Cyber Security Consultant

Job Title:Cyber Security Consultant

Location:Home-based, with 2-3 days travelling per month to client sites or other locations as needed in the performance of the role.

Role description:

• As a Cyber Security Consultant at Longwall you will become a strategic advisor and a hands-on partner for our clients. Acting as a virtual CISO (vCISO), you’ll help the organisations understand their cyber risks, define their security strategy, and mature their security capabilities over time.
• You’ll become a key member of each client’s security team – building strong relationships across both technical and executive stakeholders. Working within our Security Consulting Practice, you’ll collaborate with our SOC to receive real-world insights into client environments – such as indicators of poor practice, recurring issues and emerging threats.
• Your role is to take these insights and translate them into actionable outcomes through a Security Improvement Roadmap, hosted and reviewing regularly with each client. From security governance and risk management to architecture reviews and incident readiness, you will be responsible for helping our clients become more resilient, more secure and gain control of their risk.

Role responsibilities

• Act as a trusted security advisor and virtual CISO (vCISO), supporting clients in developing and maturing their cyber security strategy.
• Build strong, long-term relationships and embed yourself as a key member of client’s security team.
• Own and deliver a client-specific Security Improvement Roadmap, focused on reducing risk and increasing resilience.
• Lead security governance activities including risk reviews, board reporting, and mentoring of our clients teams.
• Identify security weaknesses through architecture reviews, audits, and threat exposure analysis across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments.
• Receive and interpret threat hunting results from our SOC, and drive remediation of poor practices with our clients.
• Guide our clients on compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001, CAF & Cyber Essentials supporting policy, process and control improvements.
• Join our Cyber Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) to support clients with incident planning, readiness exercises, and response when needed.
• Be an active contributor to the Longwall team, making constructive suggestions for improvement or new opportunities; asking for support when needed and giving it when asked.
• Adhere to Longwall Security internal policies as defined and updated from time to time.
• Other reasonable duties as required in support of Longwall Security goals.

Salary & benefits

• Salary of up to £80K
• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Ongoing fully funded training & certifications
• Regular company social events
• Life cover
• Sickness cover*
• Private medical cover*
• Home working allowance*
• 5% employer pension contribution

* on completion of probation.

Applicant profile - essential requirements:

Experience:

• Extensive experience designing and implementing secure technical solutions
• Strong consulting background with a deep understanding of cyber security
• Leading clients on a cyber journey, building and hosting security improvement roadmaps
• Conducting security assessments & gap analysis reviews
• Working with clients within Continuous Threat Exposure Management frameworks

Knowledge & skills:

• Good understanding of security concepts, principles and how emerging threats impact organisations
• Able to assess business and technical requirements and recommend appropriate security solutions
• Solid understanding of governance, risk and compliance frameworks
• Skilled at executive reporting, developing risk registers and writing security policies
• Comfortable presenting cyber risk to senior leadership and board members
• Ability to think independently, work through complex challenges and make clear recommendations

Behaviours:

• Focused on delivering excellent service to clients
• Committed to continuous learning and developing new skills
• Takes pride in high quality work and getting things right first time

Qualifications:

• Entitlement to work in the UK
• Full UK driving licence