Technology and Cyber Services (TCS) – Security Operations Manager

Overview

In this role you will lead UKNNL’s end-to-end security operations to prevent, detect, respond to, and recover from cyber threats. You will manage a SecOps team, align activities with risk appetite and CISO strategy, and drive continuous improvement with external partners. You’ll shape governance, monitoring, and incident response while contributing to a mature security program. This is a chance to influence security outcomes in a critical infrastructure setting and work across cross-functional teams.

Pay / Benefits

• pension plan with employer contributions
• annual leave 25.5 days + 4 days Christmas shutdown + bank holidays
• bonus scheme
• learning and development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work scheme

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a small SecOps team with coaching and wellbeing focus
• Prioritize activities to align with organisational risk appetite and CISO strategy
• Represent SecOps in governance and security meetings and provide SME input
• Maintain governance, reporting, and performance frameworks for accountability
• Own end-to-end security monitoring, detection, and response with internal and external partners
• Lead operational management of security incidents and post-incident learning
• Define and deliver a structured security testing and exercising programme
• Evolve security operations capabilities (processes, tooling, resources)
• Develop roadmaps aligned to objectives and emerging threats
• Support other cyber and information security sections when required

Key requirements

• Experience in cyber security operations in regulated or critical infrastructure environments
• Proven leadership of security operations teams and/or managed security services
• Experience managing security incidents and crisis-level response under pressure
• Strong understanding of incident response and digital forensics
• Strong understanding of threat intelligence and threat hunting
• Strong understanding of vulnerability management and security controls
• Strong understanding of security testing, assurance, and audit practices
• Experience working with regulators, auditors, and compliance frameworks
• Ability to translate strategy into operational capability
• Experience managing third-party suppliers and service providers
• Degree or higher in a related subject
• Evidence of related relevant operations certifications and training
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (5 years UK residency)

• leadership
• communication
• stakeholder management
• security operations
• incident response
• digital forensics

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