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We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.\nLet us introduce the role\nThe Security Operations Lead is responsible for the end-to-end delivery and continuous improvement of security services. This includes managing day-to-day security operations, ensuring compliance, and leading the response to security incidents. The Security Operations Lead will drive initiatives to strengthen the organisations security posture while maintaining high levels of service performance.\nKey Accountabilities:\nService Delivery Excellence: Accountable for ensuring that security services are delivered according to established SLAs, meeting business requirements, and security standards.\nIncident and Issue Management: Accountable for overseeing the investigation and resolution of security incidents, ensuring effective communication to stakeholders.\nService Integration: Accountable for collaborating with the Secure pillar to ensure seamless integration of security services into broader IT and business operations.\nCompliance and Risk Management: Accountable for ensuring that security operations adhere to company policies, industry regulations, and best practices.\nThird-Party Security Partner Management: Accountable for managing and overseeing third-party security service providers, ensuring contractual obligations, performance standards, and security requirements are consistently met.\nStakeholder Management: Accountable for engaging with business units and stakeholders to ensure alignment of security services with business priorities.\nContinuous Service Improvement: Accountable for driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance service delivery processes and outcomes.\nPerformance Reporting and Communication: Accountable for providing regular reports on service performance, risks, and improvement plans to senior leadership.\nLeadership and Coaching: Accountable for leading, coaching and developing a team at a local level to deliver team and personal objectives safely and securely to meet our operational plans.\nHealth and Safety: Accountable for maintaining and promoting high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and being a great team player.\nKey Responsibilities:\nManage the day-to-day operation of security services depending on specialisation, including areas such as monitoring, incident response, threat intelligence, and overall security infrastructure.\nCoordinate with the Secure Pillar to ensure cross-functional collaboration for the delivery of integrated security services.\nTake a lead role in the resolution of security incidents, ensuring that the proper incident response protocols are followed, and post-incident reviews are conducted.\nEnsure that incidents are documented, root cause analysis is performed, and lessons learned are incorporated into future operations.\nRegularly monitor and report on security service performance, highlighting any deviations from agreed-upon SLAs or targets.\nManage relationships with external vendors and service providers related to security services.\nEnsure that third-party services meet security standards and are compliant with internal policies and regulations.\nEnsure proper risk assessments and testing are done before changes are introduced.\nManage transitions from the Change Pillar coordinating with relevant teams to ensure smooth implementation.\nMaintain accurate service documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.\nCollaborate with relevant teams to ensure security operations contribute effectively to business continuity and disaster recovery planning.\nMaintain comprehensive documentation and evidence to support internal and external audits, ensuring ongoing compliance with regulatory and policy requirements.\nResponsible for undertaking other duties as reasonably required from time to time by line and task management.\nSome reasons we think you’ll love it here:\nAWE has a wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:\n9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.\nMarket leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).\nFamily friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.\nOpportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.\nEmployee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.\nLife Assurance (4 x annual salary).\nDiscounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.\nSpecial Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.\nThe 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.\nAll candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role.\nNext steps:\nEveryone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick every box’. That’s why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don’t meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we’d love to receive your application.\nNext steps: \nEveryone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick every box’. That’s why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don’t meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we’d love to receive your application.\nImportant things you need to know:\nWe encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.\nYou will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV. \n We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodationsduring the process.\nOur interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.\nOur ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. Westrive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. 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