Cyber Security Operations Lead

Social network you want to login/join with: Cyber Security Operations Lead, warrington, cheshire col-narrow-left Client: Venesky Brown Location: Job Category: Other – EU work permit required: Yes col-narrow-right Job Views: 2 Posted: 06.06.2025 Expiry Date: 21.07.2025 col-wide 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr