Senior Security Consultant Cyber Business Resilience and Recovery
Division:Consulting & Implementation (C&I)
Location:UK (with travel as needed)
Please note: Applications will close on Sunday 4 January. Our review process will commence on Friday 2 January. We appreciate your interest and look forward to connecting with you soon. Wishing you an enjoyable festive season.
Why this role
Do you thrive on helping organisations prepare for withstand and recover from cyber incidents At NCC Groupyoullbe part of a team that bridges the gap between cyber operations and business continuity ensuring our clients can respond confidently when disruption across incident response readiness cyber recovery planning crisis management exercises and resilience assessments that protect real-world business high-impact work that blends strategy governance and hands-on resilience engineering.
Whatyoulldo
Build cyber resilience strategies:Design and deliver tailored cyber resilience and recovery frameworks that integrate business continuity IT disaster recovery and incident response.
Assess and improve readiness:Conduct cyber resilience maturity assessments and tabletop exercises;identifyand prioritise gaps in recovery capabilities.
Design recovery playbooks:Create actionable recovery and communication plans aligned with NIST ISO 22301 and industry best practice.
Test andvalidate:Lead scenario-based simulations and recovery testing tovalidateprocesses people and technology readiness.
Integrate with security operations:Collaborate with SOC and IR teams to align resilience and recovery capabilities with detection containment and response functions.
Engage stakeholders:Translate technical findings into clear business-relevant recommendations; present outcomes to executives and boards.
Advise on resilience architecture:Support the design of resilient infrastructure backup strategies and cloud recovery configurations.
Mentor and contribute:Coach junior consultants and share lessons learned through internal knowledge sessions and reusable playbook templates.
Whatyoullbring
Strong experience incyber resiliencebusiness continuity anddisaster recoveryconsulting ideally within complex enterprise environments.
Practical understanding ofincident responsecrisis management andcyber recovery operations.
Familiarity with frameworks and standards such asISO 22301NIST CSFNIST SP 800-34 andBS 65000.
Proven ability to engage at all levels from technical recovery teams to C-suite executives.
Experience running orfacilitatingtabletop exerciseswar-gaming sessions orsimulation testing.
Knowledge of resilience tooling (e.g. backup orchestration DR automation configuration baselining).
Strong written and verbal communication able to produce concise reports and deliver persuasive presentations.
Nice-to-haves (not show-stoppers)
Exposure tocloud resilience(Azure/AWS/GCP) and hybrid recovery architectures.
Experience withrisk managementframeworks (ISO 27005 FAIR).
Understanding ofsupply chain resilienceand third-party risk.
Certifications such asCBCIISO 22301 Lead Implementer/AuditorCISSPCISM orCRISC.
Why Join Us
At NCC Group your mission is to help create a more secure digital future. Youll work on high-impact projects cutting-edge research and real-world security challenges. We partner with some of the worlds most innovative companies and we want you to be part of that journey.
Youll join a global team of specialists who thrive on solving complex problems. We invest in your development and well-being and weve built an environment where you can grow professionally personally and technically.
So ready to join us
Whats In It For You
We balance high performance with world-class well-being benefits including:
Flexible working
Pension life assurance share save scheme
Generous parental leave
Community & volunteering programmes
Green car scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Wellness programmes
Learning & development opportunities
Employee referral bonuses
If this sounds like the right fit wed love to hear from you.
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Note: This role requires pre-employment background checks (BS7858 screening) due to the nature of the work.
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