FWD View

About the Company

FWD View is a leading data & technology consultancy for the financial services industry that partners with you from strategy to implementation, focused on unblocking the data bottlenecks that hamper innovation & transformation. We focus on the business outcome and bring leading expertise across core areas such as: Data Virtualisation, Data Governance, Data Protection, Data Cataloguing, Analytics and Data Products. We merged with Nagarro PLC in October '24, bringing 20,000+ colleagues and a truly global reach that means we can work with our clients on their most impactful and complex challenges at the enterprise. www.fwdview.com www.nagarro.com

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Company Name

FWD View

Job Title

Security Operations Lead

Job Description

**Job Title** Security Operations Lead – Interim (Short‑Term) **Role Summary** Lead the organization’s Security Operations Centre (SOC) during a transitional period. Provide day‑to‑day governance, incident response, threat hunting, and capability development across a hybrid cloud/on‑prem environment while acting as the primary escalation and subject‑matter expert for security operations. **Expectations** - Deliver SOC operations with minimal downtime for a short‑term contract (6‑12 months). - Maintain service continuity during handover of SOC responsibilities. - Communicate findings and recommendations to senior non‑technical stakeholders. - Demonstrate rapid assimilation of organizational processes and culture. **Key Responsibilities** - Own and manage the SOC, including oversight of MSSP partners. - Serve as the incident escalation point; respond to critical alerts, including out‑of‑hours events. - Lead threat hunting initiatives and build/maintain threat‑intelligence and digital‑forensics capabilities. - Develop and enforce SOC SLOs/SLAs, playbooks, and automation strategies. - Manage third‑party SOC relationships and coordinate managed incident response. - Produce incident documentation and post‑mortem reports for executive audiences. **Required Skills** - 10+ years of cybersecurity experience with proven SOC leadership. - Expertise in SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and SOC playbook development. - End‑to‑end incident handling and digital‑forensics execution and oversight. - Hybrid cloud/on‑prem operations with at least one major cloud provider. - Strong verbal and written communication; report writing for senior executives. - Ability to work independently while collaborating with senior leadership. **Required Education & Certifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security or related discipline (or equivalent). - Professional security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CRISC, or equivalent). - Experience in regulated environments and familiarity with frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, MITRE ATT&CK, etc.

London, United kingdom

On site

Senior

17-11-2025