About this role
Salary: £41,000 - 81,000 per year
Requirements
- Must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role.
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end delivery and continuous improvement of security services, managing day-to-day operations across areas such as monitoring, incident response, threat intelligence and security infrastructure.
- Ensure security services meet agreed service-level agreements, business requirements, security standards and performance targets; monitor and report on service performance, risks and improvement plans.
- Lead the investigation and resolution of security incidents, ensure response protocols are followed, communicate with stakeholders, document incidents, conduct root-cause analysis and post-incident reviews, and apply lessons learned.
- Coordinate with our Secure Pillar and relevant teams to integrate security services with wider IT and business operations, and contribute to business continuity and disaster recovery planning.
- Ensure security operations comply with our policies, regulatory requirements and industry best practices; maintain documentation and audit evidence to support internal and external audits.
- Manage third-party security providers and vendor relationships, ensuring contractual obligations, performance standards and security requirements are met.
- Conduct appropriate risk assessments and testing before changes are introduced, and coordinate transitions with our Change Pillar and relevant teams.
- Maintain accurate service documentation, runbooks and operational procedures.
- Engage with business units and stakeholders to align security services with business priorities.
- Drive initiatives to improve service delivery processes and outcomes.
- Lead, coach and develop a local team to deliver personal and team objectives safely and securely and support our operational plans.
- Promote high standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality, and contribute as a team player.
- Undertake other duties as reasonably required by line and task management.
Technologies
- Support
- Security
More
We are recruiting a Security Operations Lead for our Berkshire location. We operate a 9-day working fortnight, giving you every other Friday off alongside 270 hours of annual leave, and we consider flexible-working requests. Our benefits include a contributory pension, family-friendly policies, professional development support, an Employee Assistance Programme, Occupational Health Services, life assurance, discounts and special leave. We welcome applications from people with varied skills and perspectives, and consider potential, values fit and transferable skills as well as experience. We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every point listed.
last updated 46 week of 2026