Cyber Security Consultant
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£48,500
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2135 (80% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £48,500, and GIOS Technology is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 3549 (Business associate professionals not elsewhere classified., Governance and process integration role, not hands-on security engineering). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
About the role
We are hiring for Cyber Security Consultant at London/Preston/Birmingham – 2 days per week Onsite
Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance is must have
Job Description:
- The Cyber Security Process Alignment & Supplier Onboarding Consultant operates within the Operational Integrator (OI) function to support the onboarding of new service providers into a multi-supplier (SIAM) environment within a Defence programme.
- The role focuses on translating established security processes, policies, and governance into structured onboarding materials, ensuring that incoming suppliers clearly understand their obligations and are aligned from day one.
- Working closely with Security Assurance, Incident, and Vulnerability Management leads, the consultant ensures that supplier processes are understood, integrated, and evidenced, rather than redesigned. The outcome is a consistent, controlled onboarding approach that enables suppliers to operate effectively within the existing security operating model.
- This is a governance, integration, and enablement role, not a hands-on operational security or engineering function.
Key Responsibilities
Supplier Onboarding & Process Integration
- Develop structured onboarding packs for new suppliers covering:
- Security processes (e.g. incident management, vulnerability management, assurance)
- Policies, standards, and governance expectations
- Reporting and escalation requirements
- Define and agree:
- Supplier roles and responsibilities
- Interaction models between Supplier, SI, OI and Client
- Act as the central integration point for onboarding suppliers into the SIAM security model
Process Alignment (SIAM / OI Model)
- Work with Security Assurance, Incident and Vulnerability leads to translate defined processes into supplier-consumable guidance
Compliance & Assurance Enablement
- Support the assessment of supplier:
- Security Management Plans
- Compliance reporting and outputs
- Ensure suppliers understand:
- Evidence requirements
- Assurance expectations
- Audit and governance processes
- Provide confidence that suppliers can demonstrate compliance from Day 1 of service commencement
Governance & Communication
- Support onboarding for multiple Service Commencement Dates, working across:
- Incoming suppliers
- Incumbent suppliers (handover)
- Client stakeholders
- Transition teams
- Ensure security expectations are:
- Clearly communicated
- Consistently applied
- Understood at both operational and governance levels
Documentation & Knowledge Transfer
- Produce clear, structured documentation including:
- Process packs
- Supplier guidance materials
- Governance and reporting expectations
- Ensure documentation is:
- Consistent across all suppliers
- Aligned to NIST CSF and Secure by Design principles
- Suitable for reuse in BAU onboarding
Transition Support
- Support phased onboarding aligned to transition timelines
- Help ensure continuity between:
- Existing (incumbent) service delivery
- New supplier responsibilities
- Contribute to establishing a repeatable onboarding model for future suppliers
Service Management & Operational Readiness Enablement
- Support the onboarding of suppliers across core IT Service Management processes, ensuring alignment with client operational standards and governance
Key Skills & Experience
Essential
- Experience in cyber security governance, GRC, or security process roles
- Experience working in multi-supplier or SIAM environments
- Strong understanding of security processes such as:
- Incident Management
- Vulnerability Management
- Security Assurance
- Ability to interpret operational outputs (e.g. SOC reporting) without direct tool ownership
- Strong stakeholder engagement and coordination skills
- Experience supporting audit, compliance, and assurance activities
- Experience working in transition or transformation programmes
Desirable
- Knowledge of:
- NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF)
- Secure by Design principles
- NCSC / UK Government security guidance
- Experience in defence or other high-security environments
Key Deliverables
- Supplier onboarding packs aligned to security processes and governance
- Standardised supplier interaction model within SIAM
- Supplier-aligned process documentation and guidance
- Verified supplier readiness for Service Commencement
- Repeatable onboarding approach for future suppliers
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with GIOS Technology, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
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What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2135 going rate of £48,500. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.