Security Operations Manager

About the Role

Queen Mary has launched an ambitious and comprehensive programme of work to transform its information security services within IT Services and across the University as a whole.

The Security Operations Manager is at the frontline of the University’s cyber defence, responsible for identifying, detecting and responding to information security threats and leading Queen Mary’s response to cyber security incidents.  Working with colleagues across IT Services and the wider University, the Operational Security Manager ensures that Queen Mary technology and information assets are safeguarded against a wide range of internal and external security threats.

Working with the Head of Information Security to select and procure security tooling, outsourced services and third-party solutions, the Security Operations Manager is the University’s direct interface with security suppliers, and is responsible for service design, onboarding and delivery.

About You

As leader of the specialist Security Operations Centre, reporting to the Head of Information Security, the Security Operations Manager will lead and develop the established security operations function to deliver a range of security services across the University including, but not limited to, security monitoring and alerting, security incident response, threat intelligence, intrusion detection and security engineering. The Security Operations Manager will also work closely with colleagues in other specialist security roles including vulnerability management, security architecture, security awareness, and governance risk and compliance in order to drive towards security outcomes and lower institutional risk.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

IT Services is the technology function within QMUL Professional Services, comprised of a number of specialist technology teams, including Cyber Security. The IT Services department is a key contributor to the digital infrastructure landscape underpinning QMUL's strategic corporate aims as outlined in the University Strategy https://www.qmul.ac.uk/strategy-2030/

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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