Cyber Security Consultant - Threat Management (UK Public Sector)

Skip to content IBM < Back to search results Cyber Security Consultant - Threat Management (UK Public Sector) London, Hursley, Leicester, Manchester, Hampshire, London, City of, Manchester, Leicester, United Kingdom Professional Email X LinkedIn Apply now Introduction At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth. We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.  We offer: Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting FutureNow Centers, where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology. Your role and responsibilities As a Senior Security Consultant – Threat Management, you will help clients strengthen and modernise their Security Operations, Detection & Response, and Threat Management capabilities across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments.   Working closely with client security teams, architects, and operational stakeholders, you will design and improve detection strategies, develop high-quality detection content, enhance SIEM/SOAR capabilities, and drive measurable security outcomes through threat-informed defence.   You will operate as a trusted technical consultant, combining hands-on expertise with strong stakeholder engagement to deliver client-facing advisory, engineering, and transformation engagements.   Key responsibilities include:   Designing, implementing, and improving SIEM and security monitoring capabilities. Developing and tuning detection content, analytics rules, and correlation logic. Conducting threat hunting exercises aligned to MITRE ATT&CK and client threat profiles. Supporting incident response, investigation, and post-incident improvement activities. Delivering SOC maturity assessments, capability reviews, and uplift roadmaps. Integrating and optimising telemetry across cloud, identity, endpoint, network, and application environments. Designing and improving SOAR playbooks and automated response workflows. Advising clients on detection engineering standards, operational processes, and security monitoring strategy. Producing high-quality technical documentation, runbooks, operating procedures, and client deliverables. Leading workshops and presenting findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Required education None Preferred education Bachelor's Degree Required technical and professional expertise Demonstrable experience within Threat Management, Detection Engineering, Security Operations, Incident Response, or Threat Hunting environments....