Data Security Consultant - Cyber in Birmingham

We are actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone.

Location: Birmingham (SCC operate hybrid working, which comprises of a mix of office and home working)

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary Package: £90,000 - £110,000 plus large company benefits, a broad flexible benefits scheme, and 2 paid-for volunteering days a year

Hours: 9.00 am – 5.30 pm, Monday – Friday

Interview Process: 2-stage process

Why SCC?

• An inclusive workplace
• Excellent package: solid basic and company benefits
• Hybrid working & core hours in line with role requirements
• Career development and life-long learning opportunities
• Opportunity to join Europe's largest privately-owned IT Company

Role purpose:

We’re looking for a Data Security Consultant with a strong GRC foundation and hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview to help organisations understand, protect, and govern their data in a pragmatic, business-aligned way. This is a client-facing advisory role. You’ll work with security, risk, compliance, and data stakeholders to design and deliver data security and governance outcomes — not just deploy tools. You’ll be comfortable operating at the intersection of risk, regulation, data protection, and technology, translating complex requirements into clear, actionable solutions. Security clearance or the willingness to apply will be required for this role.

Key responsibilities:

• Sales Support: Work with our Cyber Solution Architects to respond to RFI, RFP, and Tenders in areas for Data Security. Using your expertise and knowledge consult with customers helping define the scope, identify successful outcomes that conform to required prerequisites.
• Subject Matter Expert: Deliver Data Security Proof of Concepts with Customers and SCC Pathfinders covering Microsoft Purview, Varonis, Pulse, and Vision. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of evolving best practices in the field of data security. Applying industry best practice frameworks and regulatory considerations when designing and implementing data security controls. Participate in one or more of our Subject Matter Expert (SME) groups within the Cyber team.
• Delivery: Implement and maintain data classification, labelling, and governance controls aligned to customer requirements and regulatory obligations. Mapping regulatory and GRC requirements (e.g. GDPR, ISO 27001, NIST, data residency, retention) to practical data security controls. Conducting data risk assessments, gap analyses, and control reviews across Microsoft 365 and wider data estates. Supporting clients with policy design, operating models, and control frameworks for data protection and governance. Acting as a trusted advisor, able to challenge constructively and influence senior stakeholders. Producing clear, executive-ready deliverables (risk assessments, recommendations, roadmaps, design documentation).
• Solution Enhancements: Work with our Product Architecture teams to identify areas of technical development of our services. Work with our Product Management team to identify opportunities for service enhancements based on customer feedback.

Skills and experience:

• Hard Skills: Deep understanding of Data Security solutions, specifically based on Microsoft and Varonis. Understanding of regulations and Frameworks impacting data. Understanding of data related organisational policies. Ability to translate customer needs into relevant solutions. Experience translating risk and compliance requirements into technical controls.
• Soft Skills: Excellent stakeholder communication. Consultative and Customer Facing skills. Comfortable engaging with technical teams and non-technical stakeholders. Collaboration and Teamwork. Documentation and Attention to Detail. Analytical and persuasive abilities. Teamwork & cross-functional collaboration.

Language: Fluent English required. Spanish or French would be an advantage but not essential.

Candidate Profile:

• University Degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, or similar (desirable).
• Hands-on experience implementing data security controls, ideally in a service provider environment.
• Microsoft Certifications such as SC-200 and SC-401 (desirable).
• Evidence of continued professional development within Cyber Security.
• Must be able to obtain the Government and/or Police Security levels required to meet the operational requirements of the role and as per the requirements stipulated in relevant customer contracts.

About Us:

SCC is Europe's largest privately-owned IT business, based out of the new £7m HQ office in Birmingham and we help clients succeed through IT transformation and exceptional customer experiences. We are a business where innovation is greater as we combine unique ideas, people and disciplines. We are a global company that is passionate about IT and where we look to simplify the complex. We are an equal opportunities employer SCC is committed to providing equal opportunities and a proactive and inclusive approach to equality and diversity in employment. No applicant or employee will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of a protected characteristic which are defined as sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignment, trade union membership or non-membership, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race and religion or belief.

If you are selected for interview, and need any reasonable adjustments made for your interview, please let the SCC Talent Acquisition team know, at the point of scheduling.