Security Operations Team Lead

About this role

Bring your energy to Aggreko as a Security Operations Team Lead, based in Glasgow.

You’ll lead our Security Operations team to proactively identify and address cybersecurity threats, drive operational excellence, and enhance our security posture. You'll lead strategic initiatives, supervise incident response, manage critical security projects, and foster a collaborative environment, ensuring top-tier system performance and adherence to security policies.

Power without pause. Heating, cooling and oil-free air without end. We keep our customers’ worlds on. From world-class events that last a few weeks to mining operations and remote communities who rely on us for decades.

What you’ll do as a Security Operations Team Lead

• Lead a small, agile Security Operations team, actively driving technical initiatives, performance improvements, and efficient workload management.
• Provide hands-on expertise in the delivery of internal security projects and technical support for operational excellence.
• Act as a technical escalation point for incident management, ensuring prompt resolution and the consistent implementation of security processes and compliance.
• Collaborate closely with external suppliers and manage key security service forums to contribute to capacity planning, trend analysis, and ongoing security roadmaps.
• Drive the team forward with confident technical leadership, fostering a collaborative environment, ensuring effective hand-offs, and maintaining a structured approach to task completion.

You Are

• Experienced in leading and managing agile teams in a large, global business environment, with a hands-on approach to people leadership.
• Knowledgeable with a deep understanding of security frameworks and proven experience with ISO27001, Cyber Essentials Plus, NIS-2, and SOX compliance and audit standards.
• Experienced in modern security tooling with hands-on experience with Palo Alto, Cortex XDR, and strong technical awareness of Azure/AWS cloud environments.
• Proficient in identity and access management with strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 capabilities and Entra/Active Directory (AD) Identity platforms.
• Skilled in advanced vulnerability management, with demonstrated ability in enterprise-level scanning, analysis, and resolution.

Here’s What You’ll Get

• A competitive salary and benefits package (including but not limited to pension plan, bonus scheme, and Life Assurance)
• Hybrid working
• Generous holiday entitlement, with option to ‘buy’ or ‘sell‘
• Discounts & perks
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, which helps promote and support a healthy lifestyle

Our people are can-do, positive, resilient and persistent. If that feels like you, apply now and build your career with the people bringing energy to the world.

Equal employment opportunity

We welcome people from different backgrounds and cultures, and respect people’s unique skills, attitudes and experiences. We encourage everyone to be themselves at work because we know that’s how we do our best, for each other, for our customers, for the communities where we work, and for our careers.

We are an equal opportunity employer. If you apply for a role at Aggreko, we will consider your application based on your qualifications and experience, and not on your race, colour, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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