Senior Cyber Security Consultant

We're keen to hear from cyber security and data protection experts who would like to join our growing brand.  Our empowered working culture means you can choose to work from one of our regional hubs or entirely remotely.

CSS Assure is a leading business consultancy dedicated to simplifying cyber security, data protection and risk management. Our mission is to simplify information security and make businesses and individuals ‘Hard to Hack’; we are humans first and know our clients are too.

We’ve recently become part of legal and professional services group Ampa – which owns leading midlands law firm Shakespeare Martineau – making us the first non-legal services provider acquisition since Ampa unveiled its innovative ‘house of brands’ strategy last year. Our services complement Ampa, and our impressive joint client base and exciting innovation roadmap provide a strong catalyst for growth. We are looking at expansion from day one with a number of job opportunities for technical specialists, making this an exciting time for anyone who joins us.

CSS Assure is reinforced by military veterans and the consultancy is a signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, supporting veterans leaving the services, and their families.

As a cyber security senior consultant you will be responsible for delivering cyber security analysis, assurance and advisory support to a range of clients nationally and internationally.  Our broad range of clients, including those in FTSE 350, will allow you to gain experience across a range of sectors including:

• Financial services, banking, insurance and investment

• Corporates/private sector/industry & services

• Central and local government

• Superyacht and maritime industry

• Ampa’s extensive client base in legal and professional services

Role Responsibilities:

• Maintain a thorough understanding of cyber security frameworks; emergent threats, topics and themes; industry good practice; and applicable regulations

• Deliver CSS Assure’s information security services to their clients 

• Support junior cyber security consultants in the delivery of cyber services to large clients as required

• Be prepared to act as a client account manager / focal point

• Conduct information/cyber security governance and technical vulnerability audits and compliance checks

• Produce audit report and recommended remediation roadmap

• Communicating information security threats and risk to clients

• Establish and manage remediation service delivery plan

• Build trust and work with clients to remediate security vulnerabilities

• Implement information/cyber security governance strategies and documentation – e.g. information security policies etc

• Assist with the implementation of technical cyber resilience solutions

• Lead and support client cyber-attack management process as part of incident response and disaster recovery

• Develop and deliver cyber security awareness training as required

• Support CSS Assure internal security resilience

• Identify opportunities for new CSS Assure services, products, and sales opportunities

• Contribute and collaborate on projects, products, and services development as required

• Support the sales and business development team by assisting in the preparation of proposals for new work

The person will:

• Possess strong written and verbal communications skills with the ability to convey complex information in a simple manner which builds trust with CSS Assure clients

• Be confident at building effective rapport and professional working relationships with clients and colleagues

• Be comfortable working in an agile and fast changing environment with flexibility to respond to client queries and support needs

• Exhibit good judgement and the ability and confidence to make well informed decisions in a timely manner

• Be self-motivated and comfortable working remotely from the wider team

• Possess strong time management and prioritisation skills

• Have good knowledge and experience of Microsoft 365 tools, Microsoft Teams and other collaboration tools

• Maintain control and stability under pressure whilst recognising the deadline or urgency to be dealt with

• Be prepared to travel both in the UK and Internationally

What we’re looking for:

• A minimum of 3 years’ relevant client facing experience

• Educated to A-Level / NVQ L3 or equivalent in a cyber-related qualification or equivalent

• Grade B or above in GCSE English Language and Maths

Desirable:

• ISO27001 implementor

• Cyber Essentials / Plus Assessor

• IASME Governance Assessor

How we work:

We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.

We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.

We have hubs in Birmingham, Leicester, Lincoln, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon and Sheffield. This role can be worked entirely remotely.

Find out more about us:

CSS Assure is an Information Security and Risk Consultancy.  The business provides advice, support, remediation, assurance, and response support to their clients to help them build and maintain robust cyber security resilience, data protection compliance and financial crime resilience.  This is achieved by assisting clients in identifying and understanding what risks and vulnerabilities they hold against internationally recognised industry standards and then work closely with them to implement a tailored programme of work to mitigate risk, meet compliance obligations and provide strategic, operational, and tactical support to maintain resilience as their needs require.

The nature of the consultancy support that CSS Assure provide is “new,” continuously evolving, and technical and many businesses are apprehensive with engaging with the issue.  Fundamental to the CSS Assure approach and its success is the way the business and its consultants assists clients’ understanding using clear, simple, and relatable language with the minimum of technical jargon.

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Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward.

Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here.

Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.

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