Cyber Security Lead – Glasgow – up to £70K plus benefits including Share options and Car allowance (Hybrid working – 2 days a week in the Edinburgh or Glasgow office)
Change Digital are supporting a leading independent UK consultancy in their search for a Cyber Security Lead. You'll manage a small team of engineers, drive new security initiatives, optimise existing technologies (including M365), and help deliver the IT business plan. A leadership role perfect for a proactive cyber security professional looking to make a real impact.
Though this is a varied role, your key tasks will include:
* Manage, mentor, and help to develop the cyber security team.
* Using Azure DevOps, set and manage the teams project related and non-service desk tasks for the upcoming year.
* Manage, or act in an advisory capacity to members of the team for all service request tickets that relate to cyber security. Ensure the team comply with agreed service desk SLA's.
* Look to adopt and get more value from our existing Microsoft Licensing Agreement.
* Work closely with the Security Operating Centre and Networking engineers, to drive security initiatives across the wider team.
* Participate in and deliver multi-discipline/cross team projects acting as the cyber security subject matter expert.
* Act as the technical lead and escalation point for all cyber security related queries.
* Research and advise on the latest cyber security best practises and solutions, make recommendations to the business where necessary.
* Provide a key technical mentoring capability to staff, participating in knowledge transfer and training sessions (a strong technical cyber security background is required for this role.)
* Ensure cyber security platforms are actively monitored and responded to in an appropriate way.
* Make use of automation tools to drive up efficiency, where possible.
* Technical involvement in scoping, researching, vendor selection, implementation, configuration, documentation and roll out of strategic security technologies – working with industry leading vendors.
* Work with fellow team members and the IT Network & Security Manager to build strategic partnerships and relationships with key vendors and suppliers.
* Evaluate emerging technologies in the marketplace and to raise a business case for adoption where tangible benefits can be brought to the firm.
* Continuous improvement – drive through identified improvements and/or additional controls and procedures as necessary to sustain our ISO-27001 and Cyber Essentials accreditation.
* Adhere to the firm's Information Security standards, policies and procedures ensuring that they are embedded in everything that we do. Act in advisory capacity, to external audits and due diligence questionnaires.
Key Technologies:
* Strong practical knowledge of M365 stack from a security perspective (Defender, Azure)
* Vulnerability Management
* Web Application Filtering
* DLP
* Cloudflare
* Secure File Transfer
* Firewalls
* Remote Access/VPN
* PKI Infrastructure
* DNS
* Email Gateways
* Security Audits
* ISO27001
* Cyber Essentials
Desirable Technologies:
* Azure DevOps (Scrum principles, Release Pipelines)
* Knowledge of Mitre Attack Framework
* Strong Networking Principals
* ITIL (Supervising Service Desk Queue)
* Strong Interest In all aspects of security
* Scripting (PowerShell, Python, Azure CLI, Yaml, etc)
* Microsoft Operating Systems (Desktop, Server)
* Exchange Online
This role is urgent in nature so please email your CV to
mitesh.-
or call
for more information.