CNI Managing Security Consultant

Cheltenham - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 4 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Managing Consultant Critical National Infrastructure

Location: Hybrid with regular travel to client and operational sites across the UK sometimes at short notice.

Role Purpose

Operators of essential services face a rapidly evolving threat landscape especially as IT and OT environments continue to converge and regulatory expectations rise. NCC Groups Consulting & Implementation practice helps organisations strengthen cyber resilience by assessing risk improving controls implementing secure architectures and preparing for regulatory oversight. Our OT capability covers ICS SCADA and industrial networks with services including threat modelling attacksurface mapping embedded and firmware review and security architecture design.

As a CNI Managing Consultant you will help organisations navigate frameworks such as the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) NIS and NIS2 translating them into proportionate actionable improvement plans. Your work directly strengthens the resilience of the UKs critical sectors which continue to face enduring and significant threat activity.

You will lead client engagements across the full consulting lifecycle from discovery and assessment through roadmap and implementation. The role includes shaping and delivering work in OT and CNI environments preparing clients for regulator inspections and providing clear recommendations that support safety availability and operational uptime.

Over the next 1224 months you will deliver measurable improvements in client resilience maturity and regulatory readiness. You may also integrate NCC Groups wider capabilities such as our Microsoftverified MXDR service for continuous monitoring and response.

You will succeed in this role if you:

Apply structured evidenceled assessment methods to identify risks and provide proportionate achievable improvements
Communicate clearly with engineering operations IT and leadership stakeholders ensuring complex issues are presented in a way that informs decisions
Lead delivery teams ensure highquality outputs and maintain strong relationships built on trust and clarity
Navigate OT environments confidently bringing practical understanding of ICS SCADA industrial networks and the operational realities around safety and uptime
Work effectively with regulatory frameworks such as NIS NIS2 and the NCSC CAF.
Understand how to prepare organisations for regulatory oversight including evidencepacks and roadmap development
Draw on wider capability where useful including incident readiness and IT/OT convergence retainers delivered jointly with Dragos
Hold SC clearance (or above).

When it comes to qualifications and certifications these are helpful but not mandatory: GICSP ISA/IEC 62443 certificates CISSP CISM CSSA.

Come join us! If this sounds like the right opportunity for you wed love to hear from you. Click Apply or send your CV and cover letter to .

What do we offer in return

We have a high-performance culture which is balanced evenly with world-class well-being initiatives and benefits:

Flexible Working: Balance your work and personal life with our flexible working options.

Enhanced Holiday Allowance: Enjoy 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays with theoptionto buy up to 5additionaldays of annual leave.

Medicash& Critical Illness Scheme

Financial & Investment Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our Pension Life Assurance and Share Save Scheme.

Community & Volunteering Programmes: Make a difference in your community with our volunteering opportunities.

Green Car Scheme: Drive green and save money with our eco-friendly car scheme.

Cycle Scheme: Stay fit and healthy with our cycle-to-work scheme.

Special Time Off: Take time off for those big moments in life like gettingmarried/entering intoa civil partnership becoming a grandparent and welcoming home a new pet.

Family Planning: Benefit from our generous maternity and paternity leave as well as time off and support for those undergoing fertility treatments.

About your application

We review every application received and will get in touch if your skills and experience match whatwerelooking for. If youdonthear back from us within 10 days pleasedontbe too disappointed we may keep your CV on our database for any future vacancies and we would encourage you to keep an eye on our career opportunities as there may be other suitable roles.

If you do not want us toretainyour details please email. All personal data is heldin accordance withthe NCC Group Privacy Policy ( ()). We are committed to diversity and flexibility in the workplace. If you require any reasonable adjustments tosupportyou during the application process please tell us at any stage.

Please note that this role involves mandatory pre-employment background checks due to the nature of the work NCC Group does. To apply you must be willing and able to undergo the vetting process. This role being advertised will be subject to BS7858 screening as a mandatory requirement.

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Managing Consultant Critical National Infrastructure Location: Hybrid with regular travel to client and operational sites across the UK sometimes at short notice.Role PurposeOperators of essential services face a rapidly evolving threat landscape especially as IT and OT environments continue to conv...