Cyber Security Manager

HAYS Specialist Recruitment
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Last week
£650 – £750 pa

Salary

£650 – £750 pa

Job Type
Contract
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Security Clearance
Required
Posted
19 May 2026 (Last week)

Benefits

Hybrid working

£650 - £750 per day (Inside IR35)
Hybrid - 2-3 days on-site6-month initial contract (likely extension)Location: Birmingham (You must be able to travel to Birmingham for on-site work 2-3 days)

We're working with a government client seeking an experienced Cybersecurity Manager to lead and mature their operational security capability across a modern hybrid estate.This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll combine technical depth with stakeholder engagement, driving security operations, incident response, and continuous improvement across infrastructure, cloud, and workplace environments.
The Role
You'll take ownership of cybersecurity operations, leading a small engineering team and working closely with an outsourced SOC/MSSP to ensure robust monitoring, response, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities

  • Leading technical incident response (containment, eradication, recovery) and post-incident analysis
  • Owning and improving security controls across endpoints, identity, networks, and cloud platforms
  • Driving vulnerability management, patching, and remediation to agreed SLAs
  • Managing SOC performance, alert triage, escalation, and threat intelligence integration
  • Enforcing Identity & Access Management (IAM) policies, including conditional access and privileged access controls
  • Leading disaster recovery planning and cyber incident readiness exercises
  • Overseeing penetration testing and ensuring timely remediation of findings
  • Providing audit and compliance evidence (e.g., ISO 27001, PCI DSS, CE+)


Essential experience:

  • Strong background in cybersecurity operations within complex environments
  • Proven experience leading incident response and remediation activity
  • Expertise in Microsoft 365 / Azure security and hybrid cloud environments
  • Experience operating security tooling (EDR, SIEM, firewalls, identity platforms) at scale
  • Solid understanding of frameworks such as ISO 27001, NCSC guidance, NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK
  • Experience managing suppliers, SOC providers, and technical teams

Desirable:

  • Relevant certifications (e.g. CISSP, CISM, AZ-500, SC-200) [Cyber Secu...ty Manager | PDF]
  • Experience working in Agile / DevOps environments
  • Previous exposure to regulated or public sector environments



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