Cyber Security Operations Lead

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

Job summary

A public sector organisation in the UK is seeking a Cyber Security Operations Lead for an initial 12-month contract. The successful candidate will undertake essential responsibilities including managing security operations, leading incident response, and mentoring team members. With a competitive daily rate, this role offers the opportunity to influence security practices within a government setting while collaborating with a dynamic team. Remote working options may be available with required office attendance.

Qualifications

• Recent experience in incident response and security operations.
• Ability to mentor analysts and communicate technical issues effectively.
• Hands-on experience with security monitoring and vulnerability testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead improvements to security monitoring and vulnerability scanning.
• Establish procedures for threat hunting and intelligence ingestion.
• Design KPIs for SecOps management reporting.

Skills

Cyber threat awareness

Incident response

Vulnerability assessment

Security monitoring

Collaboration

Knowledge sharing

Education

Microsoft on-premise and cloud engineering certifications

SANS or similar security operations certifications

Tools

Qualys

M365 Defender

Sentinel

Fortinet

Power Platform

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Venesky Brown

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Posted:

06.06.2025

Expiry Date:

21.07.2025

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Job Description:

Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Cyber Security Operations Lead for an initial 12 month contract on a rate of £525-£575/day (Outside IR35). This role will be based in Edinburgh - home working will be considered subject to attendance where needed.

Responsibilities:

- Use understanding of digital systems and attack frameworks to apply theory to practice.

- Be aware of the current cyber threat landscape and industry best practices and standards.

- Lead on improvement to coverage and depth of security monitoring and vulnerability scanning

- Design vulnerability data gathering and prioritisation procedures

- Act as technical escalation point for analysts on significant incidents, investigations, including hands on experience

- Establish procedures for intelligence ingestion and threat hunting

- Working with architects and interpreting designs to ensure strong handover to SecOps during new service go live.

- Recommendation and implement improvements to SecOps processes and tools (e.g. automation of workloads)

- Design security KPIs and SecOps management reporting, and the gathering of data in support of them

- Own completion and accuracy of all SecOps-related product delivery evidence

- Security monitoring service delivery and improvement

- Vulnerability detection service improvement, finding prioritisation and reporting.

- Ability to communicate on technical issues with users and senior managers

- Recent experience in incident response

- Ability to work well in small team with internal colleagues and suppliers

- Ability to self-start, accept ownership and oversee organisation wide protective responsibilities

- Ability to share knowledge and experience with colleagues, including mentoring of analysts

- Experience with Qualys, M365 Defender, Sentinel, Fortinet, Power Platform

- Microsoft – on-premise and cloud related engineering level certifications

- SANS or similar security operations certifications

If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.