Director of IT Security Operations

Director of IT Security Operations

The Director of IT Security Operations will manage, lead and deliver the security operations function within the organization, and externally with partners, clients and vendors. This will include, but of course is never limited to, incident response, vulnerability management, SIEM, cloud security, IAM, DLP and other components of IT security.

What You'll Be Doing

• Direct the day-to-day operations of increasing security knowledge, defense, and monitoring throughout the company.
• Establish and monitor metrics for success in security operations team
• Empower direct report(s) to achieve success by providing clear guidance and expectation
• Represent the security team in development and implementation of the overall security architecture
• Act as a technical representative for the organization's security while engaging with other senior technical leaders in the design and implementation of security solutions
• Lead initiatives designed to share knowledge across security platforms and/or technology teams; Identify, recommend, coordinate, and deliver timely knowledge to support teams regarding technologies, processes, or tools
• Respond to inbound phone and electronic requests for security assistance
• Develop and execute strategies to increase overall security knowledge throughout the organization
• Monitor, analyze, and report on security detections from logging and monitoring systems
• Client, triage, and document security detections based on threat intelligence
• Understand, maintain, and update existing and contribute to new security tools for incident detection
• Collaborate with stakeholders to address incidents
• Partner with the infrastructure, platforms, and software engineering organizations to monitor and patch security vulnerabilities
• Work with management and business leaders to fulfill IT Security strategy
• Monitor and triage requests, document incident responses
• Work with stakeholders throughout the company to understand their business needs and provide subject-matter knowledge and guidance

Skills We're Seeking

• 10+ years of experience with IT Security Leadership, Architecture and/or Engineering
• 4+ years of IT Security Leadership experience (management, director, VP level roles)
• Experience managing direct reports of IT Security Architects and Engineers (will be a small team to start)
• Must have experience leading IT Security in heavily regulated environments (finance, healthcare, military/government, etc.)
• Experience with compliance frameworks such as NIST, COBIT, SOX, CPRA, GDPR, PCI, etc.
• Experience leading, architecting or engineering security solutions related to (not all required, but more the better):
• Cloud Security (Azure preferred)
• Endpoint Protection
• IDS
• Incident Response
• SIEM
• Vulnerability Management
• IAM
• DLP
• DevSecOps
• Network Security
• Firewalls

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree, ideally in an IT or Security related field
• Relevant security certifications such as CISSP, CEH, GIAC, GCIA, GCIH, GSEC, GWEB, etc.