At a Glance
- Tasks: Identify and assess cyber security risks while providing expert guidance to teams.
- Company: Leading organisation in cyber security with a focus on risk management.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, remote work, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Flexible working environment with occasional travel across the UK.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by safeguarding information and shaping security strategies.
- Qualifications: Experience in cyber security and risk management is essential.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Location: Remote (Occasional UK travel)
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
About the Role
The Cyber Security Consultant will support the organisation's security risk management capability through the identification, assessment, analysis, logging and ongoing monitoring of information and cyber security risks. The role is responsible for delivering effective control assurance, validating that security control objectives are met across people, process and technology, and support the business in making well-informed, risk-based decisions.
Working collaboratively with business, technology and delivery teams, the role provides independent challenge, expert advice and pragmatic guidance to ensure security risks are understood, managed and remediated in line with organisational risk appetite and recognised best practice frameworks (e.g. ISO 27001, NIST, CIS Controls).
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver security risk identification, assessment, analysis and logging activities, ensuring risks are clearly articulated, consistently scored and recorded in approved Information Security Risk Management (ISRM) tools.
- Perform control assurance activities to validate how control objectives are being met in practice, working closely with technical delivery teams.
Cyber Security Risk Consultant employer: Sanderson Government and Defence
As a leading employer in the cyber security sector, we offer a dynamic and supportive work environment that prioritises employee growth and development. Our remote working model, complemented by occasional UK travel, allows for flexibility while fostering collaboration across teams. With competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, we empower our Cyber Security Risk Consultants to make impactful contributions to our security risk management capabilities, ensuring a rewarding and meaningful career path.
Contact Details:
Sanderson Government and Defence Recruitment Team
