Specialist Security Consultant

All the details

Join M&S as a Specialist Security Consultant and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of secure innovation. In this role, you’ll lead a portfolio of change initiatives, embedding Secure-by-Design principles into everything we do. Your expertise will ensure that cyber risks are understood, managed, and reduced across the organisation. Working cross-functionally with teams across business and technology, you’ll maintain strong relationships within your portfolio and help drive our mission to protect and strengthen M&S against evolving threats.

What you'll do

• Support the InfoSec relationship with identified portfolio of change
• Identify when your portfolio requires additional InfoSec support from areas such as Security Architecture, Security Design or Security Engineering and broker the engagement
• Provide security requirements and guidance into the change activities
• Responsible for ensuring Threat Modelling is in place for the identified programs, projects, engineering
• Work with GRC to inform on risk, compliance and assurance with regard to your portfolio of change

Who you are

• Clear understanding and experience of risk assessment and compliance frameworks
• 5 years in technology with at least 2 years’ experience of security engineering or similar role
• Must be knowledgeable in 2 or more security domains
  • Application Security
  • Network Security
  • Infrastructure Security
  • Cloud Security
  • End-User Compute Security
  • IoT and ICU Security
• Supporting qualifications in technology or security such as the following:
  • Microsoft/Azure Architecture
  • British Computer Society Diploma
  • CISSP, CISM, CRISK, CGEIT. CCAK, CCSK, CCSP
  • Computer Science or Cyber Security Degree

What’s in it for you

Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…

• After completing your probationary period, you’ll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days.
• Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
• A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
• A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programs to develop your skills.
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
• Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
• Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
• A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.

Everyone’s welcome

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.

We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process. #hybridrole #LI-Hybrid #LI-OT1