Cyber Security Posture Lead at Ministry of Justice, UK Office/Remote, £Contract Rate

Background:

This role is needed to stand-up the new Proactive Cyber Security Team within the SOC, created as part of the ongoing re-organisation across Tech Services. SOC service area currently lacks the specialist capability and capacity to cover this specialist leadership position. This role is to provide the knowledge, skill and experience as well as the capacity to focus on this task.

This role will lead the development and continuous improvement of MOJ's cyber security posture across a large and complex enterprise technology estate, helping identify systemic weaknesses, strengthen security controls and reduce cyber risk through a data driven approach.

As Cyber Security Posture Lead, your main responsibilities will be:

• Reduce material cyber and technology risk across MoJ’s critical systems using a risk‑based and prioritised approach. This includes strengthening the role of our strategic/core platforms and critical services.
• Improve visibility, ownership and accountability for cyber and technology risk at system, portfolio and enterprise levels.

Essential:

• Active SC Clearance
• Extensive experience in cyber security posture management, security controls assurance, or attack surface management.
• Strong understanding of security baselines, control frameworks, and secure configuration management across cloud and enterprise environments.
• Experience measuring, reporting, and improving organisational security posture through data-driven approaches.
• Knowledge of Microsoft security technologies, including Azure, Defender, and Entra ID.
• Ability to identify systemic security weaknesses and drive improvement initiatives across multiple technology teams.
• Experience producing meaningful management information and executive-level reporting.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence technical and business teams to improve security outcomes.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.