About Capgemini
Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Cybersecurity Operations Lead to oversee mission-critical security operations in a 24×7 environment. This role is responsible for threat monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, and ensuring compliance with IM8 governance standards. You will lead a team of cybersecurity engineers, manage security infrastructure, and drive continuous improvement in operational security practices.
This will be a 1 year contract role.
Key Responsibilities
Threat Monitoring & Incident Response
- Oversee day-to-day security monitoring using SIEM and endpoint protection tools.
- Lead incident response, containment, eradication, and root cause analysis for cybersecurity events.
- Ensure clear incident classification, escalation workflows, and communication protocols.
Vulnerability & Patch Management
- Lead vulnerability assessments and penetration testing programs.
- Manage remediation of vulnerabilities across servers, network devices, middleware, and containers.
- Ensure timely patching cycles across all environments.
Security Infrastructure & System Hardening
- Implement, configure, and maintain security technologies (firewalls, IDS/IPS, HSM, PAM).
- Oversee OS, application, and network hardening (RHEL, Windows Server, Kubernetes).
- Review and approve security architecture designs for new components and projects.
Privileged Access Management
- Govern privileged access across Active Directory domains.
- Ensure segregation of duties, emergency access procedures, and periodic access reviews.
Governance & Compliance
- Enforce compliance with IM8 cybersecurity policies and standards.
- Drive audit readiness, maintain risk registers, and track remediation progress.
Team Leadership
- Liaise with cross function teams
- Ensure clear documentation, SOPs, and knowledge transfer for all security activities.
- Drive continuous training and certification for team members.
Qualifications
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of proven experience in cybersecurity or information security roles supporting mission-critical operations, preferably in the public sector.
- Strong competency in operating system security (RHEL, Windows Server), network security, and Kubernetes security.
- Hands-on experience with tools such as SIEM (LogRhythm), Vulnerability Scanner (Nessus), IAM/PAM (BeyondTrust/CyberArk), HSM, TLS/PKI, Firewalls (Check Point, Palo Alto), IDS/IPS.
Certifications (Preferred)
- CISSP, CISM, CEH or equivalent.
Knowledge & Skills
- Security principles (CIA, defense in depth, least privilege).
- Networking and OS fundamentals.
- Identity & Access Management, cryptography basics.
- Application security fundamentals (OWASP Top 10, secure coding principles).
- Incident response and IM8 compliance knowledge.
Personal Attributes
- Strong composure under pressure and ability to lead during incidents.
- Excellent communication skills (written and spoken).
- High integrity, attention to detail, and accountability.
- Proactive, collaborative, and able to manage cross-functional coordination.
Let's talk about what's in it for you!
Passionate people are Capgemini's Ace of Spades - join us to discover a career that will challenge, support and inspire you. Working at Capgemini you'll find the rewards are more than just financial. You will work alongside some very smart and inspiring people on exciting projects and you will also enjoy incredible benefits. We offer flexible work practices and 40 hours of self-development every year with a huge selection of learning opportunities to choose from.
As "Architects of Positive Futures", Capgemini actively supports the community in 3 ways:
Diversity and Inclusion - we believe diversity of thought fuels excellence and innovation, which is why we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of their gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, ability, intersex status or age. To support our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we celebrate special events and days of significance that are important to our employees such as Diwali, Bastille Day, Pride, IDAHOBIT, IWD and International day of people with Disabilities. Our Employee Resource Groups Women@Capgemini and OutFront support the grassroots passion of employees to drive our diversity agenda and effect change.
Digital inclusion - at Capgemini we are using our skills to drive social impact initiatives focusing on helping society address the impact of the digital and automation revolution. We also provide employees with opportunities to give back to the community through charity projects and volunteer days.
Environmental Sustainability - Capgemini joined the CDP's (Carbon Disclosure Project) prestigious "A list" for its commitment to the Net-Zero economy. We are focusing on helping our clients transform towards more sustainable business models and committing to reduce our own carbon emissions (GHG) by 20% per employee by 2020.
Recognised by Ethisphere as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the last 8 years in a row, ethics and values are at the heart of Capgemini's corporate culture and business. Embedded in our DNA, our seven values - Honesty, Boldness, Trust, Team Spirit, Freedom, Fun and Modesty - have remained the same since company inception in 1967. To see how we bring these values to life, click here to listen to some of our employee’s stories.
Come join us, bring your whole self to work, create new possibilities for you, your customers and your community and help us to be Architects of Positive Futures.
