Cyber Security Lead Engineer – Incidents & Strategy

Blackburn with Darwen Council; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackburn with Darwen Council is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer (Cyber Security) to provide senior technical leadership across the Council’s cyber security services, ensuring systems, data and digital services remain secure, resilient and compliant.

You will act as the senior escalation point for complex incidents, lead improvements, mentor a small team of Systems Engineers, and collaborate with Architecture and IT teams to embed security into design, delivery and operations while supporting a

Qualifications

• Significant experience in cyber security, infrastructure or enterprise IT.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational delivery and continuous improvement of cyber security services.
• Provide expert 3rd line support and escalation for complex cyber security incidents, risks and technical issues.
• Managing and developing a team of Systems Engineers, coordinating workloads, mentoring staff and supporting career progression.
• Leading or supporting cyber incident response activities, including investigation, containment, eradication, recovery, root cause analysis and lessons learned reviews.
• Overseeing vulnerability management activities, threat monitoring, security assessments, patch prioritisation and remediation planning.
• Developing and maintaining cyber security policies, technical standards, operational procedures, playbooks and supporting documentation.
• Working closely with the Architecture Team and other technical leads to ensure security is integrated into enterprise technology solutions and strategic initiatives.
• Leading the technical delivery of cyber security projects and service improvements from planning through to operational support.
• Supporting compliance against cyber security frameworks, audit recommendations, data protection requirements and organisational policies.
• Producing meaningful cyber security reports, risk updates and service metrics for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Maintaining strong relationships with internal stakeholders, suppliers, partners and senior leaders to support the delivery of secure and effective services.

Skills

Cyber security

Incident response

Vulnerability management

Team leadership

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Microsoft security technologies

Security monitoring platforms

Job description

Blackburn with Darwen Council is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer (Cyber Security) to provide senior technical leadership across the Council’s cyber security services, ensuring systems, data and digital services remain secure, resilient and compliant.

You will act as the senior escalation point for complex incidents, lead improvements, mentor a small team of Systems Engineers, and collaborate with Architecture and IT teams to embed security into design, delivery and operations while supporting a