At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead cyber security initiatives to protect vital national infrastructure.
- Company: Join a dynamic team at a leading consultancy focused on impactful projects.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, health cover, and a supportive work-life balance.
- Other info: Hybrid working model with opportunities for professional growth and mentorship.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in securing essential services across various sectors.
- Qualifications: Experience in cyber security and strong communication skills are essential.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Join our growing Cyber Security team delivering high-impact work across large-scale national infrastructure projects. You’ll help organisations protect essential services by shaping secure, resilient IT environments that underpin energy, water, environment, transport, and defence sectors.
Responsibilities
- You’ll act as a senior cyber voice within complex programmes – building trust with clients, influencing key decisions, and ensuring security is embedded pragmatically and risk-based.
- You’ll lead cyber security activities across client engagements, combining hands-on delivery with strategic advisory.
- You’ll guide the design and implementation of secure solutions, ensuring alignment with business needs and regulatory expectations.
- You’ll play a visible role in client engagement, including pre-sales, shaping opportunities from a cyber perspective.
- Internally, you’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, contribute to project leadership, and support the development of others.
Qualifications
- Proven solid experience in cyber security within IT infrastructure or complex enterprise environments.
- Strong technical understanding across infrastructure, networks, cloud, and security domains.
- Experience leading or contributing to client engagements, including pre-sales or shaping solutions.
- Ability to balance hands-on delivery with governance, assurance, and stakeholder engagement.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build trust and influence at all levels.
- Experience mentoring or leading others within project environments.
Benefits and Working Arrangements
This is a full-time, permanent role, UK based, hybrid (2-3 days/week) aligned to a Jacobs office, with occasional business travel across the UK. Full-time employment is based on a 40-hour working week, with emphasis on work-life balance and flexibility and flexi-time available. We offer a wide range of employee benefits including health cover, life assurance, income protection, holiday buy/sell scheme, wellbeing, family, parental and fertility support, and an enhanced pension contribution scheme.
Equal Opportunity Statement
As a disability confident employer, we will interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria. We welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working or who may not meet all listed requirements.
Principal Cybersecurity Consultant in Reading employer: Jacobs
Join a forward-thinking company that prioritises employee well-being and professional growth, offering a dynamic work culture where collaboration and innovation thrive. As a Principal Cybersecurity Consultant, you'll enjoy a hybrid working model that promotes work-life balance, alongside comprehensive benefits such as health cover, enhanced pension contributions, and support for family and personal needs. With opportunities to lead impactful projects across critical national infrastructure, you will play a vital role in shaping secure environments while advancing your career in a supportive and inclusive setting.
