Security Consultant - H&PS

Security Consultant – H&PS, Location Flexible: UK (With Client Travel) –

Career Level:

Consultant – Salary:
Competitive Salary & Package (Dependent on Experience)

Important Eligibility
:
Any offer of employment subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance requiring 5 years continuous UK address history (no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside the UK) at the point of application and full British Nationality. This information relates to a specific client requirement.

As a Security Consultant, you will:

• Design security architectures for a range of IT solutions, including large digital transformational programmes.
• Provide advisory to wider complex transformation programmes that shape the future of the UK.
• Advise clients on regulatory compliance (e.g., ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR, PCI-DSS).
• Communicate to a wide range of stakeholders on secure design solutions and IT risk mitigation strategies.
• Solve challenging security problems via research and innovation.
• Identify security vulnerabilities in system architectures and articulate these via risk terminology.

• Passion for improving the UK public sector security posture.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles and risk management.
• Experience applying security technologies to architectures and solution designs (e.g., Privilege Access Management, SSO, IDAM, Network security and encryption).
• Understanding of IT infrastructure, technical concepts, and design methodologies.
• Understanding of threat modelling and development of reference architecture.
• Ability to learn and adapt quickly.

• Hands‑on experience in Network and/or Cloud security.
• Hold SABSA/CISSP or similar certification.
• Current Government Security Clearance (SC, DV etc.) or ability to gain clearance.

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work.

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there may be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners.

We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law.