Principal Consultant - Security Auditor

Job Description:
The opportunity:
We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Cyber Security Consultant - Auditor, to join Leonardo Cyber & Security Solutions Division.
This is a highly rewarding role with exposure across both traditional and cutting-edge enterprise IT as well as bespoke Operational Technology systems with a clear and defined pathway to achieve chartership, NCSC certification and greater responsibility. Your work at Leonardo will see you inspire and lead in solving customer problems in an agile, innovative and team centric manner. We are after creative, passionate, technically savvy and personable people to help grow our practice and solve some of the most challenging, exciting and critical security challenges to the UK's digital landscape.
For this role, you will be working on one of our most high-profile programmes, conducting security assessments against well-known frameworks and helping a key customer to transform the way that they understand and improve their security maturity.
The role is based at our offices in Bristol or Luton (hybrid working) and travel will be required to other UK company and client locations.
What you'll do as a Principal Consultant:

• Relate - Our customers and their problems are at the heart of what we do. As a Consultant and Auditor you will help to actively listen and empathise with our customers to build intimacy.
• Understand - We add value by solving problems, as a Consultant and Auditor you will help define potential solutions to these problems with only limited information based on your experience and technical knowledge.
• Assure - Giving our customers confidence that security is where it needs to be is a key requirement across heavily regulated industries. As a Consultant and Auditor you will assist in defining, implementing and performing assessments of our customer's environment against a given set of criteria spanning people, process and technology. You will develop requirements and recommendations that the customer should enact to correct any observations made.
• Assess - At Leonardo we adopt a risk-based approach to any security problem. As a Consultant and Auditor you will need to identify, measure and analyse the risks attracted by a given digital system and its information assets through the completion of risk assessments. You will also assist in defining appropriate and proportionate security solutions to those risks, spanning people, process and technology.
• Develop - All our offerings are based on a core set of products. As a Consultant and Auditor you will assist in building a viable offering as part of the Leonardo business winning process for a customer as well as help in the technical development of our products to be used across our customer sectors.

What we need from you:

• At least one of the following qualifications: CCP IA/Auditor Senior, CISM, CRISC, CISA, ISO27K Lead Auditor or Lead Implementer
• Demonstrable experience in Cyber Risk Management or Auditing in a Defence and/or public sector context.
• Experience of directly managing project delivery and associated metrics such as time, cost and quality.
• Experience of and ability to manage multiple stakeholders and their needs with empathy, finding an appropriate balance of listening and speaking.
• UK SC Clearance or the ability obtain it as well as other more in-depth security clearances.
• An Expert understanding of security maturity & detailed knowledge of a security maturity framework such as NIST CSF and its Implementation Tiers, C2M2 and NCSC CAF. An understanding of other security frameworks such as ISO27001, CIS and/or SOC2 would also be beneficial.
• Extensive experience in measuring compliancy of an organisation or digital system against a given set of security criteria.
• An Expert understanding of security compliance & detailed knowledge of a control framework such as NIST SP800-53 and ISO(phone number removed), IEC62443.
• Be certified by a well-known standards body in the provision of audits such as ISACA.
• Extensive experience in the development and mentoring of junior team members.
• An ambitious and creative drive to help safeguard UK national infrastructure and become a recognised cyber expert.
• Evaluating internal security systems, controls and policies. Ensuring compliance with application laws and regulations.
• Ability to write technical reports that analyse and interpret audit results.
• Leading and facilitating Audit Workshops to clients prepare for audit.
• A good understanding of TCP/IP based networking concepts across the OSI model layer as well as the common protocols in use and their risks.
  

Security Clearance
You must be eligible for full security clearance. For more information and guidance please visit : https://(url removed)/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels
Life at Leonardo
With a company funded benefits package, a commitment to learning and development, and a flexible approach to working hours focused on the needs of both our employees and customers, a career with Leonardo has never offered as many opportunities or been more accessible to as many people.

• Flexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us
  
• Company funded flexible benefits: Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance)
  
• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year
  
• Pension: Award winning pension scheme (up to 10% employer contribution)
  
• Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support and network groups to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Reservists, Carers)
  
• Lifestyle: Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme
  
• Training: Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera
  
• Referral Incentive: You can earn a reward for successfully referring a friend or family member
  
• Bonus: Scheme in place for all employees at management level and below
  

For a full list of our Company benefits please visit our website.
Leonardo is a global high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Headquartered in Italy, Leonardo has over 45,000 employees, of which 8,000 are based at 8 sites throughout the UK.
At Leonardo UK, we believe that a diverse and inclusive work environment unlocks our people's full potential and drives innovation and creativity. We work hard to offer a welcoming, accessible and inclusive place to work for all of our people, creating a culture where everyone can thrive, feel safe and have a sense of belonging and connection.
This is a great opportunity to bring your talents and form an integral part of Leonardo's future. We can help you develop your skills and offer great opportunities to develop and grow, so why not join us.
Primary Location:
GB - Bristol - Coldharbour Lane
Additional Locations:
GB - Luton - Cap. Green 300
Contract Type:
Hybrid Working:
Hybrid