Senior Consultant - Cyber Security

We are growing our cyber security team. The team provides strategic and technical cyber security consulting to help clients reduce their risk, secure their information, and respond to incidents.

We are looking for information security and consulting professionals with a passion for helping clients around the world secure their business and manage their cyber risk.

Tasks and responsibilities

The Senior Consultant will take responsibility for individual and client-facing outputs in the following areas:

Delivering cyber security engagements

• Lead client engagements, including providing guidance to junior staff
• Deliver projects (e.g., assess cyber risk, assess program maturity, develop technical and program recommendations)
• Work with clients (e.g., educate client stakeholders, present findings, work with client teams at all levels to implement solutions)
• Work with technical partners to deliver an integrated solution
• Serve on incident response teams

Supporting Business Development

• Participate in client meetings
• Contribute to proposals for future client work
• Maintain relationships with existing clients
• Recognize opportunities for new business
• Write articles and thought leadership content to further Control Risks’ expert brand

Supporting the growth of the cyber security consulting program

• Assist in managing projects
• Help to refine our cyber security risk approaches
• Work with other departments within Control Risks to deliver integrated solutions across practices and regions

Requirements

Knowledge and experience

• Professional knowledge of information security and risk principles
• Experience addressing enterprise information security
• Prior consulting experience
• Program management experience
• Ability to translate technical analysis into actionable recommendations, in both written and verbal communications
• Knowledge of secure architecture and configuration for various network topologies and endpoint environments
• Understanding of the current threat actors, attack tools and TTPs
• Ability to produce and deliver well-crafted deliverables for clients

Qualifications and specialist skills

• At least 5-8 years directly relevant professional experience
• Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred in international relations, computer science, information security, or related discipline.
• Concentrated experience in at least one information security domain (e.g., security operations, threat intelligence, strategic analysis, forensics, incident response, penetration testing, etc.)
• Possess or ability to earn one or more leading industry certifications (CISSP, CISM, CCSP, GSEC, GPEN, GCIH)

Benefits

• Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.
• Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasise the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
• Medical Benefits, Prescription Benefits, FSA, Dental Benefits, Vision Benefits, Life and AD&D, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Disability Benefits, Voluntary Benefits, 401 (K) Retirement, Nationwide Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program.
• As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.