Senior Cyber Incident Response Lead (Remote/UK)

LRQA; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

LRQA is seeking a Senior Security Consultant to join the Cyber Incident Response Team in the UK. The role involves leading cyber incident responses for LRQA clients, mentoring responders, and improving team capability.

You will design training engagements, stay current with CTI developments, and align with Mitre ATT&CK frameworks. The position supports remote work across the UK, with the main office in Birmingham.

Qualifications

• Demonstrably strong incident management and analytical skills.
• Demonstrably strong written and speaking English skills.
• Demonstrably strong understanding of Threat Actor TTPs.
• Demonstrably strong commercial awareness.
• Demonstrable ability to lead, teach, present and inspire customers.

Responsibilities

• In conjunction with the Customer Engagement Manager and Cyber Incident Manager, manage the collective technical response to customer cyber incidents.
• In conjunction with the DSS leadership, develop and drive the IR strategy.
• In conjunction with the DSS leadership, develop, refine and monitor IR policies, procedures and technical capability.
• Conduct analysis and investigation of cyber security events across Windows, Linux, Cloud and Hybrid environments.
• Conduct digital imaging and forensic investigation tasks on Windows and Linux hosts.
• Provide customer training engagements to develop internal and external stakeholder preparedness for dealing with cyber incidents.

Skills

Incident management

English communication

Threat actor TTPs

Analytical thinking

Travel willingness

Team leadership

On-call readiness

Tools

CREST CCIM

CREST CRIA

GIAC GCFA

GIAC GCIH

GIAC GNFA

Job description

LRQA is seeking a Senior Security Consultant to join the Cyber Incident Response Team in the UK. The role involves leading cyber incident responses for LRQA clients, mentoring responders, and improving team capability.

You will design training engagements, stay current with CTI developments, and align with Mitre ATT&CK frameworks. The position supports remote work across the UK, with the main office in Birmingham.