National Security Consultant in Cambridge

i2 Group, a Harris Computer company, is seeking an experienced National Security Consultant on a full‑time, permanent, remote or hybrid basis with frequent travel to customer sites in the UK and across to our EMEA customers. Our office is in Cambridge (UK). You will join i2’s Professional Services team, working directly with UK clients or alongside our international partners to deploy, configure and optimise i2 intelligence analysis platforms across the full product lifecycle – from architectural design and implementation planning to training handover and long‑term optimisation. You will bring deep domain and technical expertise to every stage of deployment, acting as a trusted extension of the client team to deliver impactful solutions, drive adoption and enable analysts to extract meaningful intelligence from complex datasets.

Key Responsibilities

• Solution Architecture & Implementation – Collaborate with clients to design and implement bespoke roadmap strategies, including planning, deployment, upgrades, data migrations, and performance tuning.
• Platform Customisation & Integration – Configure and extend our core products (Analyst’s Notebook, iBase, Analysis Hub/Studio, TextChart) to align with customer workflows, data requirements and integrate with existing systems.
• Client Engagement & Requirements Management – Understand, gather and document business requirements and translate them into functional configurations and technical designs. Communicate progress, risks and outcomes clearly to client stakeholders.
• Performance Review & System Optimisation – Conduct health checks, refine performance, recommend improvements and guide clients on enhancing analyst workflows and system maturity.
• Knowledge Transfer & Training Support – Deliver knowledge transfer sessions, best practice training and demonstrations. Support the internal training team or directly upskill client analysts.

Essential Requirements

• Consulting Experience – 3–5 years, (at least 2 years client‑facing) in technology or professional services, with exposure to intelligence, security or government sectors preferred.
• Coding Skills – Professional experience working with JavaScript/TypeScript/REACT; hands‑on coding ability is essential.
• Database Skills – Experience working with databases (SQL Server or PostgreSQL), including writing T‑SQL.
• Customer‑Facing Experience – Comfortable and willing to work directly with clients in a professional setting.
• Communication Skills – Confident explaining complex technical concepts to non‑technical audiences.
• Security Clearance – Ability to handle sensitive data and required to have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship (required for obtaining security clearances for the role).

Desirable Requirements

• Application Deployment/Configuration – Have deployed or configured applications on Windows or Linux systems, using automation; awareness of CICD pipelines and automated deployment testing would be a significant benefit.
• Development Experience – Any experience in Java or C# would be considered valuable.
• Virtualisation/Containers – Experience with virtualisation or container platforms (e.g., VMware, Hyper‑V, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Pre‑existing i2 experience – Hands on knowledge of i2’s Analyst’s Notebook, iBase, Analysis Studio/Hub and TextChart would be a significant advantage, along with experience with data connectors and visualisation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Certifications in business analysis or intelligence analysis domains would be beneficial but are not essential.

Personal Attributes

• Client‑oriented and responsive, with strong interpersonal skills
• Adaptable and collaborative, able to work cross‑functionally
• Proactive learner with a growth mindset
• Strong organisational capability with keen attention to detail

Benefits

Harris offers an extremely competitive UK employee benefits programme. Five personal days leave entitlement are granted over and above the standard 25 days holiday and bank holidays. Harris also offers all UK employees an annual Lifestyle Reward amounting to £325 per annum/pro rata.