Cyber Lead in Nelson

Exciting news from us at Daisy: we're re-branding to O2 Business!

Following the merger between Virgin Media O2 Business and Daisy Group last year, we're taking the next step in our journey by announcing our new brand!

As O2 Business, we believe in the wonder of simplicity; the joy of that comes when technology works as it should, with reliability, clarity, and speed.

We're incredibly excited about this next step in our journey and you could be on that journey too.

We're looking for a Cyber Lead to Lead day-to-day security operations across O2 Business. This firsthand role operates security tools, coordinates incident response, and holds outsourced SOC providers accountable for effective monitoring and response. Combine operational delivery with security controls, collaborating with technical teams to reduce risk and close gaps.

Job Title: Cyber Lead
Salary: £80,000.00
Location: Nelson or Cheadle
Hours of work: Monday to Friday 8:30/9 - 5/5:30

What You'll Be Doing

As a Cyber Lead you will:

• Own and continuously improve security monitoring, incident response, and threat detection capabilities across infrastructure, cloud, identity, endpoint, and customer-facing environments.
• Lead vulnerability management, remediation tracking, and security operational readiness through effective tooling, runbooks, testing, and escalation processes.  Manage the outsourced SOC/MDR service, ensuring delivery against SLAs, detection coverage, reporting standards, and operational objectives.
• Provide assurance over SOC performance, incident handling, and control effectiveness, driving continuous service improvement and reducing security risk.
• Produce and communicate security metrics, risk updates, incident trends, and remediation progress to support informed decision-making.
• Support compliance, audit, regulatory, and risk management activities, maintaining accurate evidence and security documentation.
• Partner with technical and business teams to strengthen security controls, address monitoring gaps, and coordinate remediation activities.
• Embed security requirements into projects, changes, and operational processes, ensuring secure and resilient service delivery.

What We're Looking For

• Direct security operations experience in a complex environment, with practical incident investigation and response skills.
• Experience managing a SOC/MDR or MSSP, including SLAs, service reviews, detection use cases and constructive challenges.
• Strong knowledge of SIEM, EDR, identity, vulnerability, and exposure management tools, including practical configuration and tuning.
• Experience prioritizing vulnerabilities and coordinating patching, hardening and verified remediation.
• Understanding of first-line delivery and second-line oversight, including separate assurance of controls the role operates.
• Working knowledge of UK GDPR, relevant PCI DSS requirements and NIST CSF/ISO 27001-aligned operational controls.

What's in it for you

Our ethos is simple: the more you put in, the more you get out.

What we Offer

🌴 25 days holiday + bank holidays, with an extra day for each year of service (up to 30 days!)
🎉 An extra day off on your birthday or if you're getting married
💰 £500 referral bonus - bring great people, get rewarded!
📈 Professional development - training and support to help you grow
👓 Eye care vouchers and discounted Medicash membership for healthcare savings
📱 Exclusive Virgin media and O2 deals for you and your family/friends
🛍 Exclusive discounts and savings at over 1,200 retailers

At O2 Business, we're passionate about developing those who drive results and build rewarding careers. As a Cyber Lead, this is your chance to make a real impact.

Apply Now and take the first step toward your career at O2 Business. Every CV is carefully reviewed by a member of our hiring team. We'll be in touch soon to talk more about the role and the journey ahead.

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