Team Leader - Information Security Incident Response
We are seeking an experienced Team Leader – Information Security Incident Response to lead the coordination and delivery of effective responses to cyber security incidents. This role will provide operational leadership to an incident response team, ensuring threats are identified, contained, investigated and resolved promptly. You will oversee the end-to-end incident management lifecycle, from initial triage and assessment through to recovery, post-incident review and the implementation of preventative improvements.
Key responsibilities will include leading the investigation of complex security incidents, coordinating technical and business stakeholders, and ensuring timely, accurate communication during major events. You will develop and maintain incident response procedures, playbooks and escalation processes, while supporting the continual improvement of security operations and organisational resilience. The role will also involve monitoring incident trends, producing management reports, contributing to risk assessments, and ensuring lessons learned are translated into practical security controls. You will help manage exercises and simulations, provide guidance during high-severity incidents, and maintain effective relationships with internal teams, specialist suppliers and relevant external parties.
The successful candidate will have substantial experience in cyber security incident response, security operations or a closely related discipline, together with proven experience leading or mentoring technical teams. You will have a strong understanding of incident management frameworks, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, digital forensics and common attack techniques. Experience using security information and event management, endpoint detection and response, case management and other security tooling is essential. Strong analytical, decision-making and communication skills are required, along with the ability to remain calm and provide clear direction in high-pressure situations. Relevant professional certifications or demonstrable equivalent experience would be advantageous. This is an opportunity to play a key role in strengthening security capability, improving response maturity and protecting critical information and services.
Team Leader - Information Security Incident Response
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