Principal Cyber Security Consultant

Principal Cyber Security Consultant

Location: National *

Closing Date: 23rd February

Interviews: after w/c 9th March

Grade: Grade 7

(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary (for more information, please refer to the T&Cs at the bottom):

London: £63,343 - £78,225 (which may include an allowance of up to £14,882)

National: £58,511 - £73,450 (which may include an allowance of up to £14,939)

Working pattern: Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: 14702

* We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

We’re recruiting for a Principal Cyber Security Consultant here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Digital Cyber team within the Office of CTO.

This role aligns against Security Architect from the Government Digital and Data Framework.

The Digital Cyber team plays a central role within Justice Digital, collaborating directly with various products and services to ensure the secure delivery of justice. These offerings span the entire Ministry of Justice, from legal aid applications to prison education programmes, and we operate across multiple domains to provide specialist security expertise.

The Office of the CTO comprises technical and security professionals dedicated to shaping, assuring, and enhancing the digital services offered by Justice Digital. By integrating our collective skills, we function as a cohesive multidisciplinary unit, leveraging our combined knowledge and expertise while valuing the contributions of every team member.

Individuals who are motivated to contribute in an environment where their problem‑solving abilities, security acumen, and communication skills are in high demand will find the Digital Cyber team an exceptional place to advance their careers.

To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025.

This role will provide proactive hands‑on security leadership combined with expert advice in the scoping, development and ongoing improvement of Justice Digital products and services. They can be a mix of complex transformational digital services to targeted products, which address a specific need, and everything in between.

You’ll be expected to develop a deep understanding of wider Government strategy (inc Secure by Design and Cyber Assurance Framework), MoJ security policy and industry best practices to ensure that new technology is built to support them, ensuring that cyber security risks are identified and mitigated to acceptable levels by effective security controls and pertinent practices.

As someone who can work independently, under broad direction with functional alignment to different agencies, you will also take an active security lead on designated projects, providing technical expert cyber security oversight and guidance to both service owners and developer colleagues, ensuring strong collaboration and the unification of security across Justice Digital.

Using your security expertise and experience, you’ll support teams in achieving their goals, acting as an enabler to support delivery of MoJ products and services. We are here to help teams navigate the broad, complex field of cyber security, and we are looking for individuals who understand the bigger picture and see the success of other teams as their own.

The ideal person will:

• Support the design, development, improvement and evolution of a wide ranging portfolio of products and services in Justice Digital. This may include working with both internal and external stakeholders from project initiation through to delivery.
• Triage security requests with a positive mindset, anticipating needs and challenges.
• Provide technical advice, guidance and support from high to low level that enables business outcomes.
• Use cyber risk as an engine to drive meaningful conversations about cyber security with senior stakeholders, ensuring that discussions are grounded in the organisation’s risk landscape and aligned…