About the Role
Lead and improve the organization’s cybersecurity program by managing risk, security operations, incident response, and compliance to protect systems, data, and users.
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Key Performance Indicators:
- Reduce critical vulnerabilities through remediation
- Improve incident response times and outcomes
- Achieve compliance with security standards
- Increase security awareness and user behavior
- Strengthen security monitoring and threat detection
Responsibilities:
- Lead the management of incident response and security operations
- Ensure compliance with security frameworks and risk management practices
- Manage vulnerability assessments, including scanning and patching
- Develop and maintain incident response tooling and playbooks
- Enhance security monitoring and threat detection methodologies
- Foster a culture of security awareness within the organization
- Establish strong communication channels for reporting security incidents
- Provide leadership and stakeholder management to drive initiatives
- Implement process improvements to enhance accountability and effectiveness
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- 7+ years in cybersecurity with leadership experience
- Experience managing incident response and security operations
- Strong knowledge of security frameworks and risk management
- Working knowledge of compliance (e.g., ISO 27001, NIST)
- Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or equivalent
- Proficiency in SIEM/SOC operations and vulnerability management (scanning, patching)
- Experience with threat modeling and risk assessment
- Knowledge of network, endpoint, and cloud security
- Experience using incident response tooling and maintaining incident playbooks
- Demonstrated leadership, stakeholder management, and process improvement skills
- Strong analytical problem-solving and clear communication/reporting skills
