Principal Cyber Security Consultant

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Principal Cyber Security Consultant Location: Remote in the United Kingdom Purpose, objectives, and requirements of the role: The BlueVoyant Principal Security Consultant leads and manages Cyber Security Consultants within the Professional Services team and are the primary subject matter expert and technical authority in advising, supporting and managing clients and the team across multiple activities, including but not limited to:   Technical & organizational security controls Cyber and digital transformation activities  Remediation workstreams and roadmaps Policy & process implementation Information Security Maturity Audits/CMMI Certification or alignment with recognized industry standards Compliance with applicable regulations & legislation Building and implementing governance & risk management processes Design implementation and testing of security tooling BC/DR & Incident response capability building and testing Supply Chain Risk Management Leadership and Management of Consultants, including report writing QC/QA Training and development of the consultant workforce Input to employee reporting process Multi-discipline understanding and service integration effort Practitioner/Consulting SME advisor to senior BV stakeholders Business Development The Principal Consultant must have significant credibility and experience as well as currency in these fundamental skill sets, with additional ability to lead and mentor others against them.


The Principal Consultant will be an expert at working with and have knowledge of security tools and capabilities that protect and defend client organizations and their people, intellectual property and technology against wide-ranging threats in including nation states and Advanced Persistent Threat groups that act on their behalf.


They must be able to confidently converse at all stakeholder levels in a client organization to convey risk, threats and treatment options.


They will be pro-active, and must lead, manage and problem solve across the entire client project portfolio.

 They must contribute to, manage, over-see and support delivery against complex cyber-security and technology transformation programmes, with no oversight and must escalate risks or issues to director level in a timely manner.   The Principal Consultant must demonstrate detailed understanding of and be able to educate others on ways to integrate activity with BlueVoyant colleagues across the globe, specifically Digital Forensics, Incident Response and Penetration Testing specialists as well as wider BlueVoyant service offerings when appropriate, to produce threat-aware products, services and outputs that are impactful, efficient, cohesive, and are enhanced with intelligence and automation.  BlueVoyant are trusted cyber-security partners and advisors to some of the most high-profile organizations, entities and governments in the world.

Strong and wide-ranging expertise & experience, credibility and quick understanding of key client needs and outcomes with the ability to determine and influence effective remediation paths is critical.

  The Principal Consultant must be able to directly inform, influence and advise senior client decision making, and advise on other consulting efforts to overcome difficult challenges, potentially while assisting with the management of a significant security breach.

Main duties and responsibilities: Oversee, deliver, and direct the delivery of all client facing activity; this may include work or travel out of hours.


Lead, manage and advise on complex workstreams; take ownership of and review outputs and outcomes and respond to reporting and feedback when required.


Support the development of opportunities as the SME practitioner response to client RFPs and construct/review proposal documents and responses.  Work in direct support of the Director of Cyber Advisory, deputising when necessary.


Continuously improve capability, enhance & integrate service offerings, and build the Professional Services team.  In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, perform other duties assigned by Director Cyber Advisory from time to time.


Comply with applicable legislation, codes of conduct, and company policy - such as Health and Safety procedures as outlined by the Companies Health and Safety Policy About BlueVoyant At BlueVoyant, we recognize that effective cyber security requires active prevention and defense across both your organization and supply chain.


Our proprietary data, analytics, and technology, coupled with deep expertise, works as a force multiplier to secure your full ecosystem.


Accuracy!


Actionability!


Timeliness!


Scalability!


Led by CEO, Jim Rosenthal, BlueVoyant’s highly skilled team includes former government cyber officials with extensive frontline experience in responding to advanced cyber threats on behalf of the National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Unit 8200, and GCHQ, together with private sector experts.


BlueVoyant services utilize large real-time datasets with industry leading analytics and technologies.


Founded in 2017 by Fortune 500 executives, including Executive Chairman, Tom Glocer, and former Government cyber officials, BlueVoyant is headquartered in New York City and has offices in Maryland, Tel Aviv, San Francisco, London, Budapest, and Latin America.


All employees must be authorized to work in the United Kingdom.


BlueVoyant provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.


In addition to federal law requirements, BlueVoyant complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.


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