Security Operations Consultant – SC Cleared
📍 Remote | 💷 £600–£650 per day (Outside IR35) | ⏳ 3–6 months initial contract, likely extension | 🏛️ Central Government
The Role
We're seeking an experienced Security Operations Consultant to support a central government department's security operations function. This is a client-side role, working directly within the department to strengthen and mature their security operations capability.
Key Responsibilities
* Support and advise on day-to-day Security Operations Centre (SOC) activity, including alert triage and escalation processes
* Assist with incident detection, investigation, and response
* Advise on SIEM tooling, use case development, and logging/alerting strategy
* Support vulnerability management processes: prioritisation, remediation tracking, and reporting
* Review and enhance security policies, playbooks, and incident response runbooks
* Act as a bridge between technical security teams and departmental stakeholders, translating risk into business-relevant terms
* Contribute to the ongoing maturity and continuous improvement of the security operations function
Essential Requirements
* Active SC Clearance
* Proven experience in a Security Operations Consultant, SOC Lead, or similar client-side security operations role
* Strong understanding of SIEM platforms, threat detection, and incident response processes
* Experience working within, or advising, public sector or government security functions is highly desirable
* Excellent stakeholder communication skills, comfortable operating at both technical and non-technical levels