Security Consultant

Company: BAE Systems Digital Intelligence
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Location: Frimley
Job Description:

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa – UK: Frimley, London, Manchester.

Job Title: Security Consultant – Cyber Assurance Focus (Hybrid: London, Frimley).

Grade: GG09.

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Conduct cyber risk assessments and supplier due diligence assessments.
  • Implement cyber security assessment methodologies on our customer’s suppliers and sub-tier suppliers.
  • Develop and maintain supplier cyber security policies and standards for assessments.
  • Advise clients on improving their supplier assurance risk management processes.
  • Understand cyber threats and use threat intelligence for assessments.
  • Participate in supplier security incident response, focusing on impact assessment and working with the Incident Response Team to develop risk mitigation strategies.
  • Prepare clear written reports and communicate cyber security requirements to stakeholders.

Your Skills And Experiences

  • A passion for and understanding of cyber security trends and threats.
  • Experience in the use and application of security risk management frameworks such as NIST CSF and ISO 27001.
  • Experience in a consulting environment.
  • Effective business acumen and an understanding of the cyber security challenges faced by organisations and their supply chains.
  • Ability to conduct face‑to‑face engagements to risk assess suppliers and articulate/pitch security advice directly to key client and supplier stakeholders.
  • Experience with relevant supply chain risk management toolsets and related tooling, such as BitSight, Panorays, Prevalent, CoreStream, ServiceNow, and PowerBI, is desirable.
  • Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal, and presentation skills.
  • Ability to prioritise workload, work well under pressure, and concurrently manage both customer and BAE Systems expectations.

Please note we are ideally looking for someone who already holds SC or can obtain the necessary clearance.

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE also offers employee share plans and an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Why BAE Systems

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must, as a minimum, achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

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Posted: March 23rd, 2026