Cyber Security Lead

Cyber Security Lead

Posted Today by DCV Technologies

£650 Per day
Undetermined
Hybrid
Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Summary: The Detect Workstream Lead for Cyber Security Transformation is a hands-on leadership role focused on delivering SOC transformation, SIEM integration, and security operations uplift within a complex enterprise environment. The position requires collaboration with various teams to manage planning, governance, and stakeholder engagement. The role is contract-based and hybrid, requiring two days onsite in Gloucester. Candidates should have strong experience in cyber security program leadership and SOC operations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead delivery of the Detect workstream across agreed milestones and outcomes
  • Drive SOC transformation, detection engineering and security monitoring activities
  • Manage SIEM onboarding, tooling integration and operational uplift initiatives
  • Coordinate stakeholders across security operations, engineering and programme leadership
  • Own RAID management, dependencies, governance and delivery reporting
  • Support implementation planning, use case prioritisation and escalation management

Key Skills:

  • Strong cyber security programme or workstream leadership experience
  • Background in SOC Operations, Security Monitoring or Detection Engineering
  • Hands-on experience delivering SIEM or Microsoft Sentinel programmes
  • Strong understanding of NIST CSF and enterprise security operations
  • Experience managing complex delivery environments and multiple stakeholders
  • Microsoft Sentinel
  • Splunk
  • QRadar
  • Detection Engineering
  • SOC Transformation
  • Security Monitoring
  • Tooling Integration
  • Operational Uplift

Salary (Rate): £650/day

City: Gloucester

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Detect Workstream Lead – Cyber Security Transformation
Contract | Hybrid (2 days onsite in Gloucester) | Competitive Day Rate
We are seeking an experienced Detect Workstream Lead to support a major cyber security transformation programme. This is a hands-on delivery leadership role focused on SOC transformation, SIEM integration, detection engineering and security operations uplift within a complex enterprise environment.
You will lead the Detect workstream across planning, governance, implementation sequencing and stakeholder management, working closely with SOC, security engineering, platform and programme teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead delivery of the Detect workstream across agreed milestones and outcomes
  • Drive SOC transformation, detection engineering and security monitoring activities
  • Manage SIEM onboarding, tooling integration and operational uplift initiatives
  • Coordinate stakeholders across security operations, engineering and programme leadership
  • Own RAID management, dependencies, governance and delivery reporting
  • Support implementation planning, use case prioritisation and escalation management

Required Experience

  • Strong cyber security programme or workstream leadership experience
  • Background in SOC Operations, Security Monitoring or Detection Engineering
  • Hands-on experience delivering SIEM or Microsoft Sentinel programmes
  • Strong understanding of NIST CSF and enterprise security operations
  • Experience managing complex delivery environments and multiple stakeholders

Desirable Skills

  • Microsoft Sentinel
  • Splunk
  • QRadar
  • Detection Engineering
  • SOC Transformation
  • Security Monitoring
  • Tooling Integration
  • Operational Uplift

Security Clearance or eligibility to obtain clearance is highly desirable.
This role is ideal for candidates from consulting, MSSP, enterprise cyber transformation or large-scale security operations environments.
Apply now for immediate consideration.