Head of Security Operations

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead cybersecurity operations covering threat detection and response, vulnerability management, security monitoring and incident management.
• Oversee infrastructure security across on-premises and cloud environments, including vulnerability management, server hardening, security monitoring and security architecture reviews.
• Maintain oversight of cloud security posture, assess new cloud solutions and ensure security gaps and misconfigurations are appropriately addressed.
• Provide leadership and oversight across Identity & Access Management (IAM) governance.
• Partner with the SOC on security monitoring, incident response and the implementation of new cybersecurity capabilities.
• Act as a trusted security advisor to Technology and Business stakeholders, providing practical recommendations that balance security, regulatory and business requirements.
• Lead and develop an established cybersecurity team, driving technical capability development and continuous improvement.

Requirements:

• 15+ years of information security experience, preferably within a highly regulated environment.
• Strong experience across security operations, infrastructure security and cloud security, with sufficient technical depth to engage and challenge engineering teams.
• Hands-on understanding of multi-cloud environments across SaaS, PaaS and IaaS, together with cyber incident management experience.
• Experience across vulnerability management, infrastructure hardening, security architecture/advisory and security assessments.
• Strong people leadership and senior stakeholder-management capabilities.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CRISC, CCSP or cloud/security architecture certifications would be advantageous.