Information Security Operations Lead

Job Details

Information Security Operations Lead

Verian UK

Location: London, Westminster (hybrid) 

Contract Type: Permanent, Full time

About Verian

Verian is a leading evidence and advisory business for governments, multilateral organisations, and the private sector. With our roots in the world’s oldest and best-known social research businesses, we have been partnering with clients across the globe to answer the next generation of public policy challenges for almost ninety years. 

Today, we work at the intersection of data, technology, and human understanding. Our specialist teams create the evidence required for decision making, and advise clients on national statistics and longitudinal programmes, public policy design and evaluation, ground-breaking behaviour change programmes, and public opinion trends.

We pioneer technologies that support new ways to reach and connect with citizens, often in challenging and hard-to-reach environments. We speak with hundreds of thousands of citizens every year on behalf of clients who trust us to define the gold standard of data integrity. We use our unique data ecosystem to provide the first evidence that enables governments to respond quickly at times of crisis. In the everyday, we continuously invest in our expertise in behavioural science and social change to tackle the world’s most pressing social, environmental, and economic challenges.

From advising governments on gender equality in the workplace, to providing the measure of national inflation, transforming the citizen experience of public services, or improving access to education in lower income countries – our consultants work across the breadth of public policy to build the quality of the public realm.

What You'll Do

• Lead and coordinate daily security operations, including incident response, vulnerability management, and third-party security.
• Collaborate with technology teams to detect, triage, and remediate security issues across infrastructure, applications, and cloud.
• Maintain and improve incident response playbooks, operational procedures, and baseline security standards.
• Drive security awareness initiatives and manage the Information Security Champions network.
• Produce clear, actionable security metrics and reports for leadership.
• Support projects by embedding security requirements and tracking risks.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience 

Must Have:

• Experience in security operations and incident response.
• Familiarity with SIEM/SOAR, EDR, vulnerability management, and Microsoft 365/Azure security tooling.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM) or equivalent experience.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Copilot for Security or similar AI tools.
• Knowledge of ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF, or similar frameworks.
• Experience running security awareness programmes and phishing simulations.
• Experience in Agile/DevOps environments.

Ways of Working & Values

Champion pragmatic, evidence-led security that enables delivery and continuous improvement. Foster an inclusive, supportive culture across the security community.

What We Offer

Our open and engaging environment will give you a chance to develop both professionally and personally, surrounded by passionate colleagues.

We appreciate the positive atmosphere of collaboration that we have built, where cooperation, flexibility, and mobility are encouraged, and where you will be asked to follow your interests and the learning opportunities that come with them!

You will receive a performance-based salary with competitive benefits, work flexibility, work from home arrangement and last but not the least, a space for innovative ideas and continuous improvement.

We want to build an equality of opportunity in a fair and encouraging working environment where people feel included, accepted, and are allowed to thrive in a space where their wellbeing is taken into consideration. We encourage applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status or any other legally protected characteristics.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.