Security Consultant (Security Operations / SOC)

Location: Hybrid; with occasional travel expected to client site or Logiq’s offices in Bristol, Chippenham or Exeter.

Salary: Negotiable, plus car allowance, plus up to 10% performance bonus*, plus excellent benefits package.

Logiq is a fast-growing Technology Company, providing cutting-edge solutions to high-risk clients across Private and Public Sector. Due to rapid growth in our Security Capability, we are looking for experienced Security Consultants to join our team.

What is Cyber Risk Management?

Cyber risk management ensures that organisations can anticipate, withstand, and recover from cyber incidents, aligning security efforts with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices. It involves applying risk-based decision-making to ensure security measures are proportionate to the threats faced, balancing protection, operational effectiveness, and compliance with the organisations need and context.

As leading players in MOD’s cyber security transformation to Secure by Design (SbD), we are looking for team members and leaders who share our vision that cyber risk management is driven by business requirements and a holistic view of security that can guide clients to secure solutions that support their business objectives.

Why Join Us?

• Work on impactful projects that drive efficiency and innovation across diverse sectors.
• Access professional development pathways tailored to your career ambitions.
• Enjoy flexible working arrangements and a competitive benefits package.

The Role:

We are seeking an exceptionally capable Security Consultant to join the company as a SOC Consultant within the Security Practice. Our consultants are engaged across Security Engineering and Assurance tasks, working on parallel projects and workstreams, and take the lead on day-to-day client interface. You will also be comfortable enhancing customer relationships with new opportunities and assisting with bids and presales where necessary.

You will have experience of working across system lifecycles and be capable of supporting clients through business-focused requirement specification and definition. You will have a broad experience of technical security, producing technical risk assessments and solution architecture documents.

The ideal candidate will be both experienced and invested in ensuring that our clients' solutions are Secure by Design. To enable this, strong inter-personal skills are essential, e.g. ability to lead workshops, engage with business leaders, and interact with diverse project teams and stakeholders.

Your experience will include:

• Providing advice and guidance to existing SOC team on areas of improvement and include experience of working collaboratively with them to help increase overall maturity.
• Setting proportionate goals and strategy for cyber exercising and implementing a plan to achieve this.
• The implementation of a comprehensive threat intelligence capability.
• Alignment of defensive cyber processes which have provided a measurable improvement for detect and respond functions.
• Using a suitable maturity model to the development of the SOC, and the subsequent implementation of an agreed standard to improve this maturity where appropriate.
• Coaching, training, and exercising of SOC staff based on industry best practice.
• Experience in business growth and bid development is desirable.

What We’re Looking for:

Essential

• Experience in operating SIEM tools and vulnerability management software and being able to interpret and prioritise alerts, incidents and threat intelligence.

Desirable

• Security Blue Team 1 or higher
• CompTIA Cyber Security Analyst
• SC-200 Microsoft Security Operations Analyst
• Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), or another industry recognised cyber security certification.
• Full Membership of the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec) - highly desirable.
• Chartered or Principal status via the UK Cyber Security Council in a relevant specialisation.
• IEng or CEng registered with UK Engineering body.
• Chartership through the British Computer Society.

Other information:

Logiq is committed to investing in people, offering clear progression pathway into our consultancy service, and we will passionately support professional growth to develop our employees. Flexible working is available including part-time / term time working patterns. All suggestions are welcomed to be discussed as part of a proposed employment package. We are an equal-opportunities employer.*Bonus payments are discretionary and awarded upon successful completion of probation.