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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Cyber Security Consultant - **Company:** Reed - **Location:** Birmingham, UK (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cyber Security, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Salesforce.Com, Servicenow - **Published:** September 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/senior-cyber-security-consultant/57401786 ## About the Role * Strong experience in security assurance and risk management. * Practical experience working with AWS and SaaS environments. * Experience supporting integration-heavy landscapes. * Ability to make clear, actionable security recommendations and see them through. * Strong written and verbal communication skills. * Comfortable working in live delivery settings rather than purely advisory roles. * Ability to assess and communicate security risk positions and produce stakeholder-ready assurance outputs, including risk assessments, remediation plans, and security recommendations. * Experience producing security assurance artefacts, risk assessments, remediation plans, and stakeholder-ready recommendations. * Ability to engage with and challenge technical and senior business stakeholders on security risk and control decisions. * Experience supporting remediation activities, driving actions through closure and evidencing outcomes. * Experience working across multiple concurrent projects within a fast-paced delivery environment. * Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate security risk clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. Desirable: * Central government or public sector assurance experience. * Experience with ServiceNow, Salesforce, or comparable enterprise SaaS platforms. * Exposure to OT, IoT, or smart-building technology. * Cloud or cyber security certifications (AWS, CISSP, CCSK, etc.). * Experience of GovAssure or similar government assurance frameworks. * Experience producing assurance documentation for regulated or audited environments. * Experience supporting digital transformation programmes within Central Government. * Understanding cloud security architecture principles within AWS environments. ## Description Join Reed Professional Services (RPS), a leading digital transformation consultancy, as a Senior Security Consultant. This role is pivotal in delivering security assurance, cloud security input, and technical risk management across live projects in a fast-paced, cloud-first and SaaS-led environment. 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