Security Operations Lead

5 days ago

London Area, United Kingdom FWD View Full time £60,000 - £100,000 per year

Interim Information Security Operations Lead (Short-Term Contract) – London

Start date:
Within 2 weeks

Location:
London

Contract type:
Short-term / Interim

Overview

A leading global investment and technology-driven organisation is seeking an
Interim Information Security Operations Lead
to provide hands-on leadership of its Security Operations Centre (SOC) during a period of transition. This role sits within the senior information security leadership team and plays a critical part in safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the firm's systems, data, and digital infrastructure.

The position is well-suited to a senior security operations specialist comfortable operating in complex, hybrid environments and capable of rapidly stepping into an escalation, investigation, and strategy-shaping capacity.

Key Responsibilities

Security Operations Leadership

  • Own and oversee the firm's SOC, delivered through an MSSP model.
  • Serve as the escalation point for security incidents, occasionally requiring out-of-hours response.
  • Lead and guide threat hunting activities, contributing directly where required.
  • Act as the subject matter expert for all Security Operations–related matters.

Capability Build & Management

  • Manage third-party SOC providers and develop enhanced SOC capabilities as needed, including managed incident response.
  • Define, build, and operate the firm's threat intelligence capability, including participation in external intelligence communities.
  • Define, build, and operate the firm's digital forensics capability.
  • Develop and maintain SOC-related SLOs and SLAs.
  • Drive security automation opportunities across the organisation, exploring innovative approaches.

Incident Response & Forensics

  • Provide leadership during security events, coordinating investigations end-to-end.
  • Conduct and oversee digital forensics activities.
  • Produce high-quality incident documentation suitable for senior, non-technical stakeholders.

Person Specification

Required Experience

  • Leadership experience within a Security Operations environment.
  • 10+ years hands-on experience in cybersecurity roles.
  • Background in financial services or technology-driven organisations.
  • Experience operating in hybrid cloud / on-prem environments.
  • Strong experience with at least one major cloud service provider.
  • Exposure to regulated environments.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, including producing reports for senior stakeholders.

Desirable Experience

  • Experience managing MSSP or outsourced SOC relationships.
  • Engineering or DevOps mindset.
  • Professional security certifications.
  • Experience producing threat intelligence and incident reporting materials.

Technical Skills

Required

  • Hands-on experience with SIEM, SOAR, and EDR platforms.
  • Experience creating and operating SOC playbooks.
  • Comfortable working with some legacy technology components.
  • Experience onboarding logs and engineering detections.
  • End-to-end incident handling.
  • Digital forensics experience (hands-on and managerial).
  • Ability to operate independently while contributing to a senior leadership team.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of industry frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, CIS, NIST, ISO, etc.).
  • Experience using machine learning techniques in SOC automation.
  • Threat modelling / attack-path mapping skills.
  • Knowledge of a programming language (ideally Python) and familiarity with serverless or containerised deployment environments.

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