Manager, Cyber Security

Cybersecurity Manager

Location: 100% remote, must live in Central or Eastern Region

Salary Range: $150,000 - $165,000

Performing over 80 million locates annually, USIC is the most trusted name in underground utility damage prevention. USIC also provides a full suite of utility services throughout North America. Our Mission: to deliver quality, efficient, safe, and innovative solutions to protect our partners' infrastructure and critical assets. Our Culture is known as Living the SAFE-LIFE: Protecting Infrastructure, Protecting Our Communities, Protecting Ourselves.

The Cybersecurity Manager is a senior role responsible for leading, maturing, and hands-on execution of the organization's information security program. Operating across a large enterprise environment of 2,500–10,000 employees in a hybrid cloud/on-premise landscape, this individual will serve as both a strategic program leader and a working technical practitioner. With one direct report, the Cybersecurity Manager must be capable of operating independently, driving security initiatives end-to-end, and building a scalable security function aligned to industry best practices including NIST CSF, CIS Controls, and ISO 27001.

Responsibilities

• Own and mature the organization's information security program and policy framework
• Lead risk assessments and maintain the enterprise risk register with remediation tracking
• Develop and enforce security policies, standards, and procedures aligned to NIST CSF and CIS Controls
• Report security posture, risk trends, and program metrics to senior leadership and stakeholders
• Manage internal and external audit engagements related to cybersecurity
• Oversee day-to-day security monitoring across SIEM, EDR, and network detection tooling
• Define detection and alerting strategies; tune rules to reduce false positives
• Review and triage escalated alerts; serve as a hands-on analyst when needed
• Maintain and improve SOC playbooks, runbooks, and escalation procedures
• Serve as the Incident Response lead for all cybersecurity events and breaches
• Develop, maintain, and exercise the Incident Response Plan (IRP) and associated playbooks
• Coordinate cross-functional response with IT, Legal, HR, and Executive leadership
• Conduct post-incident reviews and drive remediation of identified gaps
• Oversee security architecture reviews for on-premise and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Ensure security-by-design principles are applied to infrastructure changes and new deployments
• Manage vulnerability management program including scanning, prioritization, and remediation tracking
• Partner with IT and DevOps teams to embed security controls into the SDLC and cloud pipelines
• Govern IAM strategy including role-based access control (RBAC), least privilege, and access reviews
• Oversee MFA, SSO, and privileged access management (PAM) implementations
• Conduct and manage periodic user access certifications across enterprise systems
• Partner with HR and IT on joiner/mover/leaver lifecycle processes
• Manage and mentor one direct report (Cybersecurity Analyst / Engineer)
• Define team priorities, manage workload distribution, and conduct performance reviews
• Build and maintain a multi-year cybersecurity roadmap aligned to organizational risk appetite
• Manage security tool stack, vendor relationships, and departmental budget

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with at least 2 years in a lead or management capacity
• Demonstrated hands-on experience across two or more security domains (GRC, SOC, IR, Cloud Security, IAM, TPRM)
• Proficiency with SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar)
• Experience with vulnerability management tools (e.g., Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7)
• Working knowledge of cloud security in AWS, Azure, or GCP hybrid environments
• Strong understanding of security frameworks: NIST CSF, CIS Controls, ISO 27001
• Proven ability to lead incident response engagements end-to-end
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to present to executive stakeholders
• CISSP, CISM, CISA, or equivalent industry certification, preferred
• Experience building or significantly maturing a security program
• Familiarity with GRC platforms (e.g., ServiceNow GRC, Archer, OneTrust)
• Experience with PAM tooling (e.g., CyberArk, BeyondTrust)
• Background in a large enterprise environment (2,500+ employees)

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans are encouraged to apply.