Overview
North builds stronger networks and creates smarter places. Our intelligent technology solutions and robust network infrastructures transform the way people, places, and organisations work. We focus our expertise on three specialist sectors: public services, enterprise & data centres, and defence & justice.
Our people are industrious and inventive. We collaborate closely with our clients to understand their unique needs and challenges, delivering impactful solutions that make their environments better connected, simpler to manage, safer, and more efficient.
The work we do at North is pioneering and fun. We build meaningfully, think bigger, and always advance. Our diverse range of customers and services makes every day different. We always look at things from the customer’s point of view. Our values are know your craft, know your colleagues, know your customers, and know how to connect.
Responsibilities
North is looking to appoint a customer-facing Information Security Consultant.
The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the cyber & info security integrity of North’s customer deployments and for working with North’s major customers to assess and improve the cyber-security robustness where their IT and OT deployments converge onto common networks and platforms.
This role requires a cyber security subject matter expert with a deep understanding of current and emerging cybersecurity threats and how to mitigate them, particularly in the arena of Operational Technologies.
The candidate should have understanding and experience in the application of NCSC best practice and UK government accreditation frameworks including Cyber Assessment Framework and Secure by Design.
Finally, the candidate must have excellent consulting, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with demonstrable experience of applying these skills in customer-facing environments.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Develop and enhance North’s customer-facing cyber security framework compatible with “Secure by Design” and CAF principles, ensuring clear responsibility for cyber security risk.
2. Ensure and assure that North’s customer deployments comply with North’s cyber security framework, industry regulations, and customer security accreditations & requirements, including GDPR, ISO27001, and Cyber Essentials Plus.
3. Lead customer-facing cyber-security audit & assurance exercises, focusing on the deployment of customer Operational Technology solutions & IT or OT adjacent to North’s solutions.
4. Work as a core pre-sales member of selective large & strategic bids, ensuring that customers’ tender requirements relating to cyber-security are fully understood and addressed.
Qualifications
To succeed in the role, the following skills, knowledge, and attributes are key:
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
* Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CCISO are highly desirable.
* Extensive experience in information & cyber security, particularly with Operational Technology and Information Technology.
* Strong knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks, standards, and best practices; experience applying Secure by Design & Cyber Assessment Framework is highly desirable.
* A strong understanding of how to combine technology, policy & process, risk management, and user education to minimize cyber-security risks.
* Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and process-focused skills.
* Strong communication, interpersonal, and senior stakeholder management skills.
North rewards employees with a competitive market salary and an excellent benefits package and offers fantastic opportunities for progression throughout the company. North is an equal opportunity employer, celebrating diversity and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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