We're hiring - Cyber Security Consultant - Cyber and Fraud Centre

Cyber Security Consultant – Permanent Full Time (Mon- Thurs)

Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland – Linlithgow (Hybrid working)

Who we are

Cyber and Fraud Centre Scotland is a not-for-profit organisation and a respected voice in business resilience, bringing together the Scottish Government and the Scottish business community. Our purpose is to support organisations on their path to better resilience by being the catalyst that makes Scotland one of the safest and most resilient places to live, work, and do business, both on and offline, especially during these times of economic recovery.

It is our intention that every Scottish organisation have the skills and knowledge to protect themselves against online attacks. We achieve this through the delivery of education and preventative training, as well as actively raising awareness of threats throughout the business community.

We are a high-performing team with a focus on genuine care and respect for one another with our values: focus, agility and accountability being at the centre of how we work. We nurture our culture by supporting equality, and diversity and helping employees achieve their professional goals, as they work to bring safety to organisations around Scotland. The threat landscape is constantly evolving, and this is an exciting time to join us as we continue to grow and expand our services.

We have an internal culture and well-being group and they meet to discuss what we have been doing, and what new things we can do to further enhance the experience for employees. This has led to us trialling a 4-day working week which has recently been made permanent.

About the role

Cyber and Fraud Centre Scotland are looking to recruit a Cyber Security Consultant based between our office in the Oracle Campus in Linlithgow, Abertay University in Dundee, and Remote Working at home. You will work closely with our Head of Professional Services and the wider team, including our team of Ethical Hacking students from Abertay University, to help manage and deliver the Centre’s growing range of Professional Services, and provide cyber security advice and cyber awareness training.

Your key responsibilities will include:

Managing the day-to-day operations of our team of ethical hacking students.
Identifying and reporting vulnerabilities within client systems and recommending remediation.
Working closely with our Head of Professional Services to identify potential partners and commercial opportunities, as well as contributing to the research and development of new Professional Services.
Delivering cyber awareness presentations at events, conferences and to Cyber and Fraud Centre Scotland members.
Scheduling, arranging, and preparing agendas, papers and presentations for our Board, finance, and senior management meetings where appropriate.
Supporting the delivery of the Centre’s Professional Services to businesses.

About you

You will:

Be educated to a degree level in cyber security or a related field.
Be passionate about all aspects of cyber security.
Be highly skilled in web application vulnerability testing and network infrastructure testing.
Have a deep understanding of cybercrime and the current cyber risk landscape.
Have highly developed client engagement skills.
Be a confident presenter.
Be an experienced and effective people manager.
Be proficient in writing reports and proposals.
Have experience in successfully managing projects.

To apply

Send an up-to-date CV and cover letter setting out your suitability for the role to [email protected]

Salary: £36,000 – £45,000

Full job description available here.

24.04.23

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