Summary: The Cyber Security Specialist role in Sheffield, UK, involves joining an international client for an initial 6-month contract, requiring two days per week on-site. The position emphasizes strong relationship-building skills and a technical background in application security and DevSecOps. The consultant will be responsible for delivering transformational enablement programs and managing stakeholder alignment. The role is classified as inside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build strong relationships and persuade multiple stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes.
- Utilize a strong technical background in application security and DevSecOps.
- Deliver transformational enablement programs and training for change engagement.
- Design needs-based solutions that measurably reduce risk.
- Enable technologists at scale with demonstrable results.
- Manage or integrate third-party training enablement vendors and platforms.
- Understand security concepts, principles, and programming language flaws.
- Address emerging technologies and associated security threats, particularly related to AI tool deployment.
Key Skills:
- Strong relationship building and persuasion skills.
- Technical background in application security and DevSecOps.
- Experience in delivering transformational enablement programs.
- Design thinking capability for creating measurable solutions.
- Experience enabling technologists at scale.
- Understanding of security concepts and programming language flaws.
- Knowledge of emerging technologies and security threats.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Sheffield
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
***Cyber Security Specialist - Sheffield, UK***
For our international client based in Sheffield, UK, RED is looking for a Cyber Security Expert to join them. The consultant is expected to start as soon as possible and for an initial 6 months contract. The project is based in the Sheffield and will need 2 days per week onsite with the client. Please note: This role is inside IR35
Job Description
- Strong relationship building and persuasion skills proven ability to align multiple stakeholders to deliver a shared outcome
- Strong technical background in application security DevSecOps and/or other cyber controls plus credible working knowledge of AIGenAI engineering usage and associated cyber risks
- Engineer at heart mindset with demonstrated experience stepping out of practitioner work to deliver transformational enablement programmes training change engagement culture behaviour change
- Design thinking capability creates needs based solutions that are measurable and materially reduce risk
- Experience enabling technologists at scale with demonstrable results
- Ideally experience managing or integrating third party training enablement vendors and platforms
- Excellent understanding of security concepts and principles good understanding of security flaws across programming languages
- Understanding of emerging technologies and corresponding security threats explicitly relevant here given AI tool deployment
If you are interested in this position, please apply or send your updated CV to bgriffin@redglobal.com for immediate consideration.