Head of Cyber Security Ops & Response

Head of Cyber Security Operations & Response

Location: ScottishPower HQ, Glasgow

Salary: £72-90K (plus up to 30% bonus, family healthcare & car allowance)

Flexible & Hybrid Working

* The role requires that the successful candidate can obtain UK Government Security Clearance *

Help us create a better future, quicker

ScottishPower Renewables is a leader in the development of renewable energy, both onshore and offshore in the UK & Ireland. We are part of the first integrated utility to generate 100% green energy.

We focus on wind, solar and smart grid technologies to help transition our national energy supply towards a cleaner, electric future.

The Head of Cyber Security Operations and Response is responsible for ScottishPower Renewables cybersecurity, including managing the Security Operations Centre, threat prevention and incident detection and response.

This role will lead an active and ambitious global cyber security function, contributing to the cyber security purpose of delivering cyber resilient OT and IT to enable a safe and reliable electricity supply to customers.  The role will act as the NIS Cyber Operational Lead reporting to the BISO, providing a critical role in SPR’S ambitious cyber resilience programme.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll be expected to lead on new and specialist techniques, working cross industry, and helping to advance our understanding of technical risk.

You’ll plan, direct, and control the hybrid security operations functions and operation, leading and managing the Security Operations and team of security operational staff members, being responsible for overall use of resources for the Security Operations Centre. The team will consist of various cyber security functions such as; threat intelligence, response & recovery and threat detection. You’ll be responsible for managing cyber risk in order to protect the company, customers and employees as well as hold responsibility for all OT SOC functions. 

Leading day-to-day OT Cyber security operations and assisting with implementing new OT cyber security technologies and practices, this role will be responsible for directing security event monitoring, management and response and cyber intelligence. 

Other aspects of the role include:

• Direct the Cyber Intelligence capability to identify potential threats to SPR delivering strategic reports and strategies to minimise the impact of the threat.

• Accountable for the OT SOC strategy and future vision

• Ensuring compliance

• Evolving the current Security Operations Framework, reviewing policies and highlighting the challenges in managing SLAs. 

• Ensuring the orchestration and integration of security services and platforms to maximise its usage and coverage. 

• Ensuring threat management, threat modelling, identifying threat vectors and developing use cases for security monitoring.

What we’re looking for

• Experience in planning, directing and controlling SOC functions and operations. 

• Leading and managing a Security Operations and team of security operational staff members. 

• Significant skills and experience in understanding at a very technical level security operations. 

• Awareness of key legislation and regulation impacting IT/OT General Control requirements in an energy utility. 

• Experience managing senior stakeholders

• Record of academic achievement, including some form of recognised qualification from further education, such as a degree or diploma. 

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that -  so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave

• Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave

• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme

• Payroll giving and charity matched funding

• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes

• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change

• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving

• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments

• Life Assurance (4x salary)

• Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support

• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why ScottishPower

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support.

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

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