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# Security Operations Lead - Remote (UK wide)

- **Company:** Ocho
- **Location:** Belfast, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, Key Management, Open Web Application Security, Software Vulnerability Management, Containerization, Static Application Security Testing, Dynamic Application Security Testing
- **Published:** August 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5845410161

## About the Role

move between engineering detail, and board-level risk narrative with ease Familiarity with ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials+, or similar frameworks is a bonus Benefits: Private healthcare Life assurance & income protection Enhanced maternity Electric vehicle & cycle to work salary sacrifice Pension with NI savings & matched share scheme Flexible working & employee discounts Please apply now if you are meeting the above criteria or contact Andrew Harrison directly. Skills: Security leadership Vulnerability management Cloud-native CI/CD integration Security tooling Benefits: Work From Home

## Description

An exciting newly created role for a Security Operations Lead, joining a specialist software company at a pivotal stage of growth. This is a hands-on leadership role at the heart of Platform Engineering. You'll run the security working group, own the vulnerability management lifecycle, and embed security across development, platform, and product. Making it a shared responsibility, not a siloed function. You'll need sharp technical instincts, sound judgement, and the ability to make complex risk legible to an executive audience. What You'll Do: Security Leadership Lead the security working group, setting priorities and driving resolution Translate threat intelligence into actionable engineering tasks and deliver monthly risk summaries to the ELT Vulnerability & Incident Management Own the full vulnerability lifecycle: discovery, triage, remediation, and reporting Coordinate incident response and set risk-based remediation timelines Security Tooling Own and evolve the security tool
stack (SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets management) and integrate it into CI/CD pipelines Drive adoption of dependency scanning, artifact verification, and SBOM tooling, ensuring tools produce signal, not noise Experience: Strong application and infrastructure security background in cloud-native environments, with hands-on experience across CI/CD, containerisation, and infrastructure-as-code Deep understanding of common vulnerability classes (OWASP Top 10 and beyond) and practical experience with SAST, DAST, SCA, and secrets scanning tooling Proven end-to-end vulnerability management and incident response experience, including supply chain risk mitigation The ability to assess risk and make clear prioritisation calls, even with imperfect information A track record of leading cross-team security initiatives without direct authority, aligning stakeholders with competing priorities Experience improving security culture across engineering teams with diverse tech stacks Strong communicator, able to


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