Cyber Security Operations Lead

Cyber Security Operations Lead

Full time / Part time

Salary: £44,297 -£49,813 pa, with potential for further progression to £56,082pa with our pay progression scheme.

Location: Hybrid

Contracted to our Manchester, London, Edinburgh, Cardiff or Belfast office, however, we offer flexible home and office-based working opportunities. There will be times when you will be expected to attend the office to collaborate with colleagues or travel due to business need. Please note, from Autumn 2026 our head office will relocate from Wilmslow to Manchester city centre.

Job summary

The Information Commissioner's Office is the UK regulator for information rights, and our purpose is to empower you through information. As an employer, we are enthusiastic about making a positive difference to the lives and careers of our people, and we empower you to be curious, collaborative, impactful, and inclusive.

Job Description

As part of a growing Cyber Security team, you will provide subject matter expertise on cyber security risks and opportunities and use your skills and experience to detect and respond to threats and vulnerabilities. Reporting to the Cyber Security Operations Manager, you will work closely with colleagues across our Digital, Data and Technology department, as well as relevant authorities and support partners, to drive and deliver effective cyber security.

Key responsibilities:

• Responding to alerts from monitoring/detection systems within defined SLAs
• Using configured tools and scripts to identify potential cyber security breaches
• Following procedures to analyse, respond to, and/or escalation cyber security incidents
• Monitoring security appliance health, performing basic troubleshooting of security devices, and escalating severe problems to engineers
• Contributing to the development of incident response capabilities, policies, and procedures
• Maintaining logs of all actions taken

Person specification

Essential criteria assessed at application stage:

• Substantial experience in cyber security operations
• Demonstrable skills and knowledge of security operations and incident management, including configuration, operation, and maintenance of secure systems, detection and response to incidents, and collection and use of threat intelligence..
• Demonstrable skills and knowledge of security management systems and organisational security controls, including standards, best practices, and approaches to risk assessment and mitigation.
• Working experience of developing and delivering security education and awareness programmes.

Essential criteria assessed during interview:

• Knowledge of security operations and incident management, including configuration, operation, and maintenance of secure systems, detection and response to incidents, and collection and use of threat intelligence.
• Knowledge of security management systems and organisational security controls, including standards, best practices, and approaches to risk assessment and mitigation.
• Knowledge of human factors, including usable security, social and behavioural factors impacting security, security culture and awareness, as well as the impact of security controls on user behaviours.
• Good time management skills, and an ability to remain calm under pressure and manage complex workloads.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills with people at all levels, and an ability to influence change at an organisational level.
• Self-motivated and dynamic with the ability to identify issues and own remediations.

Why work for the ICO?

• Pay progression scheme.
• Hybrid and flexible working options.
• 25 days paid holiday per year, plus privilege and public holidays.
• Flexi leave (up to 26 additional days leave per year).
• Pension (employer contribution around 28.9%).
• Online discount scheme to save money at major supermarkets, retailers, gyms, restaurants, insurance providers and many more.
• Health Cash Plan.
• Fantastic development opportunities to learn and progress.
• Further details can be found on the benefits section of our website .

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

The ICO is committed to promoting and enhancing equality, diversity, and inclusion. We are focused on developing a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve and together we are building an inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference. We are championing this through our Equality Diversity and Inclusion Board together with a number of staff networks. Read more about our commitment on our website.

Candidates

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