Leader Corporate Security - SOC

Summary

Leader Corporate Security - SOC at APS plays a critical role in protecting the community by ensuring effective security operations, incident response, and protection across APS facilities and critical infrastructure.

What Your Day Would Be Like

• Lead daily SOC activities, ensuring effective monitoring, incident response, and protection across APS facilities and critical infrastructure
• Oversee physical security systems and access control operations, helping maintain a safe environment for employees, contractors, and visitors
• Guide and support SOC personnel, fostering a high-performing team focused on readiness, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Partner with teams across Corporate Security, IT, Compliance, IAM, Operations, and external agencies to strengthen security performance and alignment
• Drive incident response, emergency preparedness, and recovery efforts to protect business continuity and reduce risk
• Support compliance efforts, audit readiness, and security program execution, including alignment with NERC CIP and industry best practices

Who We're Looking For

• Experience leading security operations or a Security Operations Center (SOC), including oversight of personnel and day-to-day operations
• Strong understanding of physical security systems, access control, and incident response within critical infrastructure environments
• Ability to collaborate across technical, operational, and compliance-focused teams, as well as external partners such as vendors and law enforcement
• Demonstrated ability to manage risk, support regulatory compliance, and contribute to audit readiness initiatives (including NERC CIP)
• Effective communicator and leader who can guide teams, influence stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement
• A proactive, solutions-oriented professional committed to safety, security, and operational excellence

Minimum Requirements

• Associates degree PLUS five (5) years related experience, OR High School degree or equivalent PLUS seven (7) years' experience in security operations or regulatory compliance at either a Corporate Operations Center or Law Enforcement Operation Center, or a commensurate combination of education and experience.
• Ability to learn software systems utilized by Corporate Security.
• Must be able to become CIP certified.

Preferred Special Skills

• Knowledge or qualifications in leadership experience within security operations, emergency management, critical infrastructure, utility operations, regulatory compliance, or corporate security environments.
• Working knowledge of physical access control systems, intrusion detection systems, video surveillance systems, visitor management platforms, and alarm monitoring technologies.
• Experience with C CURE 9000, access control administration, badge management, and enterprise physical security system implementations.
• Knowledge of NERC CIP standards and regulatory compliance practices.
• Experience supporting regulatory audits, assessments, evidence management, and corrective action programs.
• Experience working with Identity and Access Management (IAM) processes and access governance programs.
• Ability to analyze operational risks and implement sustainable control solutions.
• Experience creating procedures, training programs, dashboards, workflows, and operational improvements.
• Strong project management and cross-functional collaboration skills.