working.