💥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.