Associate Director, Data Platform

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Position Summary

Sony Corporation of America is seeking Associate Director, Data Platform, to join the CISD, GSIRT located in Reston, VA.  

 

This position reports to the Sr Director and the team focuses on developing and managing data pipelines, ensuring high data quality, and implementing best practices for engineering. They drive platform modernization, adopt new technologies, and enable data-driven decision-making across the organization while fostering collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement. The team is a pivotal part of Sony’s program to secure its information assets, services, and the products that depend on them, building trust with customers and stakeholders and protecting the privacy of Sony’s customers. 

Job Responsibilities

• Leadership/Management:
• Lead and empower a team of security data engineers and administrators, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment
• Coach, mentor, guide and provide leadership to security data engineers, administrators and peers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth while cultivating a team dedicated to excellence
• Responsible and accountable for all security data assets, guaranteeing their confidentiality, integrity, and availability
• Help define and execute the vision and strategic direction for the security data platform, ensuring alignment with company goals by assessing current state, identifying gaps, and developing a phased approach for platform modernization
• Lead the evaluation and adoption of new security data technologies, capabilities and architectures, staying ahead of the curve, through proof-of-value & proof-of-concepts
• Lead cross-functional projects which enable new security data capabilities and address critical business needs
• Manage allocation of budgets and resources effectively to ensure successful execution of security data engineering projects
• Technical:
• Drive the design, development, and maintenance of a scalable security data infrastructure to meet evolving business needs
• Oversee data ETL and pipeline lifecycle management, ensuring efficient data ingestion, processing and storage, while maintaining high data quality standards
• Set high standards for engineering practices and data governance, ensuring adherence to best practices and coding standards.
• Promote automation, collaboration, and continuous improvement to streamline data operations
• Foster a data-driven culture across the organization, empowering informed decision-making
• Develop measures and monitoring systems to track security data quality, process efficiency, and identify areas for improvement and manage to them
• Serve as an escalation point for technical challenges and architectural decisions, ensuring alignment with stakeholders, best practices, and business goals
• Establish data quality frameworks, access controls, and integration standards while serving as technical owner for platform capabilities
• Honesty, trustworthiness and ethical conduct are material requirements for the responsibilities outlined above
  
  

Qualifications For Position

Your qualifications and experience should include: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Information Security, Engineering, or equivalent work experience
• 6 years of technical experience with data and data platforms
• 3-4 years’ experience leading and managing geographically separated teams responsible for large-scale SIEM deployments, Data Lakes or Data Warehouses, RDBMS, data pipelines and workflow, and ETL solutions
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and influencing skills
• All candidates must be authorized to work in the USA
  
  

In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we offer an environment and culture that promotes Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We are committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for you to thrive as part of Sony’s purpose to “fill the world with emotion through the power of creativity and technology”.

Benefits:   

SCA offers benefits-eligible employees (generally regular employees scheduled to work 20 or more hours a week) a comprehensive benefits program that offers coverage and support for employees and their family’s physical, emotional, and financial well-being.  

 What we offer you:

• Comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage with coverage for spouses/domestic partners and child dependents, including access to a Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) 
• Employee assistance plan and comprehensive behavioral health benefits
• Fertility benefits, including surrogacy, and adoption assistance programs  
• Basic and supplemental life insurance for employees as well as supplemental life insurance coverage for their spouses/domestic partners and children 
• Voluntary benefits such as group legal, identity theft protection, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance 
• Short-term & long-term disability plans  
• Paid parental and caregiver leave  
• 401(k) Plan with pre-tax, Roth, and after-tax options and company match with immediate vesting
• Education assistance and student loan programs   
  
  

 

Other Programs: 

• Flexible Work Arrangements, including remote and hybrid work schedules
• Time off to include vacation, paid holidays, sick leave, Summer Fridays (early release), and a winter break between Christmas and New Year’s Day (based on business needs)
• Referral bonuses (subject to eligibility)  
• Matching gift program  
• A wide variety of employee business resource groups (EBRGs)  
• Special discounts on Sony products, offered exclusively to Sony employees
• Employee stock purchase plan (Sony covers commissions and fees for your Sony stock purchases made through after-tax payroll deductions)  
• Annual incentive bonus
  
  

The anticipated annual base salary for this position is $190,000 to $205,000 This range does not include any other compensation components or other benefits that an individual may be eligible for. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy), gender, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, military status, status as a veteran or disabled veteran, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or family status, genetic information, medical condition, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.

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