Cyber Security Manager
Posted 2 days ago by Synergetic
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
London, UK
Summary: The Cyber Security Manager role at a major UK local authority involves leading the cyber-resilience strategy to safeguard essential public services. This leadership position requires overseeing cyber security governance, incident response, and regulatory compliance while collaborating with various stakeholders. The role emphasizes the secure operation of cloud and hybrid environments and the promotion of security by design across ICT services. Candidates should possess proven cyber security leadership experience, particularly in public sector or large-scale enterprise settings.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the local authority's cyber security framework, policies, and standards
- Own vulnerability management, security monitoring, and incident response
- Ensure compliance with NCSC, PSN, PCI-DSS, GDPR and other national frameworks
- Manage SIEM, Microsoft security tooling (Sentinel/Defender/E5), identity & access, Firewalls, and endpoint protection
- Advise on secure design for projects and change governance
- Prepare annual compliance submissions and liaise with accreditation bodies
- Promote cyber awareness and support organisation-wide training
Key Skills:
- Proven cyber security leadership in public sector, regulated, or large-scale enterprise environments
- Strong knowledge of NCSC, PSN, PCI-DSS, GDPR, Cyber Essentials Plus
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, E5 security, and ideally Copilot for Security
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and analytical skills
- Ability to work collaboratively in a complex, high-demand organisation
Salary (Rate): £480 daily
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Cyber Security Manager - Local Authority
Location: London, Hybrid
Term: Initial 6 months
Rate: Up to 480p/d
Status: Inside IR35
Our client, a major UK local authority, is seeking an experienced Cyber Security Manager to lead its cyber-resilience strategy and protect the systems and data that support essential public services.
This is a key leadership role overseeing cyber security governance, incident response, regulatory compliance (PSN, PCI-DSS, Cyber Essentials Plus), and the secure operation of cloud and hybrid environments. You'll work closely with senior stakeholders, outsourced partners, and internal teams to embed security by design across all ICT services.
What you'll do:
- Lead the local authority's cyber security framework, policies, and standards
- Own vulnerability management, security monitoring, and incident response
- Ensure compliance with NCSC, PSN, PCI-DSS, GDPR and other national frameworks
- Manage SIEM, Microsoft security tooling (Sentinel/Defender/E5), identity & access, Firewalls, and endpoint protection
- Advise on secure design for projects and change governance
- Prepare annual compliance submissions and liaise with accreditation bodies
- Promote cyber awareness and support organisation-wide training
What we're looking for:
- Proven cyber security leadership in public sector, regulated, or large-scale enterprise environments
- Strong knowledge of NCSC, PSN, PCI-DSS, GDPR, Cyber Essentials Plus
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, E5 security, and ideally Copilot for Security
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and analytical skills
- Ability to work collaboratively in a complex, high-demand organisation
Professional cybersecurity qualifications (CISM, CISSP, ISO27001 etc.) are desirable but not essential.
Why apply?
You'll take a pivotal role in strengthening cyber resilience for a large, diverse public-sector organisation - with hybrid working and a supportive, collaborative environment.