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 between technical security teams and departmental stakeholders, translating risk into business-relevant terms
• Contribute to the ongoing maturity and continuous improvement of the security operations function

Essential Requirements

• Active SC Clearance 
• Proven experience in a Security Operations Consultant, SOC Lead, or similar client-side security operations role
• Strong understanding of SIEM platforms, threat detection, and incident response processes
• Experience working within, or advising, public sector or government security functions is highly desirable
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills, comfortable operating at both technical and non-technical levels