Director Cybersecurity Operations Center (SOC)
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Job Summary:
AEG is one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the world. The Director of Cybersecurity Operations Center plays a crucial role in ensuring the protection and security of sensitive information across the organization, leading a team of cybersecurity professionals and overseeing key cybersecurity programs to drive security strategies and initiatives.
Responsibilities:
• Design workflow and processes for Security Operations Center (SOC):
• Manage and optimize the day-to-day operations and tools of the SOC, ensuring effective monitoring, detection, and response to security incidents.
• Develop and implement SOC processes and procedures to improve efficiency and effectiveness with increased focus on new capabilities and advanced threat detection.
• Oversee the incident response process, ensuring rapid identification, containment, eradication, and recovery from security incidents.
• Conduct post-incident reviews and implement lessons learned to enhance security measures.
• Partners with IT and GRC teams to maintain readiness, incident response plans, to include building playbooks and conducting simulations ensuring preparedness across the organization.
• Lead the vulnerability management program, including vulnerability assessments, prioritization, and remediation strategies.
• Collaborate with IT and development teams to ensure timely patching and vulnerability mitigation.
• Oversee the DLP strategy, ensuring the protection of sensitive data across all platforms and preventing unauthorized access or data exfiltration.
• Conduct regular audits and assessments to evaluate DLP effectiveness and compliance.
• Manage and coordinate penetration testing initiatives, including external and internal assessments, to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses.
• Provide recommendations for remediation and security enhancements based on test results.
• Lead, build, mentor, and continuously develop a high-performing team of security professionals.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and professional growth within the team
• Provide metrics to the CISO, CIO and senior leadership stakeholders on security posture, risks, incidents and lessons learned actions.
• Collaborate with larger Global Technology departments and disbursed business units ensuring alignment on security initiatives and policies.
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical (Executives, Venue Staff, HR) ensuring solutions align with their needs, as well as educate on security posture, risk assessments, and incident responses.
• Collaborate with GRC, Information Security Program Management aiding the CISO’s strategic vision for the department.
• Communicate effectively with executive leadership on security posture, risk assessments, and incident responses.
Qualifications:
Required:
• BA/BS Degree (4-year) Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity or a related field.
• 6-8 years years of experience in cyber security, with at least 5 of those years in a senior leadership role.
• Proven experience managing a SOC and implementing vulnerability management, DLP, and penetration testing programs.
• Strong knowledge of cybersecurity technologies, MDR, EDR, SIEM (Sentinel/Splunk), SOAR, Vulnerability Management tools (Tenable, Qualys), and best practices.
• Deep experience with risk management, threat modeling, and vulnerability assessment.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience managing multiple projects of diverse scope and effectively collaborating in a cross-functional team environment
• Experience with regulatory standards (ISO 27001, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, PCI-DSS, SOX, GDPR, PII).
• Strong written and verbal communications skills with the ability to create and present highly complex and technical concepts and information risk to executive management and other non-technical audiences to aid them in making informed risk decisions.
• Conceptual understanding with deep and broad expertise over multiple security subject areas and significant applied experience.
• Diverse technical background in Security Operations and Risk Management combined with significant organizational and industry awareness and knowledge.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Office 365); and ability to learn all required business systems.
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant legal and regulatory requirements, such as Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Payment Card Industry/Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) and Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
• Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to combine strategic business and technical direction and translate concepts into actionable implementation plans.
• Ability to lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing cybersecurity team, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment.
• Expertise in managing high-pressure, time-sensitive incidents and making quick, informed decisions under stress.
• In-depth knowledge of current and emerging cyber threats, with the ability to apply advanced detection methodologies to stay ahead of risks.
• Familiarity with cloud security frameworks, controls, and best practices for securing cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Ability to implement and optimize security automation tools to enhance SOC efficiency and streamline response processes.
• Strong capability to manage organizational change in cybersecurity initiatives, ensuring smooth transitions in security policies, procedures, and technology deployments.
• Proven ability to work across departments (e.g., IT, legal, compliance) and with external partners (vendors, law enforcement) to drive security initiatives and incident response.
• Understanding of how cybersecurity integrates with overall business objectives and the ability to align security strategies with business goals.
• Competence in managing cybersecurity budgets, optimizing resource allocation, and justifying security investments to leadership.
• Commitment to staying updated on the latest industry trends, technologies, and regulatory changes, and the ability to adapt quickly to evolving challenges.
Preferred:
• CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional highly desirable
• CISM - Certified Information Security Manager highly desirable
• other equivalent certification highly desirable
Company:
AEG is one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the world. AEG, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Anschutz Company, owns, Founded in 1994, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, team size 10001+ employees, currently Late Stage. AEG has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.
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