Cyber SOC Manager Contract

Role: Cyber SOC Manager
Location: Remote – with occasional travel as required
Duration: 6 Months
Rate: Competitive Rate (Inside IR35)

Responsibilities:
• Define and lead the delivery of the Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) to detect real-time cyber security incidents/data breaches and manage our response and remediation activities, including the management of senior stakeholders and external agencies.
• Ensure adequate controls, practices and capabilities are in place to identify vulnerabilities across the estate and define the process for remediation or mitigation to ensure cyber readiness and resilience against attack.
• Providing strategic level advice to senior management regarding incident response, monitoring, logging and analysis of all relevant systems and processes.
• Lead the development, communication, and continuous improvement of the cyber incident response plan Identification of and planning for the required levels of cyber investment within the CSOC to include governance, tooling and staffing.
• Define and continuous development of a use case-driven logging, monitoring and response capability to ensure responsiveness and resilience to cyber security threats.
• Evaluate the security environment and disseminate that information to other areas of the business
• Define the cyber security operations strategy in coordination with senior business and external stakeholders, this includes the management of the Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) and processes in accordance with the threat posture and government direction.
• Knowledge of National Cyber Security Centre incident response and information security processes and policies.

Skills Required:
• 5 years’ experience working as a Cyber SOC Manager or in a similar position.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage a team, including decision -making and service management skills.
• In-depth knowledge of incident management processes including the ability to assess the impact of critical security incidents and lead the response efforts, ensuring procedures are available and maintained.
• Proven experience operating cyber security solutions and tools s (e.g. Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), maintaining security records and documentation in accordance with security operating procedures.
• Proven experience delivering an effective security monitoring capability, with continuous improvements that reflect changes from risks and threats in a timely manner, including proactive threat hunting and intrusion detection.
• Demonstrated experience in managing relationships with external stakeholders
• Knowledge of Cyber security regulations and industry framework e.g. GDPR, Network and Information Systems (NIS) regulations, NCSC
• Knowledge of ITIL

Desirable Skills:
• CISSP, CISM or equivalent professional cybersecurity certification
• Experience with Cloud Security (AWS, Azure)