Cyber Security Operations Manager

Cyber Security Operations Manager

Liverpool (Hybrid) - £70 000 - £75,000

We're working with a growing UK business looking to hire a Cyber Security Operations Manager to take full ownership of its security operations function, ensuring the organisation is protected, resilient, and continuously improving against an increasingly complex threat landscape.

This is a high-impact position where you'll lead the security operations function end-to-end, driving improvements across threat detection, incident response, and overall security posture within a complex, evolving environment.

The Role

You'll take ownership of security operations, ensuring the business is protected against evolving threats while continuously improving processes, tooling, and team capability.

Key responsibilities include

· Leading the day-to-day operations of the Security Operations function, including oversight of any outsourced SOC

· Managing the full incident response lifecycle (detection through to recovery and post-incident review)

· Overseeing threat detection, vulnerability management, and cyber defence capabilities

· Driving improvements across SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, and security tooling

· Ensuring robust monitoring, alerting, and response across cloud, network, and endpoint environments

· Partnering with Infrastructure, Cloud, and Risk teams to strengthen security across the business

· Leading and developing a team of cyber engineers and analysts

· Driving automation initiatives to improve response times and operational efficiency

· Supporting governance, compliance, and audit requirements

· Reporting on security performance, risks, and KPIs to senior stakeholders

What We're Looking For

· Proven experience leading a Security Operations or SOC function

· Strong understanding of SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, IDS/IPS, and security tooling

· Experience managing incident response and threat management in complex environments

· Strong knowledge of frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, or CIS Controls

· Experience working in cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP)

· Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills

· Ability to balance hands-on technical understanding with strategic oversight

Why Join?

· Opportunity to lead and shape the security operations function

· High visibility role across technology and leadership teams

· Business actively investing in cyber security and resilience

If you're looking for a role where you can lead, influence, and strengthen cyber security at scale, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today with your most up to date CV.

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