Cybersecurity manager

SC Cleared - Information Security / Cyber Manager
OverviewWe are seeking an experienced Information Security Manager to lead the assurance, performance management, and continuous improvement of our cybersecurity capabilities. The successful candidate will play a critical role in governing service providers, uplifting control maturity, and ensuring our security posture aligns with business objectives, regulatory expectations, and recognised industry frameworks.
Key Responsibilities - Cybersecurity Governance & Assurance

• Oversee performance of third-party service providers through structured governance forums.
• Deliver written and verbal updates on cyber risks and strategic priorities to senior stakeholders.
• Assure evidence and control effectiveness against NIST CSF and ISO 27001.
• Conduct cybersecurity risk assessments and develop mitigation plans aligned to business objectives.
• Develop and report cybersecurity performance metrics for senior management.
• Lead or support security incident response, recovery, and post-incident analysis.
• Oversee patching, vulnerability management and system hardening processes.
• Support implementation and assurance of cloud and data security solutions.

Key Responsibilities - Technical Leadership & Expertise

• Translate complex technical information into clear guidance for senior leaders.
• Provide insight into IT architecture, hybrid/cloud models, and security methodologies.
• Advice on security tooling includes Firewalls, IDS/IPS, CDN, Endpoint Protection, SIEM, SOAR, DLP, PKI and cryptography.
• Provide security guidance for cloud models such as IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, CASB, Zero Trust and micro-segmentation.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of IAM including RBAC, ABAC, PAM, provisioning, compliance and SSO.
• Apply threat-modelling approaches including OWASP, PASTA, STRIDE, MITRE ATT&CK, threat intelligence and threat hunting.

Desirable Experience

• Design and assure secure network architectures and enterprise security solutions.
• Designing or assuring SOC operations, including monitoring and response.
• Overseeing penetration testing, vulnerability assessments and remediation lifecycle.
• Integrating threat intelligence into operations and strategic planning.

Essential QualificationsCertified Information Security Manager (CISM)Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)Security ClearanceSecurity Check (SC) Clearance is required.

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