Senior Cyber Security Consultant
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 09 Mawrth 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £44,421 i £58,997 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | The base salary is £44,241. In addition to this the role includes a Digital and Data allowance of up to £14,756. |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 22 Mawrth 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Swansea |
| Cwmni: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 451768/1 |
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Are you a keen problem solver and able to develop and maintain good relationships with a wide range of stakeholders?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about what it's like working at DVLA roles: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - Department for Transport Careers
As a Cyber Security Consultant, you will be part of the Cyber Security Services team, providing cyber security consultancy services for projects and business as usual (BAU) activities and supporting ongoing compliance and assessing risk.
Reporting to the Lead Cyber Security Consultant, you will be responsible for providing advice and guidance to IT workstreams delivering Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s (DVLA’s) services, liaising with other teams in the IT department, providing security architecture input to technical designs and solutions and acting as a source of expert advice and guidance.
You will be an experienced cyber security professional who can:
- Apply your extensive knowledge of cyber and information security.
- Assess risks to existing and proposed systems and technical solutions, and then devise risk management plans to address such risks.
- To a large degree manage your own time and resources to deliver the required outcomes.
- Be actively engaged in the major change programme being implemented at DVLA, including playing an important role in solution evaluation and technology selection.
- Develop and maintain good relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Work as part of a team to deliver cyber security services.
- Develop/progress your own skills and career and also to actively coach and develop others.
This role plays a vital part in delivering secure‑by‑design systems and services for DVLA by ensuring that the architecture and design of DVLA networks and systems remain secure by conducting risk assessments and offering security guidance aligned with UK Government policy and recognised best practice.
The position delivers cyber security consultancy and risk management services, including:
- Providing expert advice, guidance, and direction on cyber security to management, project teams and the wider agency.
- Ensuring that cyber security requirements are included within architectural decisions for solutions.
- Developing, maintaining, and updating documentation relevant to system and security assurance.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Being responsible for developing risk assessments in line with agreed risk assessment methodology within agreed timescales in order to provide senior managers with the appropriate information to make IT and information risk management decisions.
- Managing relationships with:
- Work package stakeholders (senior managers seeking security advice on work packages, project managers etc.).
- Software engineers and other IT specialists
- Providing timely subject matter expert advice and consultancy in accordance with HMG security guidelines and DVLA policy on IT and information security issues to DVLA staff.
- Providing expert advice and recommendations including where relevant risk assessments and business impact analysis in relation to the designated area of responsibility.
- Reviewing security-relevant project documentation, including, but not limited to, High Level Designs and Low Level Designs.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
Open Sessions: Would you like to find out more about the role, the team and what it’s like to work in our department? If so, we are organising an open session where you can virtually 'meet the team' on Tuesday 17th March at 12pm. Sign up here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/dvlaitsrecruitment/senior-cyber-security-consultant-familiarisation-…
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