Manager, Information Security

What We Offer:
• $120,000 - $140,000
• Weekends OFF
• Paid Training
• FREE UTI or Concorde Tuition for you AND your Immediate Family
• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Ins/STD & LTD Ins
• 401K, Paid Holidays, Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave

Principal Accountabilities & Deliverables

• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a small internal security operations team, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
• Managed Detection & Response (MDR): Oversee and manage the MDR vendor relationship, ensuring effective threat detection and response.
• Incident Response: Direct and coordinate incident response activities, including investigations, containment, eradication, and recovery.
• Metrics & Reporting: Define, track, and report on security operations metrics, including response time SLAs and operational KPIs.
• On-Call Support: Participate in and support a 24/7/365 on-call rotation for critical security incidents.
• Threat Intelligence: Integrate threat intelligence into operational processes to proactively identify and mitigate risks.
• Process Improvement: Develop and maintain playbooks, workflows, and standard operating procedures for security operations.
• Tool Management: Oversee security monitoring tools (SIEM, EDR, etc.), ensuring proper configuration, tuning, and optimization.
• Compliance & Audit Support: Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and assist with audits related to security operations.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with IT, infrastructure, and application teams to ensure security is embedded across the organization.

Education / Experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, or related field and seven (7) years' experience in hardware/software, network engineering, administration and customer service in complex multi-platform WAN environment or equivalent (required)
• Minimum two (2) years of IT managerial experience including managing teams and processes responsible for network architecture and engineering, system and application support and desktop services (required)
• Minimum five (5) years of IT/Information Security and Compliance experience (required)
• • Proven experience in security operations, incident response, and team leadership.
  • Strong understanding of MDR services, SIEM platforms, and endpoint detection technologies.
  • Familiarity with frameworks such as NIST and MITRE ATT&CK
  • Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.

Skills

• Expert knowledge of networking technologies and concepts
• Expert knowledge of security in a Windows environment (Active Directory, Azure AD, Windows Servers/Workstations)
• Strong knowledge of cloud-based security tools and controls (e.g. Azure, O365, AWS)
• Strong knowledge of server hardware, maintenance, procedures, and Change Control processes
• Strong knowledge of standards such as systems monitoring, and Intrusion Detection/Intrusion Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS) in a production environment
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks (NIST, ISO 27002, ISO 17799, CobiT, ITIL)

Work Environment

• This position is designated as remote.
• Overnight travel required less than 15%