Cyber Security Consultant

JR United Kingdom; Livingston; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading public sector organization in Scotland is seeking a Cyber Security Operations Lead for a contract position to guide a SecOps team, enhance service processes, and aid incident responses. This role is pivotal in shaping security operations and mentoring junior analysts, requiring hands-on experience in cyber security with a public sector focus.

Qualifications

• Strong SecOps leadership with hands-on incident response experience.
• Experience in public sector or enterprise environments is essential.
• Skilled in detection engineering and vulnerability management.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day SecOps activities and act as a technical escalation.
• Improve detection, vulnerability scanning, and response processes.
• Mentor analysts and support continual service improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Vulnerability Management

Threat Detection

Communication

Education

Microsoft/SANS certifications

Tools

Qualys

Fortinet

Power Platform

Job description

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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.