Senior Information Security Consultant

Salary: £54,000 - 94,000 per year

Requirements:

• Significant experience in an information security advisory or consultancy role.
• Proven threat modelling capability, including leading sessions and communicating outcomes to senior, non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience assessing security and risk in AI systems or AI-enabled products.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to explain technical risk in plain language for executive audiences.
• Experience conducting security architecture reviews across application, platform, or infrastructure programs.
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with the evolving threat landscape, emerging technologies, and developments in cybersecurity.
• Desirable: Knowledge of responsible AI use.
• Desirable: Strong working knowledge of NIST CSF and COBIT, with the ability to apply them practically.
• Desirable: Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, or equivalent; AI-related certification or training is also desirable.
• Desirable: Knowledge of cloud, network, and endpoint security principles, including AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Responsibilities:

• Provide expert guidance on security architecture reviews, threat modelling, and AI risk assessment, working with project teams, technology leads, and senior business stakeholders.
• Engage with change programs and project teams to embed security by design early and throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Deliver security advisory services to stakeholders at all levels, from project teams to senior leadership.
• Lead threat modelling exercises across programs and key systems, translating findings into clear, business-relevant risk statements for non-technical audiences.
• Review security architecture proposals and designs against NIST CSF, COBIT, and internal standards.
• Assess risks in AI systems and AI-enabled products, including model integrity, bias, data poisoning, and explainability.
• Work with other security teams to ensure appropriate security gates are completed across programs, including penetration testing and supplier assurance reviews where applicable.
• Represent the team in governance forums, program boards, and working groups, communicating security risks clearly and authoritatively.
• Manage concurrent workstreams and deliver quality outputs against competing priorities and deadlines.
• Mentor junior consultants through day-to-day guidance, quality reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of the team.

Technologies:

• AI
• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• GCP
• Support
• Network
• Security

More:

We are Allianz, and we are recruiting a Senior Information Security Consultant for a full-time, permanent role in our IT & Tech Engineering team. This senior advisory role is based at our Guildford office and follows a hybrid pattern, with office attendance expected one day a week on Wednesdays. Pay is circa £70,000, based on relevant experience, skills, and location; salary is one part of our total reward package. We offer flexible benefits, flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and career development and training. Benefits include flexible holiday buy/sell options, a performance-related annual bonus, a contributory pension scheme, development days, discounts of up to 50% on selected insurance products, retail discounts, and volunteering days. We support flexible working where appropriate and are committed to an inclusive workplace, welcoming neurodivergent and disabled candidates and offering tailored adjustments. We also support the Access to Work scheme and, through the Disability Confident Scheme, an Offer an Interview Scheme for eligible candidates.

last updated 40 week of 2026