Cyber Security Operations Lead – Contract Hybrid (Scotland-based if/when required) Outside IR35 | Competitive Day Rate ️ Clearance: BPSS (or SC preferred) Duration: 6–12 months- Potentially extendable A leading public sector organisation is seeking a Cyber Security Operations Lead to guide a small SecOps team, drive service improvements, and support incident response. You'll work closely with cyber leadership and architects to shape tooling, processes, and strategic security operations. Key Responsibilities: Lead day-to-day SecOps activities and act as technical escalation. Improve detection, vulnerability scanning, and response processes. Design KPIs, dashboards, and threat monitoring rules. Oversee handovers from new digital services into live operations. Mentor analysts and support continual service improvement. Tech Environment: M365 Defender, Sentinel, firewalls, WAFs, Defender for Cloud Vulnerability tools (e.g. Qualys), SAST/DAST, configuration scanning Azure, AD, Intune, SCCM, Power Platform, MS Dynamics Detection engineering: log ingestion, rule tuning, threat hunting Requirements: Strong SecOps leadership with hands-on IR experience Skilled in vulnerability management and threat detection Clear communicator across technical and business levels Experience in public sector or enterprise environments Desirable: Microsoft/SANS certifications, experience with Qualys/Fortinet/Power Platform Apply now to be considered or reach out for more details.