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Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role:

Cyber Security Consultant - £70/hr (Inside IR35) - Manchester / Hybrid Potential

Position Description:

  • Investigates cyber intrusions committed by insiders, corrupt competitors, criminal enterprises and/or foreign governments.
  • Leverages in-depth knowledge of the cyber environment to investigate, mitigate, and implement processes/procedures to correct the intrusions.
  • May conduct proactive cyber risk assessments to identify previously undetected vulnerabilities and/or actual intrusions, and design/recommend security systems solutions that will ensure proprietary/confidential data and systems are protected.
  • Level: A Specialist Professional (P4) is a recognized subject matter expert in job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience.

    Responsibilities:
  • Managing large projects or processes with limited oversight from manager.
  • Coaching, reviewing and delegating work to lower level professionals.
  • Problems faced are difficult and often complex.

    Experience Required:
  • Degree qualified within an IT discipline
  • Significant prior experience within a Cyber Security field.
  • Must have significant mathematical, coding, and analytic background

    Additional Information:
    This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.
    The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Business.
    Premea is a specialist IT & Engineering recruitment consultancy representing clients in the UK and internationally within the Automotive, Motorsport and Aerospace sectors

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