WA Consultants is currently recruiting for a SOC Manager for a Public Sector client for an initial 6-month contract. This is a hybrid working position and there will be a need to be onsite a few times per month.
The successful applicant will define and lead the delivery of the Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) to detect real-time cyber security incidents/data breaches and manage the response and remediation activities, including the management of senior stakeholders and external agencies.
You’ll 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.
You’ll also 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.
Essential Skills:
* Experience in the management of Security Event Monitoring and operational response by means of monitoring and correlation tooling, antivirus, network and host IDS/IPS monitoring and logging
* Knowledge of Cyber security regulations and industry framework e.g. GDPR, Network and Information Systems (NIS) regulations, NCSC
* Knowledge of ITIL
* Knowledge of Mitre ATT&CK etc
* Threat monitoring and intelligence gathering and assessment; processes to scan for vulnerabilities and implementing fixes and mitigation’s
* Incident response management
Please note, this role has been deemed by the client to fall inside of IR35. For further information, please contact Alexander Wilson.
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