Interim Cyber Security Officer

6 Month Contract With A Local Authority Job Purpose To provide senior-level cybersecurity engineering expertise to support and optimise the Councils outsourced SOC (NCC Group), leveraging CrowdStrike and Splunk platforms. The role will ensure effective integration, configuration, and operational use of security tools to improve threat detection, incident response, and overall security maturity. The post-holder will also provide technical leadership, mentoring, and knowledge transfer to strengthen internal cyber capability during a period of team transition. Key Responsibilities Lead deployment, configuration, and ongoing management of the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, including endpoint protection policies. Work with the SOC provider to design, optimise, and maintain Splunk dashboards, alerts, and security data models. Act as technical escalation point for high-severity security incidents, supporting rapid investigation, containment, and remediation using EDR and SIEM tools. Develop and...