💥Cyber Security Manager | Contract | 6 months | Hybrid (2 days remote) 💥
Harvey Nash have partnered with a confidential private sector organisation that requires an experienced Cyber Security Manager or Lead to step in and provide immediate, hands-on leadership across cyber operations.
This role is firmly delivery-led. You'll take ownership of day-to-day cyber security activities, stabilise the current security posture, and drive a backlog of critical actions across incident response, vulnerability management, and network security. It's a small team environment, so pace, urgency, and the ability to be effective quickly are essential.
You'll work closely with IT Operations and infrastructure teams, balancing strategic oversight with hands-on execution to ensure progress is made.
What you'll be doing:
🔹 Owning and progressing cyber incident response planning and readiness activities
🔹 Reviewing vulnerability scan outputs, prioritising risk, and driving remediation actions
🔹 Leading remediation activities from penetration testing and security assessments
🔹 Reviewing and improving firewall rules, network segmentation, and data centre security
🔹 Assessing security across remote sites and WAN connectivity
🔹 Reviewing existing data discovery and access request tooling, producing recommendations for replacement and next steps
🔹 Acting as the senior cyber point of contact for stakeholders, providing clear updates on risk, progress, and priorities
Experience of interest:
🔹 Proven experience operating as a Contract Cyber Security Manager or Lead
🔹 Strong background in incident response, vulnerability management, and security posture improvement
🔹 Hands-on experience across network and perimeter security in enterprise environments
🔹 Comfortable operating in lean teams and becoming self-sufficient quickly
🔹 Able to balance leadership with hands-on delivery in complex environments
Technology environment includes:
🔹 Sophos (Managed Detection and Response, logging), Nessus (Vulnerability Management)
🔹 Cisco Firepower, Cisco Umbrella, Cisco Nexus switching and Cisco WAN
🔹 Load balancers
🔹 Windows client environments
🔹 Data discovery tooling
This is a strong opportunity for a cyber professional who is able to do both the hands-on and strategy that can bring immediate structure, momentum, and calm to a busy environment.
Apply now or get in touch for a confidential discussion.
