Senior Information Security Consultant in Guildford

We are looking for an experienced Senior Information Security Consultant to join our team. This is a senior advisory role - you will provide expert guidance across security architecture review, threat modelling, and AI risk assessment, working closely with project teams, technology leads, and senior business stakeholders to ensure security risk is understood and addressed at every level. You will also mentor junior consultants and contribute to the continuous improvement of the team. This will be a hybrid role based in our Guildford office, with expectation one day a week (Wednesday) office attendance.

Salary Information

Pay: Circa £70,000 per year. Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

Responsibilities

• Engage with change programs and project teams to embed security by design into business change, ensuring security is considered early and throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Deliver security advisory services to the business, acting as a trusted consultant to stakeholders at all levels - from project teams to senior leadership.
• Lead threat modelling exercises across programs and key systems, translating findings into clear, business-relevant risk statements for non-technical audiences.
• Conduct security architecture reviews, assessing proposals and designs against NIST CSF, COBIT, and internal standards.
• Conduct risk assessments of AI systems and AI-enabled products, covering risks such as model integrity, bias, data poisoning, and explainability.
• Work collaboratively with other security teams to ensure appropriate security gates are completed across programs - including penetration testing and supplier assurance reviews where applicable.
• Represent the team in governance forums, program boards, and working groups, communicating security risk with clarity and authority.
• Manage multiple concurrent workstreams, delivering quality outputs against competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Mentor junior consultants through day-to-day guidance, quality review, and knowledge sharing.

Essential Skills

• Significant experience in an information security advisory or consultancy role.
• Proven threat modelling capability - able to lead sessions and communicate outputs to senior, non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong working knowledge of NIST CSF and COBIT, with the ability to apply them practically.
• Demonstrable experience assessing security and risk in AI systems or AI-enabled products.
• Exceptional communication skills - able to translate technical risk into plain language for executive audiences.
• Experience conducting security architecture reviews across application, platform, or infrastructure programs.
• A genuine commitment to continuous learning - actively staying current with the evolving threat landscape, emerging technologies, and developments across the cyber security industry.

Desirable Skills

• Responsible Artificial Intelligence usage.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, or equivalent - with an AI-related certification or training also desirable.
• Knowledge of cloud, network, and endpoint security principles (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

What We Will Offer You

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options.
• Hybrid working.
• Annual performance related bonus.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Development days.
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet.
• Retail discounts.
• Volunteering days.

Our Ways of Working

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it's right for our customers, our business and for you, then we'll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Integrity, Fairness, Inclusion & Trust

At Allianz, we believe in fostering an inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our commitment to equal opportunities, gender equity, and balanced gender representation, is demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community's Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer. We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success. We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it's assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.

Accessible Application for All

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role.