Role: SOC Manager (Cyber Security Operations Manager) REF 104569
Contract Length: 6 months
Location: Remote - Possibly some travel if business requires it
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: SC requested
Spinwell is recruiting for a SOC Manager (Cyber Security Operations Manager) for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SOC MANAGER (CYBER SECURITY OPERATIONS MANAGER)
- Team Leadership and Development: Lead, manage and mentor a team of cyber security analysts to ensure the team operate effectively. Develop the team utilising the career framework to identify learning needs and career pathways.
- Incident Management: Lead incident detection, triage, escalation and resolution processes; assessing impacts and directing appropriate measures to contain and mitigate threats, conduct post‑incident reviews and drive continual service improvement including exercising to test procedures.
- Security Monitoring: Be the escalation point for alerts. Provide direction for improvements to monitoring systems for our environment covering specific technologies or threats. Direct the development and tuning of new and existing rules.
- Threat Intelligence: Stay up to date on the latest cyber threats and attack techniques, incorporating threat intelligence into security practices, cascading to relevant stakeholders.
- Reporting and Metrics: Define cyber security metrics and targets. Prepare and present regular reports on security incidents, and trends to management, translating technical metrics into business focused risk insights.
- Vendor & Stakeholder Management: Oversee service providers, managing Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), serve as the principal interface with cross‑government departmental SOCs.
- Budget Management: Support the management of the department budget to ensure optimal allocation of resources to meet security objectives.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE SOC MANAGER (CYBER SECURITY OPERATIONS MANAGER)
- Experienced SOC Manager
- Strategic in nature, need to understand where they’re and where they are going. Effective in deploying resources
- Demonstrated ability to lead and manage a team
- In-depth knowledge of incident management processes
- Proven experience delivering an effective security monitoring capability
- Proven experience delivering threat intelligence and assessment
- Proven experience operating cyber security solutions and tools
- Demonstrated experience in managing relationships with external vendors, managed security service providers (MSSPs), and technology partners
If you are a SOC Manager (Cyber Security Operations Manager), apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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