Director Cybersecurity Engineering

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and manage the performance of a team of IT Security professionals responsible for monitoring, detecting and responding to threats.
• Proven ability to analyze and investigate security alerts, determine the scope and impact of security events, and articulate risks, root causes, and mitigation strategies to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Perform hands-on configuration, maintenance, and monitoring of security systems, which may include firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS) and endpoint detection and response (EDR).
• Proven ability to lead security architecture initiatives for network security, data protection, identity and access management, and cloud computing.
• Maintain alignment with architecture and compliance frameworks, including CIS, CCPA, HIPAA, and NYDFS.
• Develop, document, implement and report on security architecture policies, standards, and best practices.
• Keep up to date with cybersecurity landscape, emerging threats, evaluating and recommending new technologies.
• Document and communicate security architecture decisions and strategies effectively.
• Drive deployment of new platforms, technologies and features to meet lifecycle management and business requirements.
• Recognized as a technical expert and a mentor to engineering teams on frameworks, tools and technologies.

Requirements

• Familiarity with DevSecOps principles and secure software development lifecycle.
• 5+ years of experience leading a team of cybersecurity professionals.
• 5+ years of experience supporting implementations in a hybrid cloud environment.
• 5+ years of experience in either Systems (Windows or Linux) or Network engineering including design and management.
• 5+ years of experience with network security products including Firewalls, WAF, Proxy, NAC, VPNs and end user device security.
• 5+ years of experience with network security in a public cloud environment.
• 5+ years of experience with network hardware.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISA and GSEC are a plus.

Qualifications

• Athorough understanding of Microsoft and/or Linux operating systems including but not limited to deployment, integrations and troubleshooting.
• One or more of the following are required: Networking and/or security centric; Cloud technology; Juniper; and/or Cisco.