Cyber Security Consultant

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Location

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

Type

Full Time

Salary

Up to £80k

Company overview

Longwall Security is a specialist provider of cyber security services. We are dedicated to safeguarding digital assets for our range of high profile clients and ensuring the integrity of their data and their customers’ data. Our team is employing innovative strategies and advanced technologies to counteract evolving cyber threats.

About the role

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.

Key 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.

The recruitment process

Our process is transparent and designed to give you a solid understanding of the role and our culture. It includes two stages:

A remote interview with future peers
A follow-up, in-person interview where you’ll meet the hiring manager and other team leads. You’ll be asked to prepare and present on a relevant scenario or topic

Benefits

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.