Senior Manager, Information Security

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career. Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a global SOC team that includes analysts and an architect
• Own incident response, including coordination of situation rooms and subject matter experts
• Manage threat detection workflows aligned with frameworks such as the cyber kill chain or MITRE ATT&CK
• Continuously improve alert mapping, response processes, and security tooling
• Partner with stakeholders across the organization to reduce risk and strengthen security posture
• Contribute to strategic planning and the evolution of the security roadmap
• Ensure consistent, high-quality operations across a 24/7/365 global SOC environment

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field and 7 years of Information Security experience or 10 years industry experience working in security
• 3+ years of leadership experience, which can be a combination of people and/or program leadership
• One or more industry security certifications (CISSP, CISA, CISM, or CRISC)
• Hands-on experience with Devo or similar SIEM platforms
• Experience with EDR tools such as CrowdStrike and Carbon Black
• Strong background in incident response and threat detection
• Familiarity with cyber kill chain and MITRE ATT&CK
• Excellent leadership and communication skills in high-pressure situations

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in global, enterprise, or high-velocity environments
• Previous experience in a tech company SOC environment
• Experience working in a follow-the-sun model or leading globally distributed teams

An equivalent combination of education and experience performing the duties of this position may be considered.

Benefits

• Bonuses
• Medical, dental, vision, telehealth, and mental healthcare
• Health savings account and flexible spending account
• Basic and voluntary life insurance
• Disability coverage
• Accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages
• Legal and identity theft coverage
• Retirement savings plan
• Wellbeing program
• Discounted WGU tuition
• Flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation (no accrual required)
• Flexible paid sick time (no accrual required)
• 11 paid holidays
• Up to 12 weeks of parental leave

Pay

$135,600.00 - $223,600.00

Schedule

• Full-time, regular position (40 standard weekly hours)
• Five days per week in-office (Raleigh, NC or Salt Lake City, UT)
• Occasional travel of up to 20%, including required attendance at designated company summits (typically one to two per year), conferences, visits to company locations, and other business-related events

WGU is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this role.