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With our strategic partner Accenture, we work alongside our Vodafone customers, other Telco and tech companies to drive transformation, meet the challenges of our industry and ensure we stay relevant and resilient. This partnership is a unique, industry-first model which brings together the best of in-house and 3rd party capability.\nWe work with customers across 28 countries from 10 VOIS locations: Albania, Egypt, Hungary, India, Romania, Spain, Turkey, UK, Germany, Ireland, and with a network of teams in Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, and Portugal.\n#VOIS #BeUnrivalled #CreateTheFuture\nAbout this Role\nWe are seeking a Secure by Supplier Cyber Security Consultant to help embed secure-by-design principles into supplier engagements from the earliest stages of the supplier lifecycle. This role focuses on identifying, assessing and mitigating cyber security and regulatory risks associated with third-party suppliers, while ensuring compliance with UK Telecom Security Regulations and Vodafone’s internal security standards.\nThe successful candidate will work closely with business, technology and supplier stakeholders to evaluate supplier security postures, provide risk-based security recommendations, influence sourcing decisions, and support the inclusion of appropriate contractual controls. This is an opportunity to play a key role in protecting Vodafone’s supply chain while enabling secure and compliant business operations.\nWhat you’ll do\nPerform technical assessments of supplier security capabilities and regulatory compliance during supplier sourcing and contracting activities.\nEvaluate security and compliance risks using a standardised assessment methodology and identify effective mitigation measures.\nProvide security recommendations to support supplier selection and sourcing decisions.\nEngage with external suppliers to understand, validate and influence their security and regulatory compliance positions.\nCollaborate with internal subject matter experts and stakeholders to verify supplier security positions and support effective decision-making.\nAct as the technical security specialist when communicating cyber security risks to business, technology and supplier stakeholders.\nSupport supplier contract negotiations by identifying technical security requirements and recommending contractual controls to minimise risk.\nDevelop, maintain and improve relevant processes, reporting and assessment tools.\nProvide guidance on cyber security and compliance-related matters to internal colleagues and suppliers.\nPromote security as a business enabler and support the adoption of secure-by-design principles across supplier engagements.\nEnsure suppliers understand and adhere to Vodafone’s security standards and regulatory obligations.\nWho you are\nExperience working in a pre-sales, sourcing, risk assessment or supplier security environment, evaluating responses and determining security recommendations.\nStrong ability to communicate security requirements, risks and mitigation measures to both technical and non-technical audiences.\nGood understanding of networking concepts, traffic flows, network architecture and security best practices.\nExperience managing and influencing stakeholders across different levels of an organisation.\nSignificant professional experience in information technology and cyber security, ideally within supplier risk, security assurance or governance roles.\nKnowledge of cloud security, web services security, container security, connectivity, identity and access management, network security and penetration testing concepts.\nUnderstanding of security governance across Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environments.\nExpertise across telecommunications technologies including:Switching and routing technologies\nRouters, modems and Optical Network Terminals (ONTs)\nRadio Access Networks (RAN)\nCore routers, firewalls and border gateways\nMobile devices, tablets and IoT environments\nMobile Private Networks (MPN) using 4G/5G technologies\n\nUniversity degree in Information Security or an equivalent discipline.\nOne or more recognised industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, GIAC, TOGAF, SABSA or equivalent.\n5+ years of experience in cyber security.\nNot a perfect fit?\nConcerned you may not meet every requirement? Vodafone is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align exactly with every aspect of the job description, you are encouraged to apply. You may be the right candidate for this or another opportunity, and the recruitment team will support you in exploring where your skills fit best.\nWhat's in it for you\nOpportunity to influence supplier security decisions across a global telecommunications environment.\nExposure to complex cyber security, supplier assurance and regulatory compliance challenges.\nCollaboration with business, technology and cyber security specialists across multiple functions.\nAbility to contribute directly to Vodafone’s supply chain security strategy and risk reduction objectives.\nExperience working with evolving telecom security regulations and industry-leading security practices.\nOpportunity to shape secure-by-design adoption across supplier ecosystems.\nWhat skills you will learn\nAdvanced supplier cyber security assessment and assurance techniques.\nRegulatory compliance evaluation, including UK Telecom Security requirements.\nSecurity risk quantification, recommendation development and risk mitigation planning.\nContractual security control evaluation and negotiation support.\nSupplier governance and third-party risk management practices.\nStakeholder management and executive-level security communication.\nTelecom network security across fixed, mobile and emerging technology environments.\nSecurity governance across cloud, SaaS, PaaS and IaaS delivery models.\nVOIS Equal Opportunity Employer Commitment\nVodafone recognises and celebrates the value of diversity in building a workforce that reflects the customers and communities it serves. 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Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.\nWith us, you can truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.\nAlert\nApply for Vodafone jobs only through the official Vodafone Careers website to avoid job scams and fraud.\nFollow us on social media\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vois/\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/voisglobal\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/voisglobal/\nYou can also chat with our employees to learn more about our projects: https://lnkd.in/dpkrcvR2","description_format":"text","description_chars":8098,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"India","iso":"IN","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cybersecurity","Broadband","Information Security","Money Transfer & Remittances"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-30T19:25:37Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":9,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.334,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":95,"expected_fill_days":27,"reasons":["conf:1","stale_co","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-03T05:54:40Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/vodafone-egypt-supplier-cyber-security-consultant","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/vodafone-egypt-supplier-cyber-security-consultant.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-03T19:59:21Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2689,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-04T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":177525},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=177525"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fvodafone-egypt-supplier-cyber-security-consultant"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fvodafone-egypt-supplier-cyber-security-consultant"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fvodafone-egypt-supplier-cyber-security-consultant"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/vodafone-egypt-supplier-cyber-security-consultant\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fvodafone-egypt-supplier-cyber-security-consultant"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3541728}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"vodafone.com.eg","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3541728},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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