What are the responsibilities and job description for the Security Operations Manager position at 1872 Consulting?
Security Operations Manager
Chicago, IL - 3 days / week onsite in the loop (2 days work from home)
Summary :
This is a newly created position due to expansion of our IT Security team, that will report directly to the CISO, where you will have a couple direct reports to start, with a growing team over time. This is a hands-on team management position, that will be managing Network Security, Firewalls, Anti-Virus, MFA, DLP, SIEM, Vulnerability Management and Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB). From a technology perspective, we are a Microsoft and Cisco shop, using other security tools outside of these partners.
What you'll be ddoing
- Deploy and support security operations tools, processes and procedures to ensure the continuous delivery of a secure computing environment across the enterprise.
- Manage network based security components including firewalls and Secure Access Secure Edge solutions.
- Lead / participate in security incident management, as necessary.
- Lead the Security Operations team ensuring the development of team work plans, assigning tasks and projects to team members, managing team work flow and tracking over-all project status and goal achievement.
- Manage the recruitment, hiring, development and performance oversight of Security Operations team members.
- Manage the teams' change and problem resolution activities with an emphasis on timely delivery / resolution.
- Provide continuous improvement through methods such as root cause analysis to improve efficiencies and resolve problems.
- Partner with other teams to evolve policies and procedures in response to changing business, industry and organizational needs.
- Manage inventories and manage and / or provide input to annual budget.
- Develop and propose technical solutions and other materials to various teams within the organization.
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with peers, management, vendors, and other stakeholders to meet goals.
- Draft and implement critical processes and procedures based on industry best practices. Define, document and measure attainment of service level objectives. Drive the documentation of processes and procedures.
- Provide support afterhours, when necessary, and respond to afterhours requests via Blackberry.
- Personally execute hands-on project / process steps relating to the implementation and ongoing administration of the security infrastructure.
Skills we're seeking
The more experience with our relevant areas the better : Network Security, Firewalls, Anti-Virus, MFA, DLP, SIEM, Vulnerability Management and Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB).
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