Interim Cyber Security Officer

6-month contract opportunity with a local authority Summary This is a 6-month contract opportunity with a local authority, focused on providing senior-level cybersecurity engineering expertise. The role is pivotal in supporting and optimizing the Councils outsourced Security Operations Center (SOC) through the use of CrowdStrike and Splunk platforms. The successful candidate will ensure the effective integration, configuration, and operational use of security tools to enhance threat detection, incident response, and overall security maturity. Additionally, the role involves providing technical leadership, mentoring, and knowledge transfer to bolster internal cyber capabilities during a period of team transition. Key Responsibilities Lead the deployment, configuration, and ongoing management of the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, including endpoint protection policies. Collaborate with the SOC provider to design, optimize, and maintain Splunk dashboards, alerts, and security data models. S...