Security Consultant will enable clients in clearly understanding their exposure to security threats/risks, and putting in place pragmatic and cost effective controls.
Requirements
- Understand and be able to explain risk exposure to cyber security threats/risks and help put in place pragmatic and cost effective controls
- Help identify, manage and treat risk to a client’s information and information technology assets.
- Support client interviews and investigations, whilst managing risk assessments and reports.
- Proficiently translate framework controls into business requirements in straightforward situations, whilst applying standard framework or relevant BAE Systems IPR/standard approaches.
- Work with account teams to identify new opportunities for work and support the production of quality proposals.
- Sources and applies collective knowledge (i.e items from wiki) to current engagement to achieve greater efficiency/consistency
- Agrees project approach with stakeholders, and prepares realistic plans (including quality, risk and communications plans) and tracks activities against the project schedule, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate.
- Demonstrates ability to use role relevant tooling at an advanced level
- Demonstrates independent thought, judgment and creativity when working with client or internal engagements.
- Ensures that own projects are formally closed and, where appropriate in accordance with LCM, subsequently reviewed, and that lessons learned are recorded.
- Takes on discrete team management responsibilities (e.g. new joiners, community management/coach, operational support, etc.)
- Understands the commercial impact of scope changes and escalates to manager where appropriate.
- Closes down projects with minimal support where appropriate, subsequently reviewed, and that lessons learned are recorded.
- Brings ideas to the group. Is recognised as a team player. Raises concerns with the team in a timely manner. Contributes in maintaining a positive spirit within the team. Works collaboratively with clients/ colleagues.
- Prepares and runs simple project team/ internal meetings effectively. Keeps participants to the main points, challenges constructively and drives decision making. Headlines key points and ensures participation.
- Demonstrates ability to find common ground with other team members to form collaborative and productive working relationships and hold influence within the team.
- Takes account of the opinions and perspectives of others. Showing mutual respect and a genuine interest in their thoughts, ideas and expectations.
- Empathises with clients/colleagues and demonstrates an understanding of their needs/ concerns.
- Identifies need for teams and collaboration where required.
- Supports and/or builds teams on a formal or informal basis to achieve business goals.
- Displays flexibility, creativity and innovation in generating solutions and recommendations.
- Rapidly summarises the key problems. Simplifies difficult situations, models and issues to create coherent and structured actions that add value for the client.
- Conducts information gathering interviews up to middle management level, listens actively and controls the development of the interview, capturing the key points.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday a year
- Option to buy/sell and carry over from the year before
- Private medical and dental insurance
- Competitive pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Taste cards
