Cyber Incident Response Lead

HMRC; Leeds; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Labour Market Supplement for qualifications

Job summary

A government agency is seeking a Cyber Incident Operations Manager to lead a team in addressing cybersecurity threats and managing incidents. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in cybersecurity, excellent leadership skills, and experience with incident response. This role involves analyzing security data, managing threats, and ensuring best practices in incident management. A SANS certification or relevant SOC experience is required, along with familiarity with security technologies like SIEM and EDR.

Qualifications

• Strong technical background in cybersecurity.
• Proven track record of managing incident response teams.
• Excellent vendor stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Triaging and investigating security alerts.
• Managing the response to cybersecurity incidents.
• Developing alerts against large data sets.
• Performing malware analysis.
• Establishing and maintaining incident response processes.
• Serving as a subject matter expert on cybersecurity frameworks.
• Conducting computer forensic analysis.

Skills

Cybersecurity management

Incident response

Vendor stakeholder management

Leadership

Problem-solving

Education

SANS certification

Experience in SOC

Tools

SIEM

EDR

IDPS

Job description

A government agency is seeking a Cyber Incident Operations Manager to lead a team in addressing cybersecurity threats and managing incidents. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in cybersecurity, excellent leadership skills, and experience with incident response. This role involves analyzing security data, managing threats, and ensuring best practices in incident management. A SANS certification or relevant SOC experience is required, along with familiarity with security technologies like SIEM and EDR.