The role involves assessing and advising clients on Cyber Essentials, conducting assessments, generating reports, and improving cybersecurity processes.
Job Title: Cyber Security Advisor (Cyber Essentials Assessor)
About the Role
Are you passionate about cyber security and ready to make a real impact? Whether you're a newly qualified Cyber Essentials Assessor or an IT professional with a strong technical understanding of cyber security fundamentals, we’d love to hear from you. We’re looking for a proactive and client-focused Cyber Security Advisor to join our team. You’ll support a wide range of clients in improving their cyber resilience through Cyber Essentials assessments and advisory services.
Key Responsibilities
Essential:
What You Bring
Please note: This role may require occasional travel to client sites and will be subject to security clearance checks.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
Remuneration: £27,500 - £39,999 Salary will be dependent on existing qualifications and experience.
Basis: Permanent, full-time
Location: Home based within the UK
About the Role
Are you passionate about cyber security and ready to make a real impact? Whether you're a newly qualified Cyber Essentials Assessor or an IT professional with a strong technical understanding of cyber security fundamentals, we’d love to hear from you. We’re looking for a proactive and client-focused Cyber Security Advisor to join our team. You’ll support a wide range of clients in improving their cyber resilience through Cyber Essentials assessments and advisory services.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing clients with high quality consultancy advice and support.
- Undertaking Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus assessments, where qualified to do so.
- Generating client assessments, feedback, reports and certificates within set Service Level Agreements (SLA) targets.
- Working with the Head of Cyber Essentials to identify improvements and automation of existing processes.
Essential:
- IASME Cyber Essentials Assessor certification.
- Those with 3 years’ experience in IT, IT security, or cyber security with a strong technical understanding of:
- Fundamental security controls such as secure configuration, access control, malware protection, patch management, and boundary firewalls
- Operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android)
- Networking protocols and server administration
- Cloud services (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS)
- Security standards (e.g. ISO 27001, PCI DSS)
- Willingness to achieve IASME Cyber Essentials within the initial 3 months it if successful. Mentorship and support will be provided by our existing experienced team.
- Experience working with clients in a consultancy or advisory capacity
- Experience working with vulnerability assessment and management tools such as Qualys, Nessus, InsightVM etc.
- Understanding and knowledge of cloud computing, Kubernetes, docker and other relevant containerisation technology will be considered a bonus.
- Junior / beginner level penetration testing qualifications such as eJPT, PNPT, CPSA etc.
- Penetration testing qualifications such as OSCP, CRT, CPTS, CRTO, CRTP etc will be an advantage.
What You Bring
- Excellent communication skills – able to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- A collaborative, team-oriented mindset
- A proactive approach to learning and staying current with cyber security trends
- Work remotely from anywhere in the UK
- Be part of a supportive and forward-thinking cyber security team
- Gain exposure to a wide range of clients and technologies
- Opportunities for professional development and certification support
Please note: This role may require occasional travel to client sites and will be subject to security clearance checks.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
Remuneration: £27,500 - £39,999 Salary will be dependent on existing qualifications and experience.
Basis: Permanent, full-time
Location: Home based within the UK
Top Skills
Android)
Cloud Services (Iaas
Cyber Essentials
Iasme Cyber Essentials
Insightvm
iOS
Linux
macOS
Nessus
Networking Protocols
Operating Systems (Windows
Paas)
Pci Dss)
Qualys
SaaS
Security Standards (Iso 27001
Vulnerability Assessment Tools
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