Cyber Security Manager

Role Overview:

HireFlex Global seeks an experienced cybersecurity leader to manage its security operations, engineering, threat management, cloud security, innovation and service delivery functions. The role combines strategic oversight with direct technical involvement. The successful candidate will lead multidisciplinary teams, strengthen security controls, manage client commitments and drive continuous service improvement. Hands-on expertise is essential. The candidate must be able to assess security events, investigate SIEM alerts, support threat hunting and guide teams through major security incidents, while maintaining accountability for people, operations and delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Cybersecurity leadership and governance: Set the technical direction, operating priorities, performance objectives and service standards for the full cybersecurity function. Coordinate security operations, engineering, threat management, innovation and project teams. Establish effective governance, reporting and escalation processes.
• Security monitoring and incident response: Provide hands-on leadership for threat monitoring and response. Analyse SIEM events, security logs and alerts; direct triage, threat hunting, incident investigations and root cause analysis. Guide containment, remediation, escalation and post-incident improvements. Mentor analysts on complex investigations.
• Detection engineering and security platforms: Lead SIEM engineers and security platform teams. Oversee Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, endpoint security and EDR solutions. Improve log ingestion, correlation rules, detection use cases, dashboards, alert quality, system integrations and platform reliability.
• Threat management and risk reduction: Oversee threat intelligence, vulnerability assessment, threat analysis and risk prioritisation. Work with operations and engineering teams to translate risks into actionable monitoring, security controls and mitigation plans. Track critical threats and corrective actions through closure.
• Cloud security, DevSecOps and innovation: Lead Azure security and secure engineering initiatives. Advance security automation, API integrations, CI/CD security practices and cloud control improvements. Evaluate emerging tools and practical applications of data science, artificial intelligence and machine learning in cybersecurity.
• Project and service delivery: Oversee cybersecurity projects and ServiceNow service delivery. Review scope, project plans, milestones, dependencies, quality, risks and resource needs. Support on-time delivery and strong communication between technical teams, project managers and clients. Resolve complex operational and delivery issues.
• Resources, budgets and team development: Plan resource allocation, capacity, recruitment and staffing across teams. Monitor utilisation, operational costs and delivery performance. Set clear expectations, coach team members, identify skill gaps and lead technical interviews for relevant cybersecurity and engineering positions.
• Client and stakeholder engagement: Serve as a senior technical and operational contact for clients. Lead service reviews, technical discussions and critical escalations. Convert business requirements into practical delivery plans and communicate progress, risks, decisions and improvement actions clearly.

Required Expertise and Experience

• Professional background: At least 10 years of relevant experience in cybersecurity, security engineering, security operations or related disciplines, including leadership of multiple technical teams and complex security services.
• Security operations: Strong practical capability in Microsoft Sentinel, SIEM monitoring, log analysis, alert triage, event correlation, detection rule tuning, threat hunting, incident management and root cause analysis.
• Security technologies: Experience with Microsoft Defender, endpoint protection, EDR, security platform integration, engineering architecture and the implementation and optimisation of security controls.
• Cloud and engineering: Sound knowledge of Azure security architecture, cloud monitoring, identity protection, DevOps, DevSecOps, secure CI/CD, automation and integrations.
• Delivery and leadership: Proven ability to manage client relationships, technical escalations, project delivery, resource planning, operational governance, team development and technical recruitment.
• Additional capabilities: Familiarity with AI/ML applications in security operations is beneficial. Experience in the FMCG sector is an advantage but is not required.

• Preferred Certifications
• Microsoft SC-200, SC-100 or AZ-500; CISSP; CISM; or equivalent certifications in cybersecurity, cloud security or security operations.
• Key Success Measures

Reliable threat monitoring and incident response; improved security platform performance and detection maturity; consistent project and service delivery; effective resource utilisation; strong team capability; and measurable improvements through automation and innovation.