Technical Security Consultant – U.S. Time Zone (EST)

Barclay Simpson
City Of London
GBP 40,000 - 60,000
Job description

Technical Security Consultant – U.S. Time Zone (EST)

Technical Security Consultant required for global consultancy. The role will be centered on information security maturity and compliance within the global infrastructure and operations (I&O). You will assist in the development of long-term security strategies and manage its execution to ensure IT services and functions meet all mandated security standards and policies, effectively assessing controls against security risks.

  • Assessments of risks, vulnerabilities, threats and compliance
  • Support and consult on security components from technical architecture & process design
  • Implement and sustain the Group Standard Information Security Framework
  • Help foster a culture of compliance and security awareness
  • Manage IT Internal Controls for the global infrastructure scope in coordination with the operations teams and relevant IT Security teams in the region.
  • Develop, use and continuously improve a formal set of processes by which the organization can identify various security concerns, gaps and remedial actions to ensure the appropriate IT Security resilience of the infrastructure
  • Ensuring that compliance is measured, reported and implemented across the I&O scope, including:

- Information security standards and procedures

- Information security regulatory compliance

- Certification standards and requirements

  • Establishing constant vigilance over critical information assets together with relevant other teams and manage security risks and threats associated with each asset
  • Supporting IT Internal Controls (MCS – Minimal Control Standards) compliance and issue management across both internal and external teams
  • Preparing the basis for security-relevant management decisions/approvals
  • Providing information security support for projects and enquiries from other functions/stakeholders
  • Responding to security incidents and reporting to appropriate parties
  • Supporting regular internal/external audits
  • Maintaining and improving processes for effective and accurate security/user administration
  • Support a culture of information security awareness and risk prevention within Global I&O
  • Collaborating with other key IT roles to ensure information security measures do not prevent the users

As an ideal candidate, you will have an industry certification such as CISSP, CEH, CISM, CISA, CRISC ITIL, CMMI, ISO 27001. You will also have expert knowledge of networking & infrastructure security and broad technical security knowledge of IT services, technology and IT solutions.

Please note: This role is based on US time zone (EST). So your working day will be from 14:00-21:00 UK time.

We seek individuals from a diverse talent pool and encourage applicants from underrepresented groups to apply to our vacancies. Our commitment to fair recruitment processes means that we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of their lived experience or personal characteristics. We also invite applicants who meet most of the listed requirements, even if not all, to apply. If you require any adjustments to the application process, please let us know.

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