Senior Lead, Security Operations

Why We Have This Role

How You’ll Find Success

• Strategic Visionary: You possess an in-depth understanding of the cybersecurity threat landscape and proactively identify emerging risks.
• Strategic Alignment: You help shape the Security Operations strategy, ensuring alignment with the organization's overall goals. 
• Technical Innovator: You drive continuous improvement by evaluating and implementing cutting-edge security tools, techniques, and automation. Your relentless pursuit of innovation keeps us ahead of evolving threats.
• Collaborative Leader: You build strong cross-functional partnerships, championing security across the organization. You foster a collaborative environment where teams work seamlessly to achieve a strong security posture.
• Resilient and Adaptive: You thrive in a dynamic environment, effectively managing complex security projects and leading teams through change. Your ability to adapt and problem-solve makes you a key asset during challenging situations.

How You’ll Grow

• Shape Industry Standards: Participate in leading security conferences, thought leadership initiatives, and industry working groups to shape the future of cybersecurity practices.
• Executive Presence: Gain direct exposure to executive-level decision-making, refining your strategic communication and influencing skills.
• Expand Your Leadership Toolkit: Lead a team of skilled security professionals, providing you with ample opportunities to enhance your mentorship, coaching, and talent development abilities.
• Complex Problem-Solving: Tackle high-impact security challenges that will push your critical thinking, analysis, and strategy-building skills.

Things You’ll Do

• Drive Security Innovation: Research, evaluate, and implement advanced security technologies for intrusion detection, threat hunting, incident response, and automation.
• Manage Complex Security Operations: Oversee daily operations of security teams involved in network monitoring, threat detection, analysis, incident response, and threat intelligence.
• Lead Incident Response: Own significant security incidents, guiding cross-functional teams through investigation, containment, and remediation.
• Shape Security Strategy: Develop a robust Security Operations strategy aligned with our risk appetite and business objectives.
• Manage Security Projects: Ensure timely, on-budget delivery of security initiatives while mitigating risks and promoting adaptability.
• Develop a High-Performing Team: Build and mentor a diverse group of security experts, promoting knowledge-sharing, continuous learning, and professional growth.

What We’re Looking For On Your Resume

While we value the wealth of experience, we put more emphasis on your capability and the outcomes you've produced. For this role, these elements are particularly important:

• Proven Leadership Experience: 10+ years in security operations management roles with a record of driving innovation and managing teams.
• Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of intrusion detection, threat hunting, incident response, and security automation techniques.
• Strategic Mindset: Ability to turn security threats into effective strategies, aligning initiatives with business goals and risk tolerance.
• Engineering and Automation Focus: Passion for optimizing CDU processes through automation; experience with scripting and programming languages (Python, PowerShell, etc.) is highly valued.
• Communication & Collaboration Skills: Strong ability to work with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and external partners.

What You Should Know About This Team

Our Team’s Favorite Perks and Benefits

• Wellness Reimbursement for $300 per quarter for wellness activities including gym memberships, spa massages, workout equipment, meditation apps, and much more.
• $1800 Experience bonus to be used for an “Experience” of your choosing
• Amazing QGroup Communities; MOSAIQ, Green Team, Qualtrics Pride, Q&Able, Qualtrics Salute, and Women’s Leadership Development, which exist as places for support, allyship, and advocacy.