Cyber Security Consultant

JR United Kingdom; Broughton; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading public sector organisation in the UK is seeking a Cyber Security Operations Lead on a contract basis to guide a small SecOps team. This role will involve driving service improvements, supporting incident response, and working closely with cyber leadership to enhance strategic security operations. Candidate should have strong SecOps leadership and hands-on experience, especially within public sector environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in public sector or enterprise environments is required.
• Experience with detection engineering and log ingestion is preferred.
• Ability to mentor analysts and support continual service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day SecOps activities and act as technical escalation.
• Improve detection, vulnerability scanning, and response processes.
• Design KPIs, dashboards, and threat monitoring rules.

Skills

Strong SecOps leadership

Hands-on incident response

Vulnerability management

Threat detection

Clear communication

Education

Microsoft/SANS certifications

Tools

Qualys

Fortinet

Power Platform

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? Cyber Security Operations Lead – Contract

? Hybrid (Scotland-based if/when required)

? Duration: 6–12 months- Potentially extendable

A leading public sector organisation is seeking a Cyber Security Operations Lead to guide a small SecOps team, drive service improvements, and support incident response. You'll work closely with cyber leadership and architects to shape tooling, processes, and strategic security operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead day-to-day SecOps activities and act as technical escalation.

Improve detection, vulnerability scanning, and response processes.

Design KPIs, dashboards, and threat monitoring rules.

Oversee handovers from new digital services into live operations.

Mentor analysts and support continual service improvement.

Tech Environment:

Vulnerability tools (e.g. Qualys), SAST/DAST, configuration scanning

Detection engineering: log ingestion, rule tuning, threat hunting

Requirements:

Strong SecOps leadership with hands-on IR experience

Skilled in vulnerability management and threat detection

Clear communicator across technical and business levels

Experience in public sector or enterprise environments

Microsoft/SANS certifications, experience with Qualys/Fortinet/Power Platform

? Apply now to be considered or reach out for more details.