Brennan. Where true performance thrives.

At Brennan, we believe that how technology is delivered is every bit as important as what the technology is. We focus on creating real and relevant value for customers with solutions that fit their specific needs and always reflect their true interests.

It’s a claim backed by our True Performance System – a way of working engineered to get us closer, and deliver better, for our customers and their actual experience of technology.

Why join Brennan
True performance for our customers starts with a true belief in our people.
It’s why we’ve structured our business to help our teams, and their talents, shine bright. It's why we’ve created a workplace where people of all backgrounds, beliefs and experiences are welcomed and empowered. And it’s why we’ve built an organisation where real innovation makes a genuine impact and generates true rewards for our team members.

True rewards

In addition to competitive remuneration, Brennan offers extensive benefits, including:

• Training and certification bonuses
• Culture Awards that recognise excellence
• Brennan Daredevils – our annual, all-expenses paid trip awarded to our top performers and outstanding contributors
• Vibrant, fun social activities
• Discounted hardware and software
• An environment that embraces learning and development

The Role:

• Solve complex cybersecurity problems and help customers on their cybersecurity and risk journey.
• Analyse and assess the security postures of clients and provide guidance on improvement.
• Study and outline potential attack vectors and breaches to advise clients on how to mitigate against them.

Role Responsibilities:

• Lead client engagements and build client relationships to develop an understanding of the right fit of consulting offerings to help our clients take their next step.
• Lead customer workshops to capture business and cybersecurity requirements that are used to deliver maturity assessments, roadmaps and strategies.
• Communicate technical and non-technical solutions and their business benefits to diverse stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain consulting market offerings.
• Promote consulting market offerings and generate client discussions, leads and opportunities to achieve consulting objectives.
• Develop proposals, assist with tender responses and provide support to Account Managers and Business Development Managers.
• Provide quality control and management oversight for all consulting engagements.
• Manage budget and forecasted effort for client engagements.
• Assist in maintaining team utilisation rates, resource planning, and proactive engagement management to achieve consulting targets.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to the consulting team that uplifts the quality of deliverables and provides proactive, constructive feedback on areas of development.
• Develop and provide thought leadership in primary area(s) of expertise and look for opportunities to broaden knowledge into other supporting areas through training, coaching/mentoring, and personal research.

Key Competencies and Qualifications Required:

• 10 - 15 years' proven cyber consulting experience.
• Good commercial acumen and awareness.
• Experience in a consultancy or service delivery environment.
• Proven experience in developing and delivering effective presentations
• Security certifications such as but not limited to SABSA, CISSP, CISM.
• Extensive knowledge of information security standards such as but not limited to, ISO27001, Essential Eight, NIST, Information Security Manual, Protective Security Policy Framework.
• Ability to implement and audit security and risk standards.
• Ability to use security frameworks and methodologies including OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) OSSTMM (Open-Source Security Testing Methodology Manual), and MITRE ATT&CK.
• Extensive experience of the broader technology ecosystem, common approaches to managing technology, modern technology concepts and expertise in at least one focused area of practice.
• End-to-end engagement lifecycle management experience, from pe-sales and account management activities to billing.
• Strong experience in successfully leading consulting engagements that have produced positive and tangible business outcomes.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with a focus on clarity and precision.
• Ability to develop, lead and facilitate stakeholder workshops to identify problems and develop solutions using contemporary approaches.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a proven ability to communicate and build confidence at every level of an organisation.
• A strong client focus and a strength in taking ownership to proactively monitor customer satisfaction while negotiating mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Highly developed conceptual, analytic, and system thinking skills.
• High level of organisation and time management to enable you to prioritise effectively and to successfully deliver multiple client engagements concurrently.
• Ability to work autonomously and proactively, while still being a strong team contributor.
• Methodical approach to analysis and problem-solving.
• Attention to detail with the ability to discern checkbox compliance from security control intent and efficacy.
• Champion Brennan’s values inside and outside of the workplace.
• Be able to demonstrate knowledge of:
  
  • Governance frameworks.
  • Risk Management.
  • Project management.
  • Pre-sales and account management.
  • Policy, standards, and framework documentation development.
  • Business process analysis.
  • Strategic planning.

Brennan is an equal opportunity employer.