Security Operations Leader: Incident Response & Threat Defense

Bromford Flagship LiveWest; Tewkesbury; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Friendly policies

Health and Wellbeing support

Job summary

Bromford Flagship Livewest is seeking an experienced Security Operations Manager to lead day-to-day security operations, protecting our services, data and people from evolving cyber threats. You will oversee monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management and the performance of security technologies and partners.

Location is negotiable with Norwich, Tewkesbury and Exeter options; this is a permanent, full-time role with agile working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a Security Operations function or cyber security team.
• Hands-on incident investigation and response experience.
• Experience with threat hunting, vulnerability management and monitoring.
• Ability to develop security playbooks, procedures and operational processes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience working with third‑party SOC/MDR providers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Cyber Security Engineers.
• Oversee security operations including monitoring, detection, investigation and response to threats.
• Own end-to-end management of security incidents with coordination across technical, business and supplier stakeholders.
• Oversee vulnerability management, prioritisation and remediation.
• Manage relationships with external SOC and MDR providers to maximise security effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain security playbooks, procedures, metrics and reporting.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, IT Ops and Security Assurance to embed security into operations.
• Support risk management, policy development and security maturity initiatives.
• Monitor evolving threats and drive improvements to resilience.
• Foster accountability and continuous improvement across technology teams.

Skills

Security operations management

Incident investigation

Threat hunting

Vulnerability management

Security monitoring

Playbooks and procedures

Stakeholder management

SOC/MDR management

Education

CISSP or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Job description

Bromford Flagship Livewest is seeking an experienced Security Operations Manager to lead day-to-day security operations, protecting our services, data and people from evolving cyber threats. You will oversee monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management and the performance of security technologies and partners.

Location is negotiable with Norwich, Tewkesbury and Exeter options; this is a permanent, full-time role with agile working arrangements.