Security Consultant

Security Consultant Health & Public Sector (UK-wide)

We are recruiting Security Consultants to join a high-performing team delivering complex security and transformation programmes across the UK Health and Public Sector.

This is a UK-wide position with flexibility to be based from multiple office locations or remote, depending on client engagement requirements.

Locations (UK offices available):
London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Reading

Salary:
Outside London: £45,000 £66,000
London-based: £50,000 £70,000

Eligibility:

• Must hold sole British nationality
• Must meet UK security clearance requirements (SC clearance eligible or higher)

Role Overview:
You will support the delivery of secure-by-design solutions across major transformation programmes within UK public sector organisations. The role focuses on providing expert security consultancy across architecture, risk, and secure solution design.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and review security architectures for large-scale transformation programmes
• Provide security advisory across complex IT and digital initiatives
• Conduct threat modelling and identify risks across systems and solutions
• Advise on risk mitigation strategies and secure design patterns
• Support adoption of security frameworks and regulatory requirements
• Work with technical and non-technical stakeholders to communicate security risks clearly
• Identify vulnerabilities in system designs and articulate remediation approaches

Required Skills and Experience:

• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles and risk management
• Experience in security architecture or security consultancy roles
• Knowledge of cloud security (AWS or Azure preferred)
• Experience with security technologies such as IAM, PAM, network security, and encryption
• Understanding of secure software development lifecycle and secure design principles
• Ability to communicate technical risks to senior stakeholders
• Experience working in regulated environments, ideally public sector
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP or SABSA (preferred but not essential)

This is an opportunity to work on nationally significant programmes, supporting the protection and modernisation of critical UK public sector services.