Sr Manager Cybersecurity Defense(Remote Or Hybrid)
About the role
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Responsibilities
- Lead Incident Response Operations: Direct all phases of the incident response lifecycle, including analysis, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident analysis.
- Develop and Maintain Response Frameworks: Establish and regularly update incident response policies, procedures, playbooks, and escalation workflows in alignment with industry best practices.
- Cook up Cross-Functional Response: Serve as a central point of contact during major security incidents, coordinating efforts in collaboration with our partner teams.
- Report on Incident Trends: Develop and present incident metrics, threat trends, and risk insights to senior leadership to support strategic decision-making.
- Train and Mentor Response Team Members: Provide leadership, coaching, and technical guidance to incident responders and analysts to build a high-performing team.
- Test and Validate Response Readiness: Contribute to regular tabletop exercises, red team engagements, and technical simulations to assess and strengthen response capabilities.
- Integrate Threat Intelligence: Leverage internal and external threat intelligence to inform response strategies and anticipate emerging attack vectors.
- Automate and Streamline Response Processes: Identify opportunities for automation and process optimization using tools such as SOAR platforms.
Requirements
- 4-year degree or equivalent experience in a related field
- 5+ years’ of SOC/IR experience
- 1-3 years of building and leading high performing cyber security teams with direct reports
- Cyber security certification (e.g. GIAC, Offensive security, ISC2)
- Deep understanding of and experience with monitoring and detection, incident response, artifact collection and analysis, cloud environments and attacker mindset
- Ability to lead CSIRT effectively during a high-severity security incident
- Lifelong learner passionate about continuous improvement and developing both your and your team’s skills and capabilities
- Ability to convey technical information clearly and concisely
Qualifications
- 4-year degree or equivalent experience in a related field
- 5+ years’ of SOC/IR experience
- 1-3 years of building and leading high performing cyber security teams with direct reports
- Cyber security certification (e.g. GIAC, Offensive security, ISC2)
- Deep understanding of and experience with monitoring and detection, incident response, artifact collection and analysis, cloud environments and attacker mindset
- Ability to lead CSIRT effectively during a high-severity security incident
- Lifelong learner passionate about continuous improvement and developing both your and your team’s skills and capabilities
- Ability to convey technical information clearly and concisely
Skills
- Strong and innovative approaches to problem solving
- Great technical leadership
- Excellent communication (written and verbal, formal and informal)
- Flexibility
- Accountability
- A self-motivated working style with attention to detail
Benefits
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Pay
The pay range is $132,000.00 - $238,000.00. Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.
Schedule
Remote Eligible