Cyber Operations & Third-Party Security Lead

Arbuthnot Latham; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

1 day per week work from home

Private healthcare cover

Pension via market-leading provider

Discretionary bonus

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Arbuthnot Latham is seeking a senior cyber security operations lead in London to oversee monitoring, triage and incident response across the organisation. You will manage MDR and SOC providers, drive vulnerability management and risk controls while reporting to senior stakeholders.

The role requires strong governance, excellent communication and experience with ISO 27001, NIST CSF and regulatory expectations. Hybrid work arrangement includes one day a week from home, with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in cyber security operations, incident response or security monitoring.
• Experience managing security service providers, SOC or MDR capabilities.
• Knowledge of cyber threats, attack techniques, threat intelligence and vulnerability management.
• Experience of security incident management and cyber crisis response.
• Experience of supplier cyber risk assessments and 3rd-party risk management.
• Understanding of ISO 27001, NIST CSF, FCA/PRA expectations and operational resilience requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and reporting skills.
• Minimum of one of the following: ISO27001 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor.
• Desirable: CISSP, CISM, GIAC Incident Handler (GCIH), CCD or equivalent, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor, CRISC.

Responsibilities

• Lead our cyber security operations capability, including oversight of security monitoring and detection services.
• Manage relationships with MDR, SOC and threat intelligence providers.
• Ensure security events are triaged, investigated, escalated and resolved in accordance with policy and procedure.
• Coordinate the operational response to cyber security incidents and support CIRP execution.
• Maintain incident response playbooks, escalation procedures and runbooks.
• Produce reporting and MI on security events, incidents and threats.
• Oversee vulnerability management across infrastructure, cloud, apps and endpoints.
• Ensure vulnerabilities are assessed, prioritized, tracked and remediated.
• Monitor threat intelligence sources and assess relevance to the tech landscape.
• Coordinate threat hunting activities and investigations from alerts and feeds.
• Identify recurring weaknesses and drive remediation actions.
• Lead 3rd-Party Cyber Risk Management framework.
• Review supplier security assessments, attestations and due diligence submissions.
• Oversee supplier vulnerabilities, cyber incidents, breaches and control deficiencies.
• Escalate material supplier cyber risks through governance forums.
• Support operational resilience and outsourcing for 3rd-party cyber security.
• Develop and maintain cyber security procedures and standards.
• Support ISO 27001 certification, regulatory compliance and audits.
• Contribute to cyber risk reporting for senior management and governance.
• Drive continual improvement of monitoring, incident management and 3rd-party risk.
• Support implementation of cyber security tooling including ServiceNow Security IR and 3rd-Party Risk.

Skills

Cyber security operations

Incident response

Security monitoring

Supplier risk management

ISO 27001 knowledge

NIST CSF knowledge

Stakeholder management

Lead Implementer/Auditor (ISO27001)

Security governance reporting

CISSP/CISM/GCIH (desirable)

Tools

ServiceNow

Security tooling

Job description

Arbuthnot Latham is seeking a senior cyber security operations lead in London to oversee monitoring, triage and incident response across the organisation. You will manage MDR and SOC providers, drive vulnerability management and risk controls while reporting to senior stakeholders.

The role requires strong governance, excellent communication and experience with ISO 27001, NIST CSF and regulatory expectations. Hybrid work arrangement includes one day a week from home, with competitive benefits.