Our client based in North West Leeds is a global organisation specialising in Consultancy services. They are looking to hire an Information Security Consultant to join their existing Information Security team based in their New York, USA office.

We also have Information Security roles available in other Global locations including India, Singapore, Brisbane and Sydney so are accepting applications from candidates who are also based in these locations.

Working with the Information Security team to provide advice and guidance on IT security and further develop IT policies and processes across a multi-region infrastructure consisting of 8300+ staff and 100+ sites. As a member of the IT Security team, you will review all aspects of the IT environment and its components. This role shall be responsible for supporting and maintaining enterprise-wide solutions. The successful candidate will be required to proactively improve and provide advice and guidance on information security matters.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Assist with security incident management and response activities

General day-to-day support on managing and responding to security alerts from systems and end users

Perform daily, weekly, and monthly security checks, reconciliation and compliance checks and investigate exceptions

RFI, completing client security requirement questionnaires and support the bidding process

Identify and raise awareness of security risks

DLP, develop and enhance security policies, processes, procedures, and technical controls to strengthen company security capabilities and resilience to cyber threats

Take a proactive role in identifying security risks, mitigations, and opportunities to strengthen company resilience to cyber-attacks and security incidents

Participate in the design and implementation of systems and applications

Develop user and technical training guides

Maintain and manage the IT Risk register

Test Disaster Recovery plans and capabilities to ensure they work as designed, identifying gaps, lessons learnt and drive continual development and enhancement.

Technical Requirements:

At least three years hands-on experience of information security within an enterprise environment.

Exposure to enterprise information security standards including Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001, 27002 etc. Data Protection Act and the General Data Protection Regulation

Microsoft M365 Security solutions; Networking; Security operations; Vulnerability Management; Security Auditing,

Microsoft information protection, Purview, Microsoft Secure Score

Good understanding of security testing principles, including experience of vulnerability scanning, identifying, resolving, and reporting risks

Privileged Access Management, Application Whitelisting

KnowBe4 simulation/testing platform

Experience of formal document creation, such as the creation of reports or procedures It is essential that you have detailed knowledge of:

Microsoft O365 environment

Threat Intelligence analysis and best practice

Security Incident Response processes, procedures, and best practices

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity principles

Event and log analysisCore Behavioural Skills:

Must have outstanding attention to detail

Confident individual with the good interpersonal skills, able to deal with people at all levels and communicate to users in a clear, non-technical language

Team-player

Analytically minded, able to break down and understand information

Experienced and confident in working to critical deadlines

Must be comfortable with working in a fast-moving, dynamic environment

Strongly customer-focused, used to providing support to demanding users

Good organisational skills, used to managing and prioritising own workload

Ability to report on progress, timescales, outstanding and completed activities

We are looking for experienced information security professionals with exposure, knowledge and experience of security solutions contained within Microsoft M365.

Please note: For the New York role - All candidates must be currently based in the USA/have right to work in the USA.

For more details regarding these opportunities or to apply, please contact Sam or Sally at Headway Recruitment: or

Headway Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Headway Recruitment are an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to a policy of diversity, equality and inclusion