Lead IT Security Manager

Description:

Lead IT Security Manager

We are recruiting for a Lead IT Security Manager on a permanent basis. The Lead IT Security Manager is responsible for the effective management of the Security Operations pillar within the IT Security, Compliance & Identity function. This includes Security technology and Security Operations Centre management. This role is responsible for using and applying knowledge of business goals and security requirements to frame problems and set priorities for internal and external delivery teams.

As a Lead IT Security Manager, you will need to have/be:

Skills:

Relationship Building. Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Security Operations. Ability provide leadership for live security incidents and helping conduct robust investigations in order to identify corrective actions and see them through to completion.
Threat Intelligence. Ability to provide guidance on proactive threat identification, analysis, and mitigation. Skilled in actionable intelligence, industry sources, and general awareness of threat landscape.
Vulnerability Assessment. Ability to identify and classify security vulnerabilities in networks, systems and applications and mitigating or eliminating their impact.
Risk Management. Ability to identify IT security operations risks and the delivery of audit remediation activities.
Emerging technology monitoring. Ability to identify and assess new and emerging technologies, products, services, methods and techniques.Knowledge:

Knowledge of IT Service Frameworks, methodologies, and best practice such as ITIL v4 and Agile.
Knowledge of day-to-day activities and best practice within a SOC.
Knowledge of technical security such as firewalls, network security groups, and access controls.Types of experience:

Experience of leading a team through the full IT service lifecycle, enhancing security posture, and evolving capabilities via continual service improvement.
Experience of leading live cyber incidents and the remediation actions.
Experience of partnering with supplier teams for managed services delivery of improvements.
Experience across the full IT security spectrum (software, servers, infrastructure, and networks).
Experience designing and implementing secure systems, leading review where necessary of complex security issues.
Experience of enabling and informing risk-based decisions.
Experience dealing with the security implications of transformation and day-to-day product changes.
Experience working with system architectures, displaying a strong understanding of the impact of vulnerabilities on varied systems.Details:

Salary: £40, 750 - £60, 100
Working Hours: Full time Monday - Friday
Location: Birmingham
Duration: PermanentRole of Lead IT Security Manager:

Lead the Security Operations pillar, determining and delivering requirements, methods, and tools to provide value and reduce risk across proactive monitoring, incident response, threat management and vulnerability management (among other activity) .
Lead the creation and maintenance of Security Operations policy, standards procedures, and documentation (including playbooks and guidance).
Manage the application and compliance of security operations procedures, reviewing actual and potential security breaches, and ensuring their investigation.
Lead the Security Operations team's response to incidents, recommending actions and appropriate control improvements.
Monitor the external environment to gather intelligence on emerging technologies, documenting impacts, threats, and opportunities to IT.
Provide expert advice on threat intelligence activities, identifying which threat categories are most dangerous and how to defend against them.
Manage vulnerability assessment activities within IT, providing expert advice where necessary in the review of vulnerability assessment tools and techniques.
Develop, maintain, and test Security Operations' incident management procedures, investigating escalated incidents and facilitating recovery post-incident resolution.
Lead Security Operations risk management activities, leading on the identification of risks and vulnerabilities and assessment of their impacts.
Manage and oversee the day-to-day activity of the SOC supplier who will deliver security capabilities (on organisations behalf), communicating their activity to relevant teams.
Manage the design, delivery, maintenance, and continuous improvement of IT Security Ops capabilities in line with business needs.Benefits of working as a Lead IT Security Manager:

a competitive pension scheme, with up to 12 per cent employer contributions
a starting salary that reflects your skills and experience
a cash allowance in lieu of benefits, which means you can choose which benefits are right for you and your family
core company funded benefits such as life assurance, income protection and health cash plan
25 days annual leave plus public holidays
access to tax-efficient voluntary benefits scheme & retail, health, leisure, and travel offers
access to an Employee Assistance Program