Job Description
Technical Security Consultant (Manager)
£500/day (Inside IR35) | 4-Month Contract
Watford (2 days onsite)
Ad-hoc travel to London, Birmingham, and other UK office locations
Our client is seeking an experienced Technical Security Consultant (Manager level) to join a specialist Security Consultancy function supporting enterprise-wide digital transformation and secure technology innovation initiatives. This role focuses on providing technical security leadership across modern digital platforms, cloud-native solutions, AI/GenAI capabilities, and enterprise architecture programmes. You’ll work closely with engineering, architecture, product, and business teams to ensure secure-by-design principles are embedded across the full solution lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide technical security consultancy and leadership across digital solutions and enterprise platforms
* Collaborate with engineering, product, architecture, and delivery teams to ensure solutions align with security requirements and best practices
* Conduct architecture and design reviews to support secure solution delivery
* Perform threat modelling activities and provide risk-based security recommendations
* Advise on secure adoption of AI/GenAI technologies including:
* Microsoft 365 Copilot
* Copilot Studio
* LLM integrations
* AI security guardrails and misuse prevention
* Support secure-by-design adoption across cloud, SaaS, and enterprise platforms
* Define and scope security testing requirements for new systems and products
* Conduct post-deployment security architecture reviews
* Support development of secure coding guidance, security patterns, and security standards documentation
* Contribute to solution architecture activities for security-focused initiatives including IAM and AI security
* Collaborate with governance, change management, and design authority functions
* Promote security awareness, best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives
Required Skills & Experience
Core Security & Architecture Experience
* Prior experience in one or more of the following:
* Infrastructure/Solution Architecture
* Technical Security Architecture or Consulting
* Security Operations
* Secure Application Development
* Strong understanding of application, cloud, SaaS, and enterprise security concepts and best practices
* Experience working within Agile and DevOps delivery environments
* Hands-on experience using threat modelling within enterprise programmes
Experience securing digital products and enterprise solutions across one or more of the following areas:
* AWS Bedrock, Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Google Gemini
* Azure OpenAI Service, Google Vertex AI, AWS, Microsoft Azure / M365
* Google Cloud, ServiceNow, SAP
* Networks, firewalls, routers, switches, LAN/WAN, SDN
* Windows, Linux, Apple, and Android operating systems
* Security technologies such as:
* Microsoft Entra ID
* CyberArk
* SailPoint
* Threat modelling platforms
* Excellent stakeholder communication and consulting capability
* Ability to explain technical security concepts to different audiences
Desirable Experience
* AI/GenAI threat modelling and AI security governance
* Container and serverless security
* Infrastructure and network security
* Secure application development and testing practices
* Experience within regulated or customer-facing environments
* Security certifications such as:
* Certified Information Systems Security Professional
* Certified Cloud Security Professional
* AWS / Azure / Google security certifications
Please apply with your CV and we'll be in touch. Thank you!