Cyber Security Manager

About the role

We Are Synopsys is the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products. We deliver industry-leading silicon design, IP, simulation and analysis solutions, and design services. We partner closely with our customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow. At Synopsys, you will lead a distributed team protecting the infrastructure, applications, and data that power government-focused semiconductor and engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a distributed team of cybersecurity professionals responsible for security operations, engineering, vulnerability management, incident response, and compliance support
• Oversee day-to-day security monitoring, detection, investigation, containment, and response activities across enterprise systems and infrastructure supporting Ansys Government Initiatives
• Manage the implementation, configuration, and continuous improvement of cybersecurity technologies including SIEM, endpoint protection, cloud security tools, and vulnerability scanners
• Lead vulnerability management and remediation programs, establishing risk-based prioritization and tracking corrective actions through closure
• Coordinate incident response efforts during active cybersecurity events, conduct post-incident reviews, and publish root cause analysis documentation
• Support CMMC Level 2 compliance and other regulatory requirements by maintaining security controls, documentation, system security plans, and audit readiness
• Partner with Enterprise Technology, Engineering, Legal, Compliance, and business stakeholders to integrate security requirements into infrastructure, cloud, application, and endpoint solutions

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity, information security, or related technology disciplines
• 3+ years leading teams, programs, or operational functions in a cybersecurity or IT security context
• Demonstrated experience implementing and maintaining security controls to support a CMMC Level 2 certified environment
• Strong working knowledge of cybersecurity principles, technologies, and frameworks including NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST SP 800-171, or NIST SP 800-53
• Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen, Lawful Permanent Resident, Political Asylee, Refugee, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) due to ITAR-controlled information

Qualifications

• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC, Security+, CASP+, or CCSP are a strong plus
• Experience with cloud security technologies, SIEM platforms, endpoint protection, and modern enterprise security tooling is a plus
• Willingness to work from one of Synopsys' U.S. office locations: Exton, PA (preferred), Hillsboro, OR, Austin, TX, Plano, TX, Morrisville, NC, or Sunnyvale, CA

Skills

• You can explain a complex security tradeoff to a VP in two sentences without losing the nuance, and you can also sit with an engineer and debug why a detection rule is firing false positives