Incident Manager

Apply Recruitment; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Cyber Incident Manager, where you will play a crucial role in safeguarding critical infrastructure. In this hybrid role, you will support the preparation and recovery from cyber incidents, ensuring minimal impact on operations. Collaborate with a large, well-trained cyber security team, utilizing a dedicated training budget to enhance your skills. Your expertise in incident management and cyber security will be vital in developing and executing effective response plans. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment focused on resilience and security.

Qualifications

• Experience in major incident management and understanding of cyber security.
• Ability to translate technical documents into business communications.

Responsibilities

• Support preparation and recovery from cyber incidents to ensure business continuity.
• Define processes and documentation for incident response and recovery.

Skills

Incident Management

Cyber Security

Risk Management

Business Continuity Planning

Stakeholder Communication

Technical Team Collaboration

Job description

Cyber Incident Manager - Hybrid - Lancashire or Greater Manchester.

Cyber Incident Manager needed to support the region's critical infrastructure both before and during the event of a major cyber attack, working as part of a well-funded, trained, and large cyber security team. This team also has its own designated training budget to support development.

As the Cyber Incident Manager, your role will be to help support the preparation of the business to effectively respond to and recover from cyber incidents, minimizing impact and ensuring business continuity.

You will create, maintain, and test the Cyber Security team Business Continuity Plan. This role will also support in the event of a cyber security incident; supporting incident response communication and coordination with relevant internal and external stakeholders.

As the Cyber Incident Manager, you will define the expectations, processes, plans, and documentation for the business and supply chain to undertake before, during, and after cyber incidents. You will identify and ensure that the business has the required resources, competencies, training, equipment, and technology to execute the cyber incident response plan. Build the capability within the business and supply chain to execute the cyber incident response plan. Work with 3rd parties to develop support requirements in the event of an incident and testing the plan.

You will need as much of the following as possible:

• Experience in a previous role of major incident management.
• Understanding of cyber security and risk management.
• Ability to interpret associated cyber documents and translate into business-facing communications.
• Providing support with incident management.
• Working with 3rd parties.
• Experience of working in or close to technical teams.
• Experience of working in a regulated environment.

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Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Utilities, Climate Technology Product Manufacturing, and Engines and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing