Cyber Security Manager

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.