Incident and Preparedness Specialist (Cyber Security)

Location: Hybrid, with three days per week in the office; based in Bristol or Manchester, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is a UK communications group operating brands including BT, EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

What you will do

• Coordinate Priority 3 through Priority 1 cyber incident response, including containment, remediation, recovery, communications, and reporting.
• Maintain major cyber incident preparedness through exercises, simulations, training, assessments, and cross-functional engagement.
• Execute and improve Security Bronze-level incident management processes within the Business Continuity Management framework.
• Create, analyse, and report cyber preparedness metrics, KPIs, and management information.
• Build relationships with Cyber Operations, security teams, business stakeholders, partners, suppliers, and industry organisations.
• Drive continuous improvement in cyber resilience, incident management capabilities, processes, and technologies.

Requirements

• SC Clearance eligibility is required.
• At least three years of experience in cyber security, incident management, crisis management, or another complex operational environment.
• Understanding of cyber security fundamentals and cyber incident response and management.
• Ability to interpret data, assess risk and business impact, and prioritise incident response actions.
• Experience engaging senior stakeholders, including managing director-level contacts, and using security or IT tooling to interpret data.
• Experience leading high-pressure incident response, creating exercises and simulations, and coordinating containment efforts.

Culture & Benefits

• Customer-first culture focused on clear, connected collaboration and continuous improvement.
• 10% on-target annual bonus.
• Private GP access, paid carers leave, and enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• Pension scheme with 5% employee and 10% employer contributions.
• Holiday purchase scheme and optional healthcare, dental, gym membership, and other benefits.