
Vulnerability Consultant
- Manchester
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Conduct comprehensive assessments of the range of size and complexity of client organisations against the Cyber Essentials framework.
- Collaborate with clients to understand their cybersecurity needs and provide tailored recommendations.
- Prepare detailed assessment reports and present findings to clients.
- Work closely with internal teams to ensure seamless project delivery.
- Stay up to date with the latest cybersecurity trends and best practices.
- Contribute to the development of innovative assessment methodologies and tools.
- Build support and trust with all customers.
- Running and manually verifying network and application vulnerability scans
- Analysis of external and internal outputs, to identify and communicate noncompliance.
- Work directly with customers to provide prioritization for remediation.
- Providing support and answering queries from clients
- Own the operational relationships with your customers.
- Assist the operational teams in fixing issues that arise during the operation of services.
- Act as the SME to customers to improve the quality of service they are receiving and maintain a roadmap for those customers.
- Mentor more junior consultants, providing guidance and support in delivering exceptional service to our clients.
- Foster a collaborative and positive team culture, promoting knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
- Work with the Departmental Leadership team, as a SME, to ensure success.
- Proven experience as a Cyber Essentials Assessor or similar role.
- In-depth knowledge of the Cyber Essentials framework and cybersecurity principles.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
- Proactive, creative, and solution-oriented mindset.
- Relevant certifications (e.g., Cyber Essentials Assessor, VA+, CPSA or CRT). CISM/CISSP are a plus.
- Excellent understanding of basic cyber security principles
- Good understanding and exposure to network and web application security
- Good experience using network and application scanning tools and utilities, such as Nexpose Rapid 7, Qualys, HP WebInspect, IBM AppScan, Tenable Nessus, Burp, NMAP etc.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work and manage time and tasks independently.
- Ability to communicate with customers in a clear and concise manner.
- Strong customer handling skills
- Good consultancy skills
- Team Working: Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues and clients to achieve common goals.
- Collaboration: Strong emphasis on working together to share knowledge and achieve the best outcomes.
- Proactive: Taking initiative to identify and address potential issues before they become problems.
- Creative: Bringing innovative ideas and approaches to enhance assessment processes and client solutions.