Leonardo
Senior Consultant - Risk and Governance
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Senior Consultant - Risk and Governance
Job Description: Senior Cyber Consultant
Salary Range
£44,171 - £63,000
Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range above reflects the approved grade band for this role or the narrower hiring band, benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.
About the Role
Leonardo UK is seeking a Senior Cyber Consultant to join the Cyber & Security Solutions Division team.
This role is focused on helping customers:
- Identify, assess, treat, and monitor security risks.
- Define and implement security strategies or programs.
- Produce security policies, processes, and management plans.
The position may involve a hybrid working model, balancing remote work with on-site collaboration at Leonardo offices to support team and customer engagement.
What You Will Do
As a Senior Consultant, you will:
- Relate: Actively listen and build empathy with customers to foster strong business relationships.
- Understand: Define potential security solutions based on limited initial information and your expertise.
- Assess: Frame threats and security challenges using a risk-based approach to help customers align security efforts with their objectives.
- Treat: Develop appropriate and proportionate security solutions—encompassing people, process, and technology—to enable customers to meet their goals.
- Assure: Assist in defining, implementing, and assessing security environments against criteria spanning people, process, and technology to provide confidence in security posture.
- Develop: Contribute to Leonardo’s product offerings by supporting business development processes and technical product innovation for customer sectors.
What You’ll Bring
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The right candidate will combine technical expertise with consultative excellence and passion for cyber and information security. Key requirements include:
Core Skills
Essential consulting skills, including:
- Building strong client relations.
- Adaptability to changing schedules and priorities.
- Ensuring reliability and quality of task delivery.
- Flexibility in working locations and hours.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
Qualifications & Certifications
- At least one recognised professional certification in cyber security, such as:
- Sec+
- CISMP
- CCNA Security
Experience & Knowledge
- Continuous management of project delivery (time, cost, and quality metrics).
- Multi-stakeholder management with empathy—balancing listening and communication.
- Ambitious, creative drive to safeguard UK national infrastructure and establish expertise in *cyber security.
- Experience in mentoring junior team members.
- Strong understanding of risk management and best practices, including:
- NIST SP800-37
- NIST SP800-30
- ISO-31000
- ISO-27005
- Experience assessing risks and building/evolving risk management frameworks (e.g., assessment criteria).
- Ability to clearly communicate abstract risk-based concepts.
- Proficient knowledge of TCP/IP-based networking and threats across the OSI model, including common protocols and risks.
- Experience assessing and defining security governance frameworks.
Security Clearance
This role requires pre-employment security screening per the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). Additional checks such as The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) may be required depending on eligibility. For further guidance, visit: Leonardo Careers – Security Vetting
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Why Work With Us?
Leonardo places its people at the heart of its success. We provide a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package supporting growth, wellbeing, and work-life balance.
Benefits Include But Are Not Limited To:
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Flexible Workplace Options:
- Generous leave policy with up to 12 additional flexi-days annually.
- Hybrid work flexibility and potential part-time arrangements.
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Investment in Your Future:
- Award-winning pension scheme (up to 15% employer contribution).
- Access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
- Referral benefits for colleagues identifying talented candidates.
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Support for Wellbeing & Diversity:
- Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks (organisations such as Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Wellbeing, and Ethnicity).
- Bonus scheme for eligible management-level staff.
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Flexible Rewards:
- Annual spending allowance (up to £500) on perks such as:
- Private healthcare.
- Dental.
- Family cover.
- Discounts on fitness, technology, and lifestyle services.
- Annual spending allowance (up to £500) on perks such as:
Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security, with a focus on advancing innovation and global safety. Our 8,500+ employees across 9 UK sites shape the future of technology from diverse backgrounds.
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Location & Logistics
Primary Location: GB - Bristol - Coldharbour Lane Additional Locations: GB - Edinburgh, GB - Lincoln, GB - Luton - Cap. Green 300, GB - Newcastle, GB - Southampton Contract Type: Permanent Working Model: Hybrid
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