Senior Cyber Security Consultant

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent

Location: Gloucester

Job Ref: 205127

About the role

Benefact Group are looking for a Senior Cyber Security Consultant to join our Gloucester office.

You will play a critical role in safeguarding the organisation's digital assets by engaging with a wide array of business functions to provide security consultancy, vulnerability management and security governance.

In this role you will be engaging with key stakeholders of the business, articulating the real world cyber security risk associated and developing solutions that align with security and project requirements. You will be working with a modern technology stack with a focus towards cloud technologies. As the Senior Cyber Security Consultant, you will be providing mentorship to junior members of the team regarding strategic guidance as well as technical expertise.

This is a great opportunity for development both on a technical and client service level.

Why join us?

Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's 15 Best Big Companies to Work For in 2025, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group - where all profits go to charity and good causes.

What you'll be doing

Supporting Business projects and targeted requests, you will provide subject matter expertise for internal projects and stakeholders, identifying risks and advising on the correct approach to mitigate those risks. You will have responsibility for Vulnerability Management and Penetration Testing, managing outputs from internal tooling and external vendors in order to prioritise remediation by relevant internal parties in order to ensure the identified risks are mitigated. You will actively support the development and implementation of ICT Security (and associated) Policies, accompanying Security standards, procedures, guidance and will manage the process for documenting and reporting policy exceptions. You will lead the delivery of Cyber Security support to the Group Procurement function, overseeing and, in some cases, undertaking detailed third-party due diligence processes. You will provide mentorship and leadership to more junior members of the Team, fostering an inclusive, supportive and engaged learning environment, being a key contributor to a high performing and professional Security Team.

What you'll need to have

Proven experience providing Cyber Security Analyst services A strong understanding of enterprise ICT and security principles A strong understanding of cloud security concepts and technologies Understanding of the CI/CD process and security integrations Excellent communication and collaboration skills

What makes you stand out

Degree-level qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field, or equivalent experience Audit experience (eg ISO 9001/27001) is desirable

What we offer

A competitive salary - let's discuss it Hybrid working Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution Generous annual bonus scheme: on-target bonus between 6% and 24% 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year Employee Assistance Programme Full study support to gain professional qualifications Access to virtual GP Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Hear from the hiring manager

"This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing and evolving security function, where you can actively shape its future direction as it continues to develop."

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

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• Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26