Cyber Security Operations Lead

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

Essential Skills:

– 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

Desirable Skills:

– 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.