Cyber Security Operations Consultant
Posted Today by Hays Specialist Recruitment
£800 Per day
Outside
Remote
Cardiff, UK
Summary: The Cyber Security Operations Consultant role involves conducting a comprehensive assessment of the current security landscape for a leading financial services organization. The consultant will analyze and optimize the security architecture while advising senior leadership on strategic improvements. This position is remote and offers a competitive daily rate. The contract is for a duration of six months and is classified as outside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform a detailed analysis of the organisation's existing cyber security operations.
- Map out the current architecture, identifying strengths, weaknesses, gaps and inefficiencies.
- Advise senior leadership on SecOps strategy, covering tooling, SIEM/SOAR use, incident response maturity, vendor consolidation and internal capability development.
- Create actionable remediation plans and strategic roadmaps for long-term cyber resilience.
Key Skills:
- Experience working in a highly regulated environment, ideally in finance/banking.
- Extensive knowledge of performing architecture reviews and driving cyber transformation programmes.
- Strong knowledge of SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, threat intelligence platforms, logging and monitoring frameworks.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Salary (Rate): £800 Per Day
City: Cardiff
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
JOB DETAILS
- £800 Per Day
- Outside IR35
- 6-Month Contract
- Remote Role
About the role
A leading financial services organisation is seeking an experienced Cyber Security Operations Consultant to conduct a deep-dive assessment of the current security landscape. The company currently utilises a blend of external services, tools and providers to support its cyber operations. They are looking for a Cyber expert to analyse, evaluate and optimise the overall security architecture.
Skills
- Experience working in a highly regulated environment, ideally in finance/banking.
- Extensive knowledge of performing architecture reviews and driving cyber transformation programmes.
- Strong knowledge of SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, threat intelligence platforms, logging and monitoring frameworks.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Responsibilities
- Perform a detailed analysis of the organisation's existing cyber security operations.
- Map out the current architecture, identifying strengths, weaknesses, gaps and inefficiencies.
- Advise senior leadership on SecOps strategy, covering tooling, SIEM/SOAR use, incident response maturity, vendor consolidation and internal capability development.
- Create actionable remediation plans and strategic roadmaps for long-term cyber resilience.
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