14702 - Principal Cyber Security Consultant
| Posting date: | 10 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £58,511 to £70,725 per year |
| Additional salary information: | The national salary range is £58,511 - £65,329, London salary range is £63,343 - £70,725. Your salary will be dependent on your base location. London: £63,343 - £78,225 (which may include an allowance of up to £14,882) National: £58,511 - £73,450 (which may include an allowance of up to £14,939) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 February 2026 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 4 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 14702 |
Summary
Principal Cyber Security Consultant
Location: National*
Closing Date: 23rd February
Interviews: after w/c 9th March
Grade: Grade 7
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary (for more information, please refer to the T&Cs at the bottom):
London: £63,343 - £78,225 (which may include an allowance of up to £14,882)
National: £58,511 - £73,450 (which may include an allowance of up to £14,939)
Working pattern: Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working
Contract Type: Permanent
Vacancy number: 14702
*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
The Role
We’re recruiting for a Principal Cyber Security Consultant here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Digital Cyber team within the Office of CTO.
This role aligns against Security Architect from the Government Digital and Data Framework
The Digital Cyber team plays a central role within Justice Digital, collaborating directly with various products and services to ensure the secure delivery of justice. These offerings span the entire Ministry of Justice, from legal aid applications to prison education programs, and we operate across multiple domains to provide specialist security expertise.
The Office of the CTO comprises technical and security professionals dedicated to shaping, assuring, and enhancing the digital services offered by Justice Digital. By integrating our collective skills, we function as a cohesive multidisciplinary unit, leveraging our combined knowledge and expertise while valuing the contributions of every team member.
Individuals who are motivated to contribute in an environment where their problem-solving abilities, security acumen, and communication skills are in high demand will find the Digital Cyber team an exceptional place to advance their careers.
To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025.
Key Responsibilities
This role will provide proactive hands-on security leadership combined with expert advice in the scoping, development and ongoing improvement of Justice Digital products and services. These can be a mix of complex transformational digital services to targeted products, which address a specific need, and everything in between.
You’ll be expected to develop a deep understanding of wider Government strategy (inc Secure by Design and Cyber Assurance Framework), MoJ security policy and industry best practices to ensure that new technology is built to support them, ensuring that cyber security risks are identified and mitigated to acceptable levels by effective security controls and pertinent practices.
As someone who can work independently, under broad direction with functional alignment to different agencies, you will also take an active security lead on designated projects, providing technical expert cyber security oversight and guidance to both service owners and developer colleagues, ensuring strong collaboration and the unification of security across Justice Digital.
Using your security expertise and experience, you’ll support teams in achieving their goals, acting as an enabler to support delivery of MoJ products and services. We are here to help teams navigate the broad, complex field of cyber security, and we are looking for individuals who understand the bigger picture and see the success of other teams as their own.
The ideal person will:
Support the design, development, improvement and evolution of a wide ranging portfolio of products and services in Justice Digital. This may include working with both internal and external stakeholders from project initiation through to delivery.
Triage security requests with a positive mindset, anticipating needs and challenges.
Provide technical advice, guidance and support from high to low level that enables business outcomes.
Use cyber risk as an engine to drive meaningful conversations about cyber security with senior stakeholders, ensuring that discussions are grounded in the organisation’s risk landscape and aligned with business objectives.
Challenge the status quo and work with the Central MOJ Information Security Team to develop and evolve MoJ Policy and risk practices based on organisational needs.
Take a key role in the promotion of strategic cyber security initiatives, influencing and aligning stakeholders to the MoJs security aims and objectives.
Act as a key point of contact for product teams, facilitating queries and providing sound security advice, utilising industry best practices, recognised frameworks and government policy as the foundation for your decision making.
Be proactive in sharing knowledge, mentoring junior members of the team and documenting processes and techniques.
Be responsible for the line management of Civil Servants and Contractors.
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!
Benefits
37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms.
Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow.
Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates).
25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the King’s birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
Location: National*
Closing Date: 23rd February
Interviews: after w/c 9th March
Grade: Grade 7
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary (for more information, please refer to the T&Cs at the bottom):
London: £63,343 - £78,225 (which may include an allowance of up to £14,882)
National: £58,511 - £73,450 (which may include an allowance of up to £14,939)
Working pattern: Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working
Contract Type: Permanent
Vacancy number: 14702
*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
The Role
We’re recruiting for a Principal Cyber Security Consultant here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Digital Cyber team within the Office of CTO.
This role aligns against Security Architect from the Government Digital and Data Framework
The Digital Cyber team plays a central role within Justice Digital, collaborating directly with various products and services to ensure the secure delivery of justice. These offerings span the entire Ministry of Justice, from legal aid applications to prison education programs, and we operate across multiple domains to provide specialist security expertise.
The Office of the CTO comprises technical and security professionals dedicated to shaping, assuring, and enhancing the digital services offered by Justice Digital. By integrating our collective skills, we function as a cohesive multidisciplinary unit, leveraging our combined knowledge and expertise while valuing the contributions of every team member.
Individuals who are motivated to contribute in an environment where their problem-solving abilities, security acumen, and communication skills are in high demand will find the Digital Cyber team an exceptional place to advance their careers.
To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025.
Key Responsibilities
This role will provide proactive hands-on security leadership combined with expert advice in the scoping, development and ongoing improvement of Justice Digital products and services. These can be a mix of complex transformational digital services to targeted products, which address a specific need, and everything in between.
You’ll be expected to develop a deep understanding of wider Government strategy (inc Secure by Design and Cyber Assurance Framework), MoJ security policy and industry best practices to ensure that new technology is built to support them, ensuring that cyber security risks are identified and mitigated to acceptable levels by effective security controls and pertinent practices.
As someone who can work independently, under broad direction with functional alignment to different agencies, you will also take an active security lead on designated projects, providing technical expert cyber security oversight and guidance to both service owners and developer colleagues, ensuring strong collaboration and the unification of security across Justice Digital.
Using your security expertise and experience, you’ll support teams in achieving their goals, acting as an enabler to support delivery of MoJ products and services. We are here to help teams navigate the broad, complex field of cyber security, and we are looking for individuals who understand the bigger picture and see the success of other teams as their own.
The ideal person will:
Support the design, development, improvement and evolution of a wide ranging portfolio of products and services in Justice Digital. This may include working with both internal and external stakeholders from project initiation through to delivery.
Triage security requests with a positive mindset, anticipating needs and challenges.
Provide technical advice, guidance and support from high to low level that enables business outcomes.
Use cyber risk as an engine to drive meaningful conversations about cyber security with senior stakeholders, ensuring that discussions are grounded in the organisation’s risk landscape and aligned with business objectives.
Challenge the status quo and work with the Central MOJ Information Security Team to develop and evolve MoJ Policy and risk practices based on organisational needs.
Take a key role in the promotion of strategic cyber security initiatives, influencing and aligning stakeholders to the MoJs security aims and objectives.
Act as a key point of contact for product teams, facilitating queries and providing sound security advice, utilising industry best practices, recognised frameworks and government policy as the foundation for your decision making.
Be proactive in sharing knowledge, mentoring junior members of the team and documenting processes and techniques.
Be responsible for the line management of Civil Servants and Contractors.
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!
Benefits
37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms.
Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow.
Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates).
25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the King’s birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.