Jobs · Management · Ohio

Security Manager (SG10)

American Electric Power · Columbus, OH · 1 mo ago
On-siteManagement$137k–$178k/yrFull-time

Lead a team of security professionals and oversee initiatives with significant operational, strategic, financial, and organizational impact. Provide leadership and direction across security programs, projects, and day-to-day operations, ensuring alignment with business objectives and enterprise security strategies.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team of Fusion Center analysts operating within a 24x7 environment.
  • Provide coaching, mentoring, performance management, and professional development opportunities for team members.
  • Foster a culture of collaboration across cybersecurity, physical security, grid operations, emergency management, and intelligence functions.
  • Ensure adequate staffing, training, operational readiness, and succession planning to support continuous operations.
  • Establish performance expectations and operational metrics that promote accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
  • Direct daily Fusion Center operations, ensuring continuous monitoring of cyber events incorporating relevant physical security and operational technology activity.
  • Oversee the integration of intelligence, operational telemetry, and security information to create a unified operational picture across the enterprise.
  • Lead efforts to identify, assess, and prioritize threats that may impact reliability, safety, security, or regulatory compliance.
  • Ensure timely dissemination of actionable event intelligence and situational awareness reporting to executive leadership, operational partners, and incident response teams.
  • Establish operational processes that promote rapid detection, correlation, validation, and escalation of cross-domain events.
  • Lead analysts in identifying and investigating cyber events which also leverage physical security and operational technology events.
  • Leverage the correlation of data from SIEM platforms, OT monitoring systems, physical access control systems, video systems, threat intelligence platforms, and external intelligence sources.
  • Maintain awareness of emerging threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures impacting critical infrastructure and the energy sector.
  • Coordinate with government agencies, industry partners, Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs), and peer utilities to strengthen enterprise awareness and preparedness.
  • Ensure event intelligence and assessments support operational decision-making and risk reduction efforts.
  • Serve as the primary escalation point for high-priority and cross-domain security events.
  • Coordinate enterprise Cybersecurity response efforts including those that blend Cyber, Physical, and Grid Operations events.
  • Ensure incidents are managed using established response frameworks and escalation procedures.
  • Support executive communications and provide operational briefings during high-impact events.
  • Influence the Fusion Center technology ecosystem, including monitoring, analytics, visualization, automation, and intelligence platforms.
  • Oversee annual operating and capital budgets, ensuring effective utilization of resources.
  • Promote efficient processes that enhance security, reduce risk, and deliver business value.
  • Foster a culture of safety, accountability, engagement, innovation, and continuous improvement across the Security organization.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or Associate degree combined with a minimum of 2 years of applicable business/technical experience in Security (Cyber and/or Physical), Business Administration, Computer Science, or related field OR a HS diploma/GED combined with a minimum of 4 years of applicable business/technical experience preferably in Security (Cyber and/or Physical), Business Administration, Computer Science, or related field.
  • 10 or more years of Security (Physical and/or Cyber), business administration, computer science, or other technical experience, demonstrating steady progression in responsibilities including 4 or more years of direct supervision experience preferred.

Pay

Compensation Range: $136,539.00 - $177,503.00

Schedule

24x7 operational environment (Fusion Center).

Physical Demands

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods.

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