Incident Response Lead

ScottishPower; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

36 days annual leave

Holiday purchase program

Share Incentive Plan

Payroll giving and charity matched

Technology Vouchers

Electric Vehicle Schemes

Cycle to Work scheme

Private medical insurance

Life Assurance (4x salary)

Financial wellbeing support

Job summary

SP Energy Networks is seeking a senior cyber security professional to lead the development and continuous improvement of the incident response capability. You will own major cyber incidents, coordinate cross-functional teams and guide decision-making throughout the incident lifecycle.

You will establish governance for playbooks and frameworks, drive post-incident reviews, and design exercises to test readiness and resilience across the business.

Qualifications

• Experience leading incident response programmes in complex IT/OT environments.
• Proven ability to coordinate cross-functional teams during major cyber incidents.
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, NIST Incident Response Lifecycle and related frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve SP Energy Networks' incident response capability.
• Oversee governance of incident response processes, playbooks and frameworks.
• Own major incidents, coordinate cross-functional response, guide decision-making and communications.

Skills

Incident response leadership

Major incident management

Stakeholder engagement

MITRE ATT&CK framework

NIST IR lifecycle

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security or related field

Tools

SIEM tooling

IR playbooks

Job description

Location: Glasgow

Salary: £54-68K

Permanent, Hybrid (2-3 days in office per week)

Help us create a better future, quicker

What you’ll be doing

Reporting into the security operations manager, you will lead the development and continuous improvement of SPEN's incident response capability. This is both a strategic and operational role, responsible for ensuring the organisation is prepared to respond to, manage and recover from cyber security incidents in a coordinated and effective manner.

You will oversee the governance of incident response processes, playbooks and frameworks, ensuring they remain aligned with regulatory expectations, evolving threats and industry best practice. Alongside providing technical leadership and mentoring to analysts, you will take ownership of major cyber incidents, coordinating cross-functional teams, guiding decision-making and ensuring clear communication throughout the incident lifecycle.

The role also involves driving post-incident reviews, embedding lessons learned and implementing improvements that enhance organisational resilience. You will design and lead a programme of incident response exercises, helping to test readiness, validate processes and strengthen collaboration across technical teams and senior leadership.

Working closely with stakeholders across operations, engineering, risk, legal, communications and executive leadership, you will build strong relationships that support an effective and business-focused approach to cyber security. You will also contribute to the wider cyber security strategy, identifying capability gaps, recommending improvements and helping shape the future direction of security operations across the business.

What you’ll bring

We're looking for an experienced cyber security professional with a strong background in incident response leadership, major incident management and stakeholder engagement. You'll have a deep understanding of recognised frameworks and methodologies such as MITRE ATT&CK, the NIST Incident Response Lifecycle, Kill Chain and Diamond Model, together with experience developing incident response processes, playbooks and governance frameworks within complex IT, OT or regulated environments.

You will bring excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels and translate technical issues into practical business outcomes. Experience designing and delivering incident response exercises, mentoring teams and contributing to strategic cyber security initiatives will be highly valued.

This is an excellent opportunity to take a leading role in strengthening cyber resilience within one of the UK's critical infrastructure organisations, helping to protect essential services while shaping the future of incident response capability across SP Energy Networks.

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

Benefits

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday purchase - perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers - save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
• Count us in - pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes - to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network - connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously. We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to [e-mail].

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

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August-21-2026