Principal Cyber Security Consultant

Company: Jacobs
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Location: Glasgow
Job Description:

Responsibilities

  • Design, integrate, and test cybersecurity solutions, including response, recovery, and vulnerability plans.
  • Act as design authority for secure system lifecycles, access control, authentication, encryption, backup, disaster recovery, and incident response.
  • Develop cybersecurity assessment methodologies and identify security requirements for auditing, monitoring, and compliance.
  • Develop and implement robust security risk management processes in collaboration with clients and regulatory authorities.
  • Conduct security reviews, threat and technical assessments, audits, and gap analyses.
  • Contribute subject‑matter expert input to business development activities and proposals.
  • Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of relevant IT security standards, regulations, and emerging threats.

Qualifications

  • Demonstrable experience in IT cybersecurity, ideally within CNI or industrial/operational environments.
  • Strong understanding of IT technologies used across CNI sectors (servers, containers, networking, cloud, hosting, storage, and security appliances).
  • Experience with security engineering technologies (endpoint protection, firewalls, IPS, API).
  • Understanding of cybersecurity and IT security services provided in enterprise and their inter‑relationships (security architecture, GRC, SOC, analyst and forensic services).
  • Understanding of cloud edge connectivity and security, including security baseline considerations for hybrid and multi‑cloud environments.
  • Familiarity with implementing and working with standards and frameworks (IEC 62443, NIST CSF, ISO 27000 series, MITRE ATT&CK, GDPR, NCSC CAF, NIS/NIS2 regulations).
  • Ability to explain threat‑based and risk‑informed security considerations in clear business terms.

Equal Opportunity

As a disability‑confident employer, we interview candidates who best meet the criteria, including those seeking flexible working and who may not meet all listed requirements.

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Posted: April 19th, 2026