Security Operations Consultant

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...