Manager, IT Security Engineering

Role Summary

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Security Operations Manager to lead and enhance our cybersecurity operations. This role is ideal for a professional with over five years of experience in cybersecurity, risk management, and incident response. The successful candidate will be responsible for orchestrating threat detection, managing security incidents, and driving continuous improvement across our security infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Work with Security, Risk and Compliance (SRC) stakeholders to determine / define needs and requirements for security capabilities to address business needs and mitigate risk
• Assist with the installation and configuration of technologies being evaluated and document scoring against defined, proof of concept requirements
• Perform research on new technologies and capabilities that may be relevant to SRC requirements
• Document research findings using the Company’s standard templates and present results and recommendations to the SRC leadership team
• Create documentation including test cases and findings reports for POCs and final project implementations
• Create and maintain documentation as part of the project lifecycle
• Assist in formalizing and updating security policies, procedures and technical standards
• Demonstrate a curiosity in multiple security domains
• Provide regular metrics, incident trends and risk posture to senior leadership
• Optimize alerting mechanisms and refine detection logic to improve signal fidelity and reduce noise
• Managing MSP team members on day-to-day support of security tools
• Monitoring and working ticket queue for events and incidents

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in management information systems, computer science, engineering or other IT-related major with 6+ years of industry experience OR
• Masters of Science degree in management information systems, computer science, engineering or other IT-related major with 4+ years of industry experience

Skills

• Expertise in SIEM and EDR tools, such as Crowdstrike and XSIAM
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft operating systems and popular Linux distributions, including Amazon Linux and RHEL
• Experience implementing access controls, configuring encryption standards, and executing incident response procedures
• Working knowledge of Cloud technologies and its implementations in AWS and Azure
• Working knowledge of Active Directory and Entra
• Expertise in developing scripts in Python etc., for automation
• Working knowledge of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and use of LLMs

Education

• Basic qualifications: Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years of experience or Master’s degree with 4+ years of experience

Additional Requirements

• None specified