Senior Cyber Security Consultant
// Role Summary
Join QinetiQ as a Senior Cyber Security Engineer and contribute to cutting-edge defence technology. You will provide expert cyber security consultancy, risk assessment, and mitigation strategies to clients across various sectors.
// Key Responsibilities
- Provide expert cyber security consultancy and risk assessment.
- Develop business risk models and identify mitigation strategies.
- Lead cyber security audits against established standards like ISO27001.
- Conduct vulnerability analysis and risk assessments using frameworks like NIST and MITRE ATT&CK.
- Apply Secure by Design principles to projects and systems.
- Work at multiple UK sites with customer travel required.
// Role Specification
About the Role
As a Senior Cyber Security Consultant at QinetiQ, you will engage with customers to deliver impactful cyber security consultancy within a collaborative and supportive team environment. You will be instrumental in shaping and protecting our clients' operations through expert cyber security advice.
Your Responsibilities
- Lead the development of business risk models and supporting documentation to assess cyber security risks, enabling informed operational decision making and business planning across a variety of sectors using recognised frameworks such as NIST and UK Government standards.
- Lead and deliver cyber security audits against established standards, including ISO27001, to evaluate compliance, identify areas for improvement, and support organisational security objectives.
- Lead detailed vulnerability assessments and cyber risk analyses to provide a comprehensive understanding of security maturity, threat exposure, and organisational resilience, leveraging frameworks such as NIST, MITRE ATT&CK, and UK Government guidance.
- Identify, assess, and clearly communicate appropriate mitigation strategies to reduce cyber risk within specific business, operational, and threat environments, ensuring recommendations align with organisational priorities.
- Develop robust cyber security risk cases that articulate threats, vulnerabilities, business impacts, and risk treatment options, supporting strategic decision making and investment planning.
- Apply Secure by Design principles throughout business and operational activities, ensuring security considerations are embedded from the outset of projects, systems, and processes to enhance overall cyber resilience.
Essential Experience
- A good understanding of cyber security risk and its impact on business operations, helping organisations make informed decisions and strengthen resilience.
- Experience applying cyber security principles, standards, and best practices to assess risk, improve compliance, and support secure business outcomes.
- The ability to develop pragmatic risk mitigation strategies that balance security requirements with operational and business needs.
- Proven experience identifying and communicating security risks across technology, systems, and business processes, providing clear recommendations to stakeholders.
- The ability to build strong relationships with customers and stakeholders, confidently presenting complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- A good understanding of relevant NIST frameworks and ISO 27001 standards and how to apply them in practice.
Essential Qualifications
- STEM degree or equivalent, or relevant experience.
We value diversity and are keen to hear from individuals with the required experience and a willingness to learn, regardless of their background or education.
Location and Working Hours
This role is based on 37 hours per week at our Portsmouth, Farnborough, Malvern, Amesbury, Lincoln, or Bristol sites, with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week. Customer travel will be required.
About QinetiQ
QinetiQ is at the forefront of defence, security, and technology innovation, creating the future through cutting-edge solutions. Join us to work with brilliant minds and contribute to empowering and protecting lives.
Our Benefits
- Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance.
- Generous holiday allowance with the option to purchase additional days.
- Options for Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance, and Dental Insurance.
- Employee discount portal offering savings on various services and products.
- Support for the Armed Forces community, with Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
- Volunteering opportunities for charities and the local community.
Our Recruitment Process
We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process where all candidates feel valued and supported. Please discuss any potential reasonable adjustments with your recruiter if you have a disability or health condition.
Many roles at QinetiQ require national security vetting. Applicants with existing vetting may be able to transfer it. Some roles may have additional restrictions based on nationality.