Cyber Resilience Specialist

Cyber Security training courses; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 96,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote working

Exposure to senior stakeholders

Long-term programme environment

Job summary

Hays Technology is recruiting a Cyber Resilience Specialist to support a high-profile Operational Resilience programme. You will link cyber threats to business service impacts and resilience outcomes, working with security, technology operations and risk teams to strengthen resilience capabilities.

You will translate findings into actionable improvements and engage stakeholders across technology and risk functions to support strategic resilience objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience in Cyber Resilience and related security operations.
• Ability to translate cyber risks into business impacts and resilience outcomes.
• Knowledge of Operational Resilience principles and service mapping.

Responsibilities

• Assess cyber threats, vulnerabilities and controls related to resilience outcomes.
• Develop and support severe but plausible resilience scenarios and testing.
• Translate security findings into business service impacts and resilience risk.
• Collaborate with security, risk, operations and service owners.
• Support governance, reporting, RAID management and resilience assurance.
• Contribute to service mapping and crisis/impact tolerance planning.
• Provide actionable recommendations to strengthen resilience capabilities.

Skills

Cyber Resilience

Cybersecurity Operations

Incident Response

Threat Management

Vulnerability Management

Security Controls

Operational Resilience

IBS & Impact Tolerances

DORA / NIS2 / ISO 27001 (Desirable)

Job description

Cyber Resilience Specialist

Location: Remote
Rate: up to £600 per day Inside IR35

About the Role

Hays Technology are working with a leading organisation to recruit a Cyber Resilience Specialist to support a high-profile Operational Resilience programme. This role will focus on linking cyber threats, vulnerabilities, security controls and response scenarios to business service impacts and Operational Resilience outcomes. The successful candidate will work closely with security, technology operations, risk teams and service owners to strengthen resilience capabilities and support strategic resilience objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess cyber threats, vulnerabilities and security controls in relation to operational resilience outcomes.
• Develop and support severe but plausible cyber resilience scenarios and testing activities.
• Translate security findings into business service impacts and resilience risks.
• Work closely with stakeholders across technology, security, risk and operational teams.
• Support governance, reporting, RAID management and resilience assurance activities.
• Contribute to service mapping, impact tolerance assessments and resilience planning.
• Provide clear recommendations and actionable improvements to strengthen resilience capabilities.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Experience in Cyber Resilience, Cybersecurity Operations, Incident Response, Threat Management or Vulnerability Management.
• Strong understanding of security controls, SOC operations, detection, response and recovery processes.
• Experience translating technical cyber risks into business impacts and operational outcomes.
• Knowledge of Operational Resilience principles including Important Business Services (IBS), impact tolerances and service mapping.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience working within regulated environments.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Desirable Experience

• Knowledge of DORA, NIS2, ISO 27001 and NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
• Experience designing and facilitating cyber resilience scenario testing.
• Governance, RACI and RAID management experience.
• Experience supporting large-scale Operational Resilience programmes.

What You'll Need to Succeed

You’ll be an experienced cybersecurity professional who can bridge the gap between technical security risks and business resilience requirements. You’ll be comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and working within established governance and operational resilience frameworks.

What You'll Get in Return

• Remote working
• Opportunity to support a major Operational Resilience programme
• Exposure to senior business and technology stakeholders
• Long-term programme environment