Security Consultant - #2090872

DevSecOps Security Consultant / Senior Cybersecurity SME

£575/day (Inside IR35) | Sheffield, UK (2 days onsite)

12-Month Contract

Our client, a top global organization, is seeking experienced DevSecOps Security Consultants to join a high-profile Engineering Excellence and Enablement programme within a complex, regulated enterprise environment. As a DevSecOps Security Consultant, you will provide technical leadership and advisory expertise across engineering platform security, secure software delivery, and enterprise security enablement initiatives. You will assess existing capabilities, define security roadmaps, conduct platform security reviews, and drive adoption of secure engineering practices across development and operations teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct platform security assessments, maturity reviews, and gap analysis
• Define security frameworks, standards, and best practices
• Develop strategic security roadmaps and improvement plans
• Perform threat modelling and risk assessments
• Drive adoption of DevSecOps principles and secure engineering practices
• Support secure CI/CD pipeline design and implementation
• Integrate security controls and automated security scanning into delivery pipelines
• Improve platform security across development and runtime environments
• Assess and secure engineering platforms, build tools, repositories, and developer tooling
• Support secure deployment architectures and cloud-native security controls
• Promote secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) practices
• Engage with engineering, architecture, security, and leadership teams
• Communicate technical risks and recommendations to senior stakeholders
• Support governance, compliance, and risk management initiatives
• Drive security awareness and continuous improvement activities

Essential Skills & Experience

• Extensive Cybersecurity experience within large-scale enterprise environments
• Strong DevSecOps and secure software delivery expertise
• Experience securing CI/CD platforms and engineering toolchains
• Knowledge of application security, network security, and cryptography
• Experience with vulnerability management and risk assessment
• Strong understanding of service mesh architectures and modern platform security
• Experience conducting threat modelling and security assessments
• Proven ability to build security maturity frameworks and roadmaps
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to influence and drive change across complex organisations

Desirable Experience

• Financial Services or highly regulated industry experience
• Cloud-native platform security
• Enterprise engineering enablement programmes
• Security automation and policy-as-code
• Zero Trust architecture principles

Please apply with your CV and we'll be in touch.