Job Vacancy Senior Cyber Security Consultant

Belfast

CGI

Job position Senior Cyber Security Consultant

Permanent

As soon as possible

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Published on 07/10/2025

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At CGI, we’re driving the future of cyber resilience across industries that shape the UK and beyond. As a Senior Cyber Security Consultant, you’ll play a pivotal role in helping clients navigate complex security challenges from protecting national infrastructure to enabling digital innovation with confidence. You’ll combine strategic insight with hands-on expertise to deliver solutions that make a measurable impact. Here, you’ll thrive in an environment that champions ownership, creativity, and collaboration, empowering you to grow and make a lasting difference.

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK ‘Best Employer’ by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.

You will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position.

Candidate profile

In this role, you’ll act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, helping clients understand and manage cyber risk across their operations. You’ll assess threats, design pragmatic security solutions, and shape governance frameworks that enable secure business transformation. By applying a balanced, analytical mindset, you’ll ensure every solution aligns with client objectives while strengthening their security posture.

You’ll collaborate across CGI’s 360° security network, working alongside specialists in risk, resilience, and technology to deliver integrated, high-impact outcomes. Supported by a strong professional community, you’ll have the opportunity to lead initiatives, influence strategy, and continually develop your expertise within one of the UK’s most respected cyber consultancies.

Key responsibilities:

Advise & Lead: Provide expert cyber security consultancy across complex client environments.

Assess & Protect: Evaluate risk across business, operational, and technical domains.

Develop & Implement: Design security policies, frameworks, and control measures aligned to standards (ISO 27001, NIST, CAF).

Collaborate & Influence: Partner with clients and CGI teams to drive secure change and operational resilience.

Evolve & Mentor: Support knowledge sharing and guide colleagues in developing their cyber expertise.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

Exceptional planning and communication skills are key for this role, and you’ll have a knowledge of security standards and processes such as ISO 27001 standards, (NCSC) CAF, Cyber Essentials, NIST and Cyber Essentials/Plus. We’ll also look for your experience in:

● Developing cyber policy and procedures

● Data protection and privacy

● Security change management

● Understanding business continuity resilience and incidence response

● Networks, core infrastructure and systems

Desirable qualifications include: CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CCP

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Working environment

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

Discover CGI

London, England, United Kingdom

> 1000 employees

IT services

We are a global business with 91,500 professionals across hundreds of locations worldwide, providing end-to-end IT and business process services that drive our clients’ businesses. In the UK alone, we have around 6,000 member-partners working across 19 towns and cities, doing everything from writing complex code to designing sophisticated software solutions. The work we do powers some of the most ambitious projects that touch the lives of many. Our approach sets us apart, characterised by our proximity model, international presence, expertise, and operational excellence. We organise our operations within metro markets where our clients have concentrated footprints, empowering our local teams to build trusted, in-person relationships. As you build your career here, you’ll develop your skills, share your insights, and work side-by-side with colleagues and clients on innovative solutions that address the most complex issues. Our commitment to ownership, flexibility, and being approachable makes us easy to do business with. Join us, and together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action to meet the needs and balance the interests of our clients, shareholders, communities, and each other. Benefits: - Insurance coverage - Medical benefits - Pension plan - Member Assistant Programme - Check4Cancer - Flexible time off - Share Purchase Plan - Member discounts - Dental benefits - Vision benefits - Profit Participation Plan - Health and Wellbeing Programme

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Senior Cyber Security Consultant

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