Overview
Senior Director Security Operations Jobs in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA at Pearson
Title: Senior Director Security Operations
Company: Pearson
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Type: Full Time
Category: Management, Security
Pearson
Discover all that we have to offer, for every step of your learning journey.
The Senior Director of Security Intelligence and Operations will be responsible for maintaining and influencing enterprise-wide vision, operational strategy, and program for ensuring that information assets are appropriately protected. On a daily basis, they will be leading the company’s security intelligence and operations, including cyber threat intelligence, incident response, threat detection andprevention, vulnerability management, and security vendor management. The ideal candidate will possess strong technicalhands-on experiencemanagingdiversesecurity technologies and global personnel.
This individual will enhance and direct mature operational processes, motivate and provide technical mentorship and guidance to a Global team, and serve as a trusted advisor to internal and external customers. They will be working with executive management to determine acceptable levels of cybersecurity operational risk for the organization. The Senior Director reports directly to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and is responsible for a team of security professionals.
Responsibilities:
Develop and implement a comprehensive security operations strategy:
This includes defining security objectives, creating the required capabilities, master plan, operation models, KRIs, and KPIs for success.
Develop, maintain, and enhance Security Operations process flows, metrics, and reporting capabilities.
Lead the Global incident response service:
This includes responding to security incidents, investigating breaches, and implementing corrective action.
Oversee and manage the security infrastructure:
This includes firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and anti-virus software.
Oversee vulnerability management:
This includes identifying, assessing, and remediating vulnerabilities in systems and applications.
Design effective processes that support the protection of computers, networks, software, data, and information systems against possible attack.
Stayup-to-dateon the latest security threats and trends:
This includes attending conferences, presenting, and reading industry publications.
Initiate and foster partnerships with legal, human resources, vendors,senior leadership, IT teams, and law enforcement agencies to drive security capabilities across the environment.
Provide and implement optimized and improved processes at the application level to ensure high availability of all SOC services.
Manage the budget for the security operations team.
Mentor and develop the security operations team.
Manage a global team which provides 24x7x365 cyber security operations support.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in information security, computer science, or a related field.
10+ years of experience in security operations, preferably in aleadershiprole.
Proven track recordof success in managing security incidents and implementing security controls.
Deep understanding of security threats and vulnerabilities.
Strong technical skills, including knowledge of security tools and technologies.
Excellentcommunication, interpersonal, andleadershipskills.
CISSP certification is preferred.
Exhibit a broad knowledge and adherence to regulatory, security policies, and procedures.
Strong understanding of regulatory andlegal compliancerequirements that may impact security and works with business areas and project teams to develop security solutions that address these requirements….
